Tape 77, Side A

...[This cassette is dated Wednesday, the 5th of Av, 5754 The yahrzeit of the holy Ari, of blessed memory, in the morning]… ...[In Yerushalayim, at David Budra's, Heller St., Givat Mordechai]… ...{..}.. I have no {..} lust for women whatsoever, as though women were not created in the world, as though there are no women in the world—there are not; I have no {..} blemish whatsoever of lust, of lust in the blemish of the covenant, or any.. {…} I am clean in this, if only {…} always, I am clean of this, this is.. the power of Rabbainu, of blessed memory {{. .}}, no, eh.. it is impossible to understand such a thing The..{..} person, as long as he is alive, {he} has lusts I have no lusts at all, I have no battle whatsoever, I have no, {entirely}.., nothing As though there is no lust in the world, {..} as though there are no women in the world Baruch Hashem, if, God forbid, I had battles, I would be in great lowliness, in great disgrace {But….}, I have no blemish whatsoever of lusts, of the blemish of the covenant As though there is no {..}, there is no l.., there is no lust in the world, {yes} And Baruch Hashem, if, God forbid, if I had battles, I could die [And we, and we, what shall we do?] {{….}} I have no blemish whatsoever, {...} not in thought and not in.. anything whatsoever {Eh.. …..}, of {…} lust for a woman […..] {At all\yes}, {but….. this..} this is Rabbainu's power, {{this.….}} this is not This is {..} above nature, and it is impossible to understand it [And we, Rebbe Yisroel, how shall we do it? We have..] Eh, to pray, {{to.. to}} cry {..} before Hashem Yisbarach and always pray that we merit That we merit to purify and break the lusts [And will Hashem hear us?] {{Certainly, certainly}}, certainly We need to believe that Hashem Yisbarach hears every utterance, every prayer from us

And helps and.. wants to help, and helps and.. everything, certainly, prayer Psalms, prayer, hisbodidus Hisbodidus is to speak with Hashem Yisbarach as we are speaking {{. .}} This is a new thing of Messiah, this is a new thing that the entire world does not, does not.., they laugh at it: "What? {..} He speaks with Hashem Yisbarach?”, {.…} The entire world is completely distant from this, Messiah, he {{. .}} he will introduce into the world the light of Rabbainu, of blessed memory [Soon?] Eh? [Soon? Soon? Soon?] Soon {...} it depends {{. .}} on us, on our hearts The more one wants {{eh.. and asks}} and prays, so {mer.. merits to..} one merits this I {…} do not understand this, how {..} the world is {…} full of lusts How, eh.. {..} such a thing? I have no blemish whatsoever, God forbid, not in thought and not in any {..} matter in the world {..} This.. {{. . .}} is the power of Rabbainu, of blessed memory, {this} is impossible to understand [..Rebbe Yisroel, you have other battles] Eh? [You have other battles] Yes, certainly.. [I see that you have no rest, you, you are always in other battles] But this is a great matter, the battle of lust for women, the entire world is, eh, submerged in this, yes {…...This..} consequently {…} on its own, the.. body wants all the lusts But {if we tz..} are Jews, {if} we have Torah, the Torah teaches us everything How to conduct ourselves, {….} how to act, and.. everything The Torah {{is full, and he..}} teaches us everything {..} What, what {we} need, how we need {..} to conduct ourselves and.. {..}… ...Has it already been an hour? [Not yet]… ...The world, for this there is the Torah, for this, {…. certainly}, certainly

{You….}… ...[Yes] Yes [Yes] Do you know that she is close to me? Yes Her husband was {quarreling with me} in.. in.. {...} battle, the great battle "What do you want from me? I need lusts, {{walla}}, what is this {with her?} Eh, a woman without lust?" He {would say}: "Go, go away from me, do not come here anymore, I need lust {..} I need a wom.., a woman with lust" He was, he had against me, he was {after that} nu.., very terrible, there was a {very} great dispute… ...(..)... ...{…} To break the lusts Nu, he, he said {…}, yes, it is impossible to live They need to divorce and not.. {...} im-, im-possible like this . Her husband… ...Was, he was {..}.., he had hatred for me, "What is this that you want from me?" {..}, but today {...} he, he.. is without lusts and.. and.. at peace, peace was made [What peace? What peace?] {..}… ...(..)... ...{..} Ours {…} were {tzadiki.., tzadikim.., …}, great tzadikim {{and.. and..}} were pure, {yes} holy and.., from all the lusts Hashem Yisbarach said to.. to.. Avraham, {that he should travel}.., take Yitzchak and slaughter {this child} and burn him… ...{He said to him}: "I said {to go up for an offering, go up, you have already gone up, already..} {...}… ...Avraham was ready to slaughter and burn his only son, Yitzchak As Hashem Yisbarach wants… ...{A blemish th..}.., any amount that is {…} from {this} lust I have no battle whatsoever, no {{problem}}, I do not need to fight… ...[But you fight against falsehood, Rebbe Yisroel] Eh? [You have battles against falsehood, you have battles against falsehood]

Against? [Falsehood, against falsehood] Falsehood? [Yes, that exists in the world] Eh, {…} there is in the world {…., e..} but {..} My matter, eh, I do not know what {this is}.., I am not {{.\able}} to understand it Even {..} once a month, {..} or a year There is no, no, {..} as though there is no lust of {...}, of women in the world [So you do not need to say "Tikkun HaKlali"?] Eh? [You do not need to say "Tikkun Klali"? "Tikkun HaKlali" you do not need to say?] {What …} to say? [You do not.., you do not need to say "Tikkun HaKlali"?] "Tikkun HaKlali," no [You are exempt] I do not say it […..] {..} [There is no….] Eh, someone who, God forbid, stumbled and fell, {..} he needs a remedy {He, this, this, this} the "Tikkun HaKlali" is a remedy, {..} But I do not, do not, do not say "Tikkun HaKlali," nothing {..} Not once, {once a..} week and not once a month, not {{...}}, nothing {...} [Already a long time?] Eh? [Many.., already many years? For many years you have not said "Tikkun HaKlali"?] Yes, yes [How long? How many years?] I did not think {{...}} and I do not remember, e.. but.. eh.. eh.. {..} [And..] {..}.. {Do you remember when this was..] {..} [Since when have you been exempt?] Since when? No, I do not remember, I do not remember, certainly, eh.. {..} [Since you received the Petek?] Eh? [Since you received the Petek?] {..}… ...[Since you received the Petek?] Rav Naftali Cohen, eh, was in Yerushalayim, eh, he was.. [He was..] A great sage and.. {..} old, and old and.. [He was..] And discerning and wise

[He was close to Rabbainu] {Yes, nu what}, he, he said to me, he said to me, eh: "Someone who does not, does not, does not blemish, eh, the covenant, God forbid Then he does not need to say it, the.. the "Tikkun HaKlali" {..} is only {…} for this Someone who, has a battle and needs, eh, needs, eh, to cleanse and.. {…} to cry, to do teshuvah," {..} but I {..} do not {{….}}, do not say, do not say "Tikkun HaKlali," and.. {.…} I do not need it The.. I have no blemish whatsoever, I have no, eh, {{.}}, any thought, any, eh, eh.. battle I cannot, cannot, cannot understand it, this.. [Is this since you received the Petek? Since..] Eh? [Since you received the Petek?] The Petek [Or after that?] {..} [That you do not need it] Eh, I do not remember, e.. I do not remember, {...} But I had very hard battles And Baruch Hashem I rid myself of them completely, I came out of this completely, completely The.. the "Tikkun HaKlali" is an easy thing, to say ten chapters of Psalms Nu, {and I, and I do not.., and I do not say it}, because I {do not}, eh, do not, do not {blemish} I have no, eh, any battle whatsoever, I do not have, e.. so I do not say, eh, "Tikkun HaKlali," {..} E.. but, eh.. {…}, but perhaps one needs further {to eye\to examine}, {…} yes Yes, to say "Tikkun HaKlali," what is there? If if one says "Tikkun HaKlali"? {..} But in.. {this is within..me\in.. as an obli..} an obligation, as a remedy No, I do not, do not {{…}}, not {{...}} clean of this, {I} have no battle whatsoever In.. in.. in.. {some} matter, eh, a thought of a woman, in the matter of lust [And.. and a mikveh as well?]

Eh? [A mikveh as well, too, you do not need a mikveh?] No, {{. .}that} I need? {…} I do not need it Eh, I do not go to the mikveh, I do not need either a mikveh or, or "Tikkun HaKlali," {...} [Rebbe Yisroel, and what service of Hashem do you have? What is your service of Hashem?] Eh? [What service? Your service?] {..} [If you have already rid yourselves..] Eh.. [Of the lust] {.. I will be I} [What is the matter?] Eh.. the.. {…} {..} [What is your service of Ha.., your service of Hashem?] Eh, I have no {..} battle whatsoever, eh, to fight, eh.. to break There is no.., {..} in this, in the matter of the blemish of the covenant, {..} Baruch Hashem I do not have, I have no battle whatsoever Not in thought and not, and not in any matter [So what is your service of Hashem? What is your service of Hashem?] Eh.. [What is the matter?] I, eh.. only the desire, I wanted to.. to.. rise at midnight, I wanted, eh, to do hisbodedus {…} I had a desire, a desire [But now, now what is your service of Hashem?] {..}.. Now I, eh.. like, like {…} There is no blemish whatsoever even in thought, even in thought, no blemish whatsoever, {...} [But now what service of Ha.., what service of Hashem do you have? What service of Hashem do you have now?] Eh? [What service of Hashem do you have now?] Now {…} almost, almost nothing, almost nothing I do not see with my eyes and do not hear with my ears, {…} I do not, do not, do not study, do not study, {..} I do not see.. with.. with my eyes But {…} the main thing, the main impurity, the.. lust {...} I do not have I do not have it, like, like someone {w..} who does not have, does not have an o.., does not have an organ

As though born without an organ, without, without l.. {..} This is only, eh.. {{. .}} the acts of Rabbainu, of blessed memory, {eh, th.. that it should be..} {{. .}} How {..} can it be? The body wants lusts The body, as long as it is alive, it, it, it.. it.. has battles, {..} battles Especially the main {..} lust, the general lust, {…} the lusts, eh, a woman, {..} {But Baruch Hashem..}… ...I think perhaps, perhaps {..} fifteen years that I have been this way, the.. perhaps, eh, more {…}.. [Rebbe Yisroel, now that you have no, no lust whatsoever..]… {..}… ...[Now th..]... ...[Rebbe Yisroel, now that you have no lust whatsoever, what is your role in the world?] I have a lust {to}, to eat and drink and.. But this as well is not, {this is not..}.. Baruch Hashem I ate, eh.. some bad thing, perhaps, eh, the food was not so, eh, eh.. fresh {…} It was very difficult for me {...}, and I prayed to Hashem Yisbarach that He send me a complete recovery {..} I felt unwell, yes, and Baruch Hashem a change occurred {..} I only {..} and prayed to Hashem Yisbarach: "Master of the World, Father, merciful Father, have mercy on me and.. and forgive me for my sins . {..} Help me do complete teshuvah," {..}.. [Like this always] Yes But the matter of, of lust, of lusts {I.. I am not in this, in this.. I am in this}, I am completely clean of this, {..}.. I have no lust whatsoever for a woman This is only the matter of Rabbainu, {..} [Rebbe Yisroel, is this a new thing, or were there already people like this in the world?] Eh? [Were there people in the world who merited the same thing? Were there tzaddikim in the world who merited the same thing?

Who have no lust whatsoever? Or is this..] Eh? [Or is this a new thing?] {..}.. I do not know, I do not know But, eh, eh.. this lust, {{. .}} the main thing is that it does not, does not, that he.. A.. attached and bound {to.. to..} to the person as long as he will be alive {..} I do not, I do not have this, {..} I do not have, eh.. {...} {..} I do not say "Tikkun HaKlali" I have almost already forgotten "Tikkun HaKlali," I do not say it, so, eh, I forgot [Rebbe Yisroel, if you already have no lust, can you help us to.. get out of this?] {{...}} This.. depends on the person himself, the heart, Rabbainu the holy says: "Give, g.. give your heart to me," eh.. and.. and I already, already.. {...} "Your heart" The heart, which is the.. soul, the soul, {everything}, all the vitality, the.. heart "Give your heart to me, and I, eh.. will do what I, what I can" Eh.. eh.. {..}… ...[Rebbe Yisroel, Rabbainu can rectify all Yisroel, Rabbainu] Eh? [Rabbainu can rectify all Yisroel, Rabbainu has the power to rectify all Yisroel] Yes, he will s.. sanctify and purify and.. all.., {{not terrible}}, every one of Yisroel with such teshuvah At.. n.. {..…} the coming of Mashiach, he.. [Completely] Mashiach will already find everything prepared and ready {..} Rabbainu the holy already prepared everything {{..}} for Mashiach There has not yet been in the world, since the day the world was created there has not yet been the.. Rabbainu the holy said {this} What, what, what, what, what am I? Eh, what am I? {…}.. Who, who am I? Eh.. Rabbainu the holy had Rebbe Nassan, {..} Rebbe Nassan was Rabbainu's disciple And he merited {to.. to..\to..this} to see and attain the.. the matter of Rabbainu more than the whole world

He was truly {..}.. No, no, no {there was}, we, there is no other rebbe and disciple like this in the world There is none like this, there was not and there will not be, and not, and not.. {{. .}} [Rebbe Yisroel, Rebbe.., Rabbainu will rectify Yisroel completely] Eh, I had {such, already} hard battles, yes But, eh.. eh.. {{who ….}}.. no.. now, this.. {{. .}} It is th.. e.. there is no.., eh, there is no, the.., I have no, I have no {..} blemish whatsoever A thought {{or some . .}}, eh.. {..}, no, eh.. This is a w.., this, this is a wondrous thing f.. from Rabbainu the holy {..} And Rebbe Yisroel, peace be upon him, wanted this, he, and he.. all All of his service, all {...}, that he, that he was, was occupied with drawing me close to Rabbainu Was only for this, eh, to be clean of the blemish of the covenant So I {..}, I am as though I am not of this world As though there is no, no woman in this world.. {this}, as though there is no lust in the world, {already he} nothing Not in a dream and not while awake and not {some.. ….}, nothing, nothing, {...} I do not need to fight with, with the.. with the.. in thoughts {..} No, no {……} [You have already won, you have won] {..} This, this is {here\w..}.., a wonder from.., from.., f.. from Rabbainu {..Indeed} Rabbainu had people who were {..} holy, true tzaddikim And who fled from the fame and honor of this world, th.., of the.. {…} Rebbe Nassan A rebbe and disciple like this, no, there was not {..} since the day the world was created, there was none like this And now is the time of the light, the time of the redemption, {{nu, and.. and.. and I..}} I.. I had a not.., {n..}.., a note that "the time of the redemption is very near," nu, and.. We do not {..}, but I do not have, I do not have.. {..} which month, which day

The holy Rabbainu revealed, revealed when Mashiach will come And how it will be, {h.. h.. a..} and how he will come {..} a.. and how, {..} {..} Mashiach will find everything ready and prepared, the holy Rabbainu already prepared {everything} for Mashiach Everything, {...} He, he said, the holy Rabbainu: "A novelty like me has still never been in the world" And this even, and this is still not even like a drop from the sea What he attained [Rebbe Yisroel, Rebbe Yisroel, is Mashiach already in the world?] Ah? [Is Mashiach already in the world? Is Mashiach already present in the world? Mashiach.. is present in the world already?] {..}.. {{. .}} But it is forbidden to speak {of this} {{}} Oy, Rebbe Yisroel, Rebbe Yisroel.. He had self-sacrifice, he {..} as though he has {...} neither a wife nor children, only me {. .} He and I, two people there were {Nu}, there is no such might, impo.., impossible to understand That there is in the world {another} such might as Rebbe Yisroel, who is a servant of Hashem Through this Rabbainu, the holy Rabbainu illuminated him, {..} [Who? Rebbe Yisroel (Kardonner)?] Yeah {..}.. He was cleaving and bound to Rabbainu, {..} [Rebbe Yisroel, did Rebbe Yisroel (Kardonner) not teach you "The Scroll of Secrets"? Did he not tell you?] Ah? [Did Rebbe Yisroel (Kardonner) know of "The Scroll of Secrets"?] {No} [He did not tell you?] {...} No, {…this w..}, only Rebbe Nassan knew this {...}, perhaps one or two more, no more The holy Rabbainu revealed, it is a secret from the whole world {..} The day and the d.., month {and the time..} when Mashiach will come A.. a.. and how he will come, a.. and he w.., what will be when he comes {..} [And you know?] The holy Rabbainu revealed, revealed th..

[You know?] {..}, no, no Rebbe Yisroel also did not know {…}, he knew everything like me, that there is a scroll {..} "The Scroll of Secrets" Which the holy Rabbainu revealed {about the.. …} the day {…} and the time {when..} Mashiach will come The month and the year and th.. {…} Ah… ...[Rebbe Yisroel, Rebbe Yisroel, you know.. Rebbe Yisroel] {..}… ...{…}... ...A cup, ah.. milk and honey [Rebbe Yisroel, you.., do you know what the name of {..} Mashiach is?] Ah? [What is Mashiach's name? What is his name? What is Mashiach's name? Do you know?] {..} [His name?] No, I do not know… ...[Rebbe Yisroel, Rabbainu said: that Mashiach will give a commentary on "Likutay Moharan"?] Ah? [Rabbainu said: that Mashiach will give a commentary on "Likutay Moharan"?] {..}.. The holy Rabbainu {then} said: "Mashiach will come..., will give a commentary on "Likutay Moharan" The whole world does not, those who are distant, they do not, do not know even a little.. of the holy Rabbainu Only {this.. some, some, ah..} holy people, tzaddikim, who merited to draw close to Rabbainu A.. and gave him everything, and he stu.., taught a.. and illuminated them, and he illuminated them {Ah, what speech, ah, ah, from, ah}, hidden things, such secrets that were not revealed in the world, oy, {Master of the} world, there will be light {...}, a new light, entirely new {...} Ah, ah, ah… ...Bring a little honey and milk… ...Do not know, I do not know at all Perhaps the name of Rabbainu's mother, Tzipporah, Feiga [Feiga, yes] Nachman son of Feiga [Yes] And her name.. of the girl [Yes] Will be {{. .}}, ah.. Feiga, Tzipporah [Tzipporah] Feiga, Feiga, Nachman son of Feiga

[Yes, and Rebbe Yisroel..]… ...[Is that not a problem?] Esther [Esther Feiga] Feiga [I have one daughter, her name is Esther Feiga, can I the d.. this one Tzipporah?] Tzippo.. Ah… ...Rabbainu's mother is Tzipporah [Yes] And.. and the girl? [I have one daughter, her name, it is Esther Feiga] Feiga? [Esther Feiga, Esther] Esther Feiga [Yes, this daughter, can I..] {..} [Can she, her name for the girl, Tzipporah, is it possible?] Tzipporah Ah.. Sarah is also a daughter of Rabbainu [Good] Ah? [Good, Rebbe Yisroel, good] Good? [Yes, good] Sarah [Good]… ...A daughter of Rabbainu, Sarah was.. the choicest of, ah, of, ah.. of Rabbainu [Good, good, Rebbe Yisroel] Sarah, Sarah, {good} {All right}, ah… ...I do not have the strength to walk, {..}, ah.. take off the.. the shoes, ah.. [...] {..}, who knows, perhaps we will go at night or tomorrow… ...{A good matter} [..] The country.., the Jews do not want [There are many, now there are many, many Jews who do not want] Ah, ah [..I heard like this, that the government wants, God forbid, wants to give the Arabs th.. th.. the Golan, the Golan] The Golan? [Yes] {...} [Like that, because they think that with this there will be peace, that is what they think A few days ago there was a demonstration in Yerushalayim] Yeah [Against this] Nu [There were approximately fifty thousand Jews, they held a demonstration in Yerushalayim, but politics is politics, they want, now they are causing, God forbid, more problems for religious Jews than they cause for Arabs] What? [They wan.., they cause more problems for the religious than they cause for the Arabs, the government, many, many, many religious people, they do not want to leave th.. the Golan or th.. the territories] Nu

[But the government wants to give it to the Arabs for the sake of peace] [………...Good, I will come after this…………] {..}… ...{{. .}} [What, what can we do? We need to pray for this] The government…