{
  "bookId": "yisroel-saba",
  "part": "1",
  "torah": "3",
  "title": "Chapter Three: The Matter of False Beliefs",
  "hebrewTitle": "תְּמִימוּת בַּעֲבוֹדַת הַשֵּׁם",
  "sourceUrl": "/reader/yisroel-saba/1/3",
  "plainUrl": "/reader-plain/yisroel-saba/1/3/",
  "segments": [
    {
      "index": 1,
      "he": "וְכָכָה הָלַכְתִּי לְ'שַׁעֲרֵי חֶסֶד' לְדַבֵּר מֵרַבֵּנוּ עִם זֶה וְעִם זֶה. אִם הָיִיתִי אוֹמֵר שֶׁאֲנִי סוֹבֵל עֲנִיּוּת - נוּ, בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם יֵשׁ הַרְבֵּה עֲנִיִּים.",
      "en": "Who can estimate it, who can describe it…"
    },
    {
      "index": 2,
      "he": "אוֹי מִי יוֹדֵעַ, מִי יָכוֹל לְסַפֵּר, מִי יָכוֹל לְשַׁעֵר דְּבָרִים כָּאֵלֶּה. הָיִיתִי יָכוֹל לִהְיוֹת מְשֻׁגָּע אוֹ גַּנָּב אוֹ דָּבָר כָּזֶה. אֶפְשָׁר לְשַׁעֵר בַּמֹּחַ דָּבָר כָּזֶה, יֵשׁ יֶלֶד וְאֵין לוֹ בֶּגֶד וְאֵין לוֹ לֶחֶם וְלֹא נַעַל לָרַגְלַיִם וְלֹא שִׁלַּמְתִּי בַּעֲדָם אֶת הַכֶּסֶף שֶׁל הַחִנּוּךְ שֶׁל הַבֵּית-סֵפֶר וְזָרְקוּ אוֹתָם בְּכָל חֹדֶשׁ מִן הַחֶדֶר שֶׁלֹּא יָבוֹאוּ עַד שֶׁיָּבִיאוּ כֶּסֶף. נוּ, מִי כֵּן יָכוֹל לְהָבִין אֶת זֶה, אֵיזֶה צַעַר זֶה? מִי יָכוֹל לְשַׁעֵר אֶת הַצַּעַר וְהַכְּאֵב וְהַבּוּשָׁה, מִי יָכוֹל לְשַׁעֵר. עַכְשָׁו אֲנִי מְסַפֵּר וַאֲנִי מְצַחֵק וַאֲנִי בְּשִׂמְחָה, אֲבָל אָז מִי יָכוֹל לְשַׁעֵר אֶת הַלֵּב שֶׁלִּי, אֶת הַצַּעַר וְהַשִּׁבְרוֹן לֵב שֶׁהָיָה לִי?",
      "en": "There was no one to speak with me, no one to guide me. I was always in sadness, broken — but this was a great good, because being broken drew me close to Hashem and to Torah. It was for the best. And I yearned — I had a longing for Hashem."
    },
    {
      "index": 3,
      "he": "אוֹי, רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם יוֹדֵעַ הָאֱמֶת, כַּמָּה שֶׁאֲנִי אֲסַפֵּר עוֹד לֹא מַגִּיעַ לִכְפִי שֶׁהָיָה! וּבָרוּךְ הַשֵּׁם אֲנִי לֹא הִכְנַעְתִּי עַצְמִי לְהַשֶּׁקֶר. בָּרוּךְ הַשֵּׁם אֲנִי הָיִיתִי חָזָק, אֲנִי צָחַקְתִּי מִכֻּלָּם. אֲנִי הָיִיתִי גִּבּוֹר חָזָק וְלֹא הִכְנַעְתִּי עַצְמִי לִכְלוּם!",
      "en": "And I was ashamed. I thought that only I had a yetzer hora, that only I had desires and everyone else was pure — I did not know what was happening by others. So I said to myself: \"All the desires and all the troubles — all of it — I am worse than all the world, than everyone.\" I did not know that others also had a yetzer hora. But blessed be Hashem — Hashem performed miracles for me, that I merited to draw close to Rabbenu, and I merited to understand, to see, and to feel: this is Judaism — this is Torah!"
    },
    {
      "index": 4,
      "he": "אֲנִי גַּרְתִּי בִּטְבֶרְיָה וְלֹא הָיָה לִי פַּרְנָסָה, וַאֲנִי נָסַעְתִּי לִירוּשָׁלַיִם בִּשְׁבִיל לִשְׁמֹעַ אֵיזֶה דִּבּוּר מֵרַבֵּנוּ. אֲנִי נָסַעְתִּי לִירושָׁלַיִם וְהָיִיתִי שָׁמָּה שָׂמֵחַ. וְחָזַרְתִּי מִירוּשָׁלַיִם, וּמָצָאתִי אֶת הַבַּת שֶׁלִּי חוֹלָה כָּל-כָּךְ רָחוֹק מִן הַחַיִּים, בְּחֹלִי כָּזֶה.. אָז אִשְׁתִּי אָמְרָה לִי: \"אַתָּה גָּרַמְתָּ לָהּ אֶת זֶה! הִיא הִתְגַּעְגְּעָה אַחֲרֶיךָ וְנִכְנְסָה לְמַחֲלָה כָּזֶה, הִיא הִתְגַּעְגְּעָה אַחֲרֵי הָאַבָּא שֶׁלָּהּ\", וּבָרוּךְ הַשֵּׁם הִיא הִבְרִיאָה...",
      "en": "But I had no one to guide me. I did not have Rabbenu — I did not know of Rabbenu. Afterwards, when I merited to draw close — then I knew. But did I know then what I know now? Yet every understanding I merited — every time I felt the truth — I felt: \"Ho — this is such truth! There is nothing like it!\""
    },
    {
      "index": 5,
      "he": "הָיָה בִּטְבֶרְיָה מַעֲשֶׂה מֵהַנִּפְטָר. מַעֲשֶׂה כָּזֶה...",
      "en": "For when I drew close to Rabbenu I traveled to Yerushalayim — and Yerushalayim is a city of Torah scholars, geniuses, great tzadikim. But about our own people [anshei shlomaynu — the Breslov Chassidim] they said as if they were wicked and contemptible. Yet every word I heard from our people — I felt such truth! I saw and understood. Hashem gave me wisdom and reason to understand. I saw Rav Naftali Cohen — he was a great and learned man, a builder who could construct great buildings, and he built a synagogue. I asked him questions about what to do with the yetzer hora. He loved speaking with me — he saw my temimus and truth, and so he loved me greatly. But there was a great distance between us — he was already old and a Torah scholar, and I was plain and simple. He spoke with me — he did not love to speak much, but in his words there was holy wisdom. He introduced into me a new spirit — the matter of Rabbenu. He illuminated within me a great light to know what false beliefs are and what Rabbenu is."
    },
    {
      "index": 6,
      "he": "בָּרוּךְ הַשֵּׁם, כְּשֶׁרָצִיתִי לַחֲזֹר הַבַּיְתָה מִירוּשָׁלַיִם לִטְבֶרְיָה לֹא הָיָה לִי כֶּסֶף. בִּשְׁבִיל מַה נָּסַעְתִּי לִירוּשָׁלַיִם, בִּשְׁבִיל כֶּסֶף? אָז אֲנִי נִכְנַסְתִּי לְבֵית-כְּנֶסֶת וְהָיְתָה שָׁמָּה מִרְפֶּסֶת וְהָיָה יוֹשֵׁב שָׁמָּה נִפְטָר אֶחָד, נִפְטָר, מֵת, כֵּן. אָז אֲנִי רוֹאֶה שֶׁאֶפְשָׁר לְדַבֵּר אִתּוֹ, אָמַרְתִּי לוֹ: \"מַדּוּעַ אַתָּה כָּל-כָּךְ בְּעַצְבוּת? מַה זֶּה אִתְּךָ, אָסוּר לִהְיוֹת כָּכָה!\"",
      "en": "Until I merited to understand the matter of emunos kazviyos [false and counterfeit beliefs] — because had I not understood, I would have had a great trouble in the heart: \"There is a defect in my heart, a flaw. What does one do?\" Blessed be Hashem — Hashem helped me, and the words I heard from our people in Yerushalayim were a consolation and a salvation for me."
    },
    {
      "index": 7,
      "he": "אָז הוּא אָמַר לִי: \"לֵךְ מִמֶּנִּי, לֵךְ מִמֶּנִּי, אַל תְּדַבֵּר אִתִּי, אַתָּה לֹא יָכוֹל לַעֲזֹר לִי, לֵךְ מִמֶּנִּי! אֲנִי רוֹצֶה לָמוּת, אֲנִי מְחַכֶּה בְּכָל רֶגַע לְהוֹצִיא הַנְּשָׁמָה, מָה אַתָּה רוֹצֶה מִמֶּנִּי, לֵךְ, לֵךְ!\"",
      "en": "The truth stands against the entire world — and yet the opposite: I said to myself, \"Who are you, what do you know, what do you understand?\" But the truth — no. Hashem also contracts Himself [metzamtzem — the Kabbalistic concept of divine self-contraction to allow presence in limited worlds] to Yisroel Ber as well. I was happy with my portion — that I merited to feel, to see, and to understand: this is truth and that is falsehood!"
    },
    {
      "index": 8,
      "he": "הוּא לֹא רָצָה לִשְׁמֹעַ, הוּא הָיָה לִיטָאִי. עַל-כָּל-פָּנִים אֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי לוֹ: \"תְּסַפֵּר לִי מַה יֵּשׁ לְךָ\".",
      "en": "This was at a time when the entire world was submerged in falsehood — and I merited to see the opposite of all of them. And it did not affect me that they were many and great in Torah. No — the truth is strong, it is a mighty warrior without equal!"
    },
    {
      "index": 9,
      "he": "אָז אָמַר: \"מַה יִּהְיֶה אִם אֲנִי אֲסַפֵּר, אַתָּה יָכוֹל לַעֲשׂוֹת בֹּרֶג? אֲנִי חָסֵר לִי בֹּרֶג. אֲנִי חֶרֶשׁ, אֲנִי לֹא שׁוֹמֵעַ וְאֵין לִי פַּרְנָסָה. מָה אֶפְשָׁר לַעֲשׂוֹת, אֲנִי אֵין לִי שׁוּם עֵצָה, רַק לְאַבֵּד אֶת עַצְמִי\". אֲבָל הוּא הָיָה יְרֵא שָׁמַיִם וְלֹא רָצָה לַעֲשׂוֹת כָּךְ.",
      "en": "Every word I heard from the people of Rabbenu — Rav Noson [the second husband of Gitel'eh, who married her after the passing of Rabbi Yisroel Kardoner] — his temimus, his truth, his speech, his countenance — I saw that all of them with all their Torah amounted to nothing compared to Rav Noson: this is one who serves Hashem."
    },
    {
      "index": 10,
      "he": "הוּא הָיָה לוֹ קָרוֹב מִשְׁפָּחָה עִם אֵיזֶה חֲנוּת, אָמַר לוֹ הַקָּרוֹב מִשְׁפָּחָה: \"שֵׁב בַּחֲנוּת, אִם אֶחָד יִרְצֶה קִילוֹ סֻכָּר, תִּתֵּן לוֹ קִילוֹ סֻכָּר\".",
      "en": "I was in Yerushalayim and I received from this one a word, from that one a word — and it entered my heart. I came to Teveriah with new merchandise, with new melodies, and a new Yisroel Ber — not the Yisroel Ber of before. Then everyone knew that Yisroel Ber had been in Yerushalayim."
    },
    {
      "index": 11,
      "he": "טוֹב, הוּא יָשַׁב בַּחֲנוּת וְנִכְנַס אֶחָד שֶׁרָצָה קִילוֹ סֻכָּר, אָז הוּא הָלַךְ לְהָבִיא לוֹ אֶת הַסֻּכָּר וְהוּא שָׁכַח מַה הַקּוֹנֶה רָצָה. הוּא לֹא יוֹדֵעַ אִם מֶלַח, אִם סֻכָּר, וְהוּא מִתְבַּיֵּשׁ לַחֲזֹר וְלִשְׁאֹל אֶת הָאִישׁ מַה הוּא רוֹצֶה. עַל-כָּל-פָּנִים אֵין לוֹ בְּרֵירָה, אָז הָלַךְ וְשָׁאַל אֶת הַקּוֹנֶה: \"מָה אַתֶּם רוֹצִים?\"",
      "en": "And this was a miracle from Hashem above nature — impossible to understand. I had been born among them and I knew that these were God-fearing people. All of them had a reputation and a name of falsehood — that they were yirei Hashem. But Hashem gave me wisdom and reason: I discerned and knew and saw and understood the truth."
    },
    {
      "index": 12,
      "he": "\"אֲנַחְנוּ רוֹצִים סֻכָּר\".",
      "en": "Were it not for the opposition, were it not for the antagonism — I would not have known anything of Rabbenu. What my eyes saw, I saw specifically through the antagonism. Specifically through the opposition I merited to know such things! Had there been no opposition I would not have known — through the opposition it became known what Rabbenu is, what Breslov is. What made me a Breslover — the opposition, the opponents. That specifically, specifically drew me close — yes."
    },
    {
      "index": 13,
      "he": "הוּא הָלַךְ לְהָבִיא סֻכָּר, עַד שֶׁהָלַךְ לְהָבִיא אֶת הַסֻּכָּר, הוּא שָׁכַח שׁוּב פַּעַם מַה הוּא צָרִיךְ לְהָבִיא.",
      "en": "I want to speak, to tell — but these things cannot be grasped. Who can speak, who can describe, who can estimate — only what I saw. In particular what I did not see at all — it was such good gifts. Our holy Rabbenu said: \"I have brought you a gift from Eretz Yisroel — opposition! The entire world will oppose me — and then whoever draws close to me will be among my people!\""
    },
    {
      "index": 14,
      "he": "בָּא אֶחָד וְאָמַר לוֹ: \"תִּתֵּן לִי לֶחֶם\", אָז הוּא הֵבִיא לוֹ דַּג מָלוּחַ. \"מַה זֶּה? אֲנִי רוֹצֶה לֶחֶם, לֹא דַּג מָלוּחַ!\"",
      "en": "This was such a gift as has no equal in the world. Now give all the money in the world — I want it — it is gone; the time has passed. But even today Mashiach has not yet come; the truth has not yet been fully revealed. But the world is beginning to hear and to understand the matter of Rabbenu, Rebbe Nachman."
    },
    {
      "index": 15,
      "he": "\"כֵּן, טוֹב, אֵין בְּעָיּוֹת, אֲנִי אָבִיא לֶחֶם\". טוֹב, הוּא הָלַךְ וְהֵבִיא סֻכָּר. הוּא שָׁכַח, לֹא יָדַע מַה לָּתֵת.",
      "en": "All the days of my life people were afraid, terrified to touch a Breslov book — and now one can buy Breslov books everywhere. I had challenges before Hashem: \"If the truth were revealed the world would already be repaired. When will this be? How can the redemption come — how is it possible?\""
    },
    {
      "index": 16,
      "he": "הוּא שׁוֹאֵל אוֹתִי: \"דָּבָר כָּזֶה יֵשׁ לוֹ תִּקְוָה? אֲנִי אֵין לִי שׁוּם עֵצָה - רַק לְאַבֵּד עַצְמִי. אֲנִי אֶעֱשֶׂה מִצְוָה וַאֲנִי אֲאַבֵּד אֶת עַצְמִי. עֲזֹב אוֹתִי, אַל תְּדַבֵּר אִתִּי\".",
      "en": "And now I see — from eighty years ago until now — I see such a power: the world is drawing itself toward Rabbenu. It was fitting that the whole world would distance itself from Breslov — because all the great ones were in opposition. And such a wonder came to pass…"
    },
    {
      "index": 17,
      "he": "הוּא לֹא רָצָה לִשְׁמֹעַ, הוּא אָמַר: \"לֵךְ מִמֶּנִּי. אַתָּה רוֹצֶה לַעֲזֹר לִי, אֲבָל אִי אֶפְשָׁר, יֵשׁ לְךָ בְּרָגִים?\"",
      "en": "Oy — what the people of Rabbenu suffered! They suffered for these generations, they prepared the way for Mashiach — the people of Rabbenu and the books of Rabbenu and every single word. But falsehood blinds eyes, distorts eyes, desecrates and degrades the truth. But already when Rabbenu entered Uman he said to Rav Noson: \"Even so — Hashem always completes His will!\""
    },
    {
      "index": 18,
      "he": "אָז אָמַרְתִּי לוֹ: \"אֵין לִי בְּרָגִים, אֲבָל יֵשׁ לִי צַדִּיק כָּזֶה שֶׁאַתָּה יָכוֹל לִהְיוֹת לְךָ רְפוּאָה שְׁלֵמָה עַל-יָדוֹ!\"",
      "en": "Oy, blessed be Hashem — I was crushed and broken in submission, but within my heart the truth burned like a flame of fire. That was a miracle!"
    },
    {
      "index": 19,
      "he": "אָמַרְתִּי לוֹ: \"אֲנִי יֵשׁ לִי צַדִּיק כָּזֶה שֶׁהוּא יָכוֹל לַעֲזֹר לְךָ!\"",
      "en": "In Teveriah there were Chassidim — and when someone did good deeds, some act of charity and kindness, he was very respected in the city and they gave him the reputation of a tzadik. Everyone would laugh — but he would not laugh. He was considered an \"Oved Hashem\" [one who serves G-d] and an upright man, so he would not laugh. Yet even so, in his heart he did not oppose Breslov — because he could not change the world. Only truth can stand against the entire world."
    },
    {
      "index": 20,
      "he": "הוּא בִּקֵּשׁ אוֹתִי בְּתַחֲנוּנִים: \"עֲזֹב אוֹתִי, אֲנִי רוֹצֶה לָמוּת, עֲזֹב אוֹתִי. אֲנִי מְצַפֶּה מְחַכֶּה מָתַי תֵּצֵא הַנְּשָׁמָה וְאַתָּה לֹא נוֹתֵן לִי אֶת זֶה. מָה אַתָּה רוֹצֶה מִמֶּנִּי, אַתָּה רוֹצֶה שֶׁאֲנִי אֵלֵךְ לִטְבֶרְיָה?\"",
      "en": "Oy, Master of the Universe…"
    },
    {
      "index": 21,
      "he": "עַל-כָּל-פָּנִים אֲנִי לֹא עָזַבְתִּי אוֹתוֹ, אָמַרְתִּי לוֹ בְּכָל עֵת וְהוּא שָׁמַע אֶת זֶה, עַד שֶׁהוּא הִתְחִיל לְקַבֵּל וּלְהַאֲמִין בָּזֶה שֶׁיִּהְיֶה לוֹ רְפוּאָה, וְהוּא הִתְחִיל לַחֲשֹׁב, \"אוּלַי זֶה טוֹב..\", וְהִתְחִיל לִרְקֹד!",
      "en": "Once, a great Admor of a famous Chassidic group arrived at the yeshiva of Rabbi Meir Ba'al HaNes — where I studied. He came and entered the cave, and all the Chassidim with him saw how the Rebbe was present in the cave: \"Who knows what is going on there in the cave…\""
    },
    {
      "index": 22,
      "he": "הָיָה נִסִּים אֵיךְ הוּא בָּא אִתִּי לִטְבֶרְיָה, הָלַכְנוּ בְּיַחַד לִטְבֶרְיָה וַאֲנִי הֵבֵאתִי הַבַּיְתָה בִּמְקוֹם הַכֶּסֶף - הֵבֵאתִי אוֹרֵחַ מִירוּשָׁלַיִם, וְהוּא צָרִיךְ לֶאֱכֹל.",
      "en": "Everyone went out to receive him with honor — and I did not go out. Blessed be Hashem, I had the azus dik'dushah [holy boldness]…"
    },
    {
      "index": 23,
      "he": "נוּ, אֲנִי הֵבֵאתִי אוֹתוֹ לַבַּיִת שֶׁלִּי, זֶה הָיָה הַ'כֶּסֶף' שֶׁלִּי שֶׁהֵבֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלַיִם, וְזֶה הָיָה לֹא רַק לְיוֹם אֶחָד, הוּא הָיָה בְּבֵיתִי זְמַן רַב, וְאִשְׁתִּי אָמְרָה לִי: \"מַה נַּעֲשֶׂה, אֵין לִי לֶחֶם בִּשְׁבִיל הַיְלָדִים, אֵיךְ נִתֵּן לוֹ אֹכֶל?\"",
      "en": "I saw that there were elders, great men, ba'alei mekubalim [masters of Kabbalah] with yiras shomayim. I went to them — before I yet knew of Rabbi Yisroel Kardoner. Once I went to Rav Leishke — he was old, he was greater than all of them, and he loved me. I entered his home and he received me with love. But he opposed Breslov. And this was after I had already merited to draw close to Rabbi Yisroel and had received all kinds of humiliations and contempt. So Rav Leishke said to me: \"If you feel that this instills in you yiras shomayim, emunah, and fulfillment of the Torah — do not listen to any rabbi or any person in the world!\""
    },
    {
      "index": 24,
      "he": "עַל-כָּל-פָּנִים הוּא הָיָה אֶצְלִי זְמַן רַב וְאָכַל וְשָׁתָה. אֲנַחְנוּ שַׁרְנוּ בְּשַׁבַּת קֹדֶשׁ כָּל הַלַּיְלָה, רָקַדְנוּ וְשָׂמַחְנוּ. וְכָל טְבֶרְיָה כְּבָר יָדְעָה שֶׁאֲנִי הֵבֵאתִי אוֹרֵחַ, הֵם שָׁמְעוּ הָרִקּוּדִים שֶׁלָּנוּ, שֶׁל הַנִּפְטָר וְשֶׁלִּי. וּלְבַסּוֹף הָיָה לוֹ רְפוּאָה בִּשְׁלֵמוּת! הֵבֵאתִי אוֹתוֹ לִטְבֶרְיָה וּבִטְבֶרְיָה הוּא קִבֵּל רְפוּאָה, רְפוּאָה כָּזֶה.. כְּאִלּוּ יָחִיד בַּדּוֹר!",
      "en": "He said this to me — but in a whisper, not before everyone. It was beside the Kinneret [the Sea of Galilee], beside the mikveh, and there was only I and he. He did not tell me not to reveal that he had spoken to me thus — he simply said it not before others. He knew I would not reveal it — what would I gain?"
    },
    {
      "index": 25,
      "he": "אוֹי יוֹי יוֹי, כַּמָּה טוֹב שֶׁאֲנִי מְסַפֵּר אֶת זֶה, עַל-כָּל-פָּנִים שֶׁיִּשָּׁאֵר בָּעוֹלָם. אֵינֶנִּי יוֹדֵעַ אִם הַנִּפְטָר הוּא חָי, אִם הוּא נִמְצָא בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה אוֹ בָּעוֹלָם הַבָּא, עַכְשָׁו אֲנִי לֹא יוֹדֵעַ אֵיפֹה הוּא נִמְצָא...",
      "en": "Blessed be Hashem, this was a great strengthening for me — because he was from their side, from the side of the opponents. But he had some point of truth; he recognized in me that I was seeking truth, and so he said such words to me."
    },
    {
      "index": 26,
      "he": "הַמַּעֲשֶׂה הַזֶּה הָיָה מְפֻרְסָם בִּטְבֶרְיָה, הַנִּפְטָר הוּא הָיָה שָׁכֵן שֶׁלִּי וְהוּא סִפֵּר לְכֻלָּם בְּרֹאשׁ-הַשָּׁנָה בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם אֶת הַמַּעֲשֶׂה מַה שֶּׁעָשִׂיתִי. הוּא הָיָה לוֹ רְפוּאָה וְהוּא הִתְחַתֵּן אַחֲרֵי שִׁדּוּךְ טוֹב וְהָיָה לוֹ בָּנִים וְהָיָה לוֹ פַּרְנָסָה טוֹבָה. אֲנִי הִכַּרְתִּי אוֹתוֹ וְאֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ וְאֶת בָּנָיו.",
      "en": "This was for me miracles and wonders greater than the Exodus from Egypt — how I merited to come out from all of them! I overcame with strength, with courage — and all of them fell from it. They saw my courage — and they fell!"
    },
    {
      "index": 27,
      "he": "זֶה הַמַּעֲשֶׂה הוּא כְּמוֹ שֶׁל הַתָּם מֵהַ'סִּפּוּרֵי מַעֲשִׂיּוֹת'. כָּכָה הַ'נִּפְטָר' הוּא קִבֵּל אֶת הַדִּבּוּרִים שֶׁלִּי, וְהוּא נַעֲשָׂה הַסּוֹכֵן הֲכִי גָּדוֹל בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁל אַחַת הַחֶבְרוֹת הֲכִי גְּדוֹלָה בָּאָרֶץ. הוּא הָיָה פּוֹעֵל נֶאֱמָן, אָז הַסּוֹחֵר שֶׁל הַחֶבְרָה אָמַר לְהַבַּעַל-הַבַּיִת: \"אִישׁ נֶאֱמָן כָּזֶה לֹא רָאִיתִי בְּחַיָּי\", אָז אָמַר הַבַּעַל-הַבַּיִת: \"אֲנִי צָרִיךְ אִישׁ כָּזֶה\". וְהוּא לָקַח אוֹתוֹ וְהוּא נַעֲשָׂה הַסּוֹכֵן הֲכִי גָּדוֹל בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, הַסּוֹכֵן הָרָאשִׁי!",
      "en": "They were all against me. I suffered lowliness and such contempt — but it was good gifts, good gifts…"
    }
  ]
}