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The Instructional Bequest of
The Baal Shem Tov
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MaBaK Commentary is R' Meilech Leib DuBrow
Mavakshei HaShem are the comments of Rabbi BenTzion Saloff, a close colleague and friend of R' Meilech Leib
| Essay | Topic |
| 1 | Do not let a single opportunity for personal growth pass. |
| 2 | The root and essence of happiness and peace of mind is to desire only attachment to G-d. |
| 3 | In anything with which we find ourselves occupied, we must bring the full measure of all our G-d given capabilities to bear. |
| 4 | Focus on serving G-d, and He will take care of the material concerns |
| 5 | Seek to transform the material, the permissible, into something spiritual |
| 6 | One should consider oneself as a Child of the Supernal World |
| 7 | Consider oneself as if poor - speak constantly [to G-d] with soft words and supplications, like a poor person. |
| 8 | Continually say in one's thoughts, "When will I merit that the Light of the Shechinah will dwell with me?" |
| 9 | Each moment is a choice - uninvited thoughts constantly enter our minds. Will you choose holiness or the opposite? |
| 10 | Equanimity - intellectual and emotional detachment - is essential to peace of mind. |
| 11 | How we perceive and respond to spiritual forces which interact with our "psyche" and spirituality constantly. |
| 12 | The capabilities and talents of one person are not superior to that of another. For each of us is necessary to G-d's purpose - the revelation of His Unity within this world |
| 13 | Drawing down Hashem's Holiness through reciting appropriate Torah verses will cause a lust for a particular sin to depart. |
| 14 | You can refine yourself, and change unwanted personal characteristics through the Divine Service of learning Chassidus and through prayer |
| 15 | Doing Hashem's will with joy and constancy. |
| 16 | The importance of prayer between mid-night and sunrise |
| 17 | Never let a day go by without doing mitzvos |
| 18 | Shabbat is an eternal covenant which attests to our relationship with our Creator |
| 19 | Be very careful in the Krias Sh'ma |
| 20 | Firmly sieze the characteristic of alacrity. |
| 21 | How mitzvos instill love and fear of G-d, and open our eyes to Him |
| 22 | Every moment is an opportunity for the three-fold path to seeing G-d |
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