Sublime

When you judge someone favorably, the Hasidic master Rebbe Nahman of Bratzlav (1772–1810) teaches, you elevate them and bring out the best that they are capable of being.

The sixth Rebbe deduced from this principle that Israel ben Eliezer (1698–1760), the Ba‘al Shem Ṭov, “master of a good name,” generally abbreviated as the Beshṭ, should be considered the “Moses of Ḥasidism” and Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the “Moses of Ḥabad.”

and his trust in the Lord his God, and not think of any person or any creature at all while he is praying.

the enormous favor God is doing for him through this suffering.

The days of the month of Nissan are days of repentance like those of Tishrei

When people dance and clap their hands the harsh judgements are sweetened (10:1).

Nor should he look behind him to see if these images and thoughts have left him.

A person may be totally unable to study Torah —whether because he is an ignoramus or because he is without a book, on a journey or in the desert, etc. But if his heart burns with desire and yearning to learn, the very desire and longing he has are “learning from a book” (142).