…Popping up like mushrooms after the rain
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So just what is נַ נַח נַחְמָ נַחְמָן מאומן (Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman)?
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Because the light of God is without end, if not properly filtered it would be impossible for us to exist within it, as physical reality cannot exist within a context of God’s light. One way of understanding this is to imagine yourself staring straight into the heart of the sun. Without the proper equipment to filter and reduce the awesome light, you could lose your vision forever.
Because the light of God is without end, if not properly filtered it would be impossible for us to exist within it…
So too with the light of the infinite…
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The Ten Sefirot are deeply embedded within our Jewish tradition. In the story of creation, God spoke the world into being. It is no coincidence that there are exactly ten sayings with which the world was created.
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At Mt. Sinai when we were given the Torah, we received first the Ten Commandments, which contain the entire written Torah within them.
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In looking deeper, it has been observed that there are actually ten pulse points running throughout the human body.
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And a similar principle is true with the book of Tehillim (Psalms). This is why we say the Tikkun HaKlali, the General Rectification. Every one of its 10 chapters is intentionally aligned with one of the Sefirot, and the reading of all the chapters in its particular order rectifies all the Sefirot in order – which is why it is called the General Rectification – it can fix all things.
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Now let’s go back in time for a moment. About 2000 years ago, it was written in the Holy Zohar (Tikuny Ha’Zohar-Tikkun 21) that in the end of days, a song would be revealed – the ‘Song of the Future’. This song is composed of four different types of melodies: simple, double, triple, and quadruple – in accordance to the four letters of the name of God, YKVK. It is with this song spoken of in the Zohar that the Nation of Israel were taken out of their exile in Egypt, as the verse says “Thus sang Moshe and the Nation of Israel, this song to Hashem….”
It is no coincidence that there are exactly ten sayings with which the world was created.
A huge wonder that has never been revealed before…
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Similar to the way we received the words of “Baruch She’amar” that we recite every morning in our prayers; and in the same way we received the instruction manual for assembling the holy breastplate of the Kohen Gadol, here too the message was delivered to Saba Yisrael via a note, in a wondrous, miraculous way.
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The letter is shrouded in mysteries that have not yet been fully revealed. It contains endless gematriot (numerical codes), letter codes, and references to the deepest and most hidden secrets – until this very day, no one has been able to fully interpret them.
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“I am writing on behalf of a most unusual individual, Rabbi Yisrael Dov Odesser, shlita, from Israel. This individual is a gaon (genius) in Torah. I had the pleasure of recently meeting with him and was inspired by a secret document he possesses. Rabbi Odesser is soliciting funds to enable him to print Rabbi Nachman’s sefarim, and it is a great mitzvah to assist him in this endeavor. Hashem will reward all those that so assist him.”
– Rabbi Moshe Feinstein
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It is known that saying the names of tzadikkim, our righteous sages, joins us together with them, and brings down a G-dly light to us. In fact, the holy Arizal commanded his student, Rabbi Chaim Vittal, to utter the name of Rabbi Akiva (a Talmudic sage and archetypal ba’al teshuvaI) 10 times before each prayer. In the Zohar it is written that one out of every nine of the most powerful prayers includes a mention of tzadikkim. And in Rebbe Nachman’s Sefer HaMiddot, it is written that through the uttering of the names of tzadikkim, it is possible to bring a renewal like that of the original creation, so great is its power to transcend the natural order. Many more examples can be found showing the potency of this practice.
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In the petek, Rebbe Nachman reveals his name in the style of letter building, as discussed in the Holy Zohar. This reveals the 10 letters from which the ‘Song of the Future’ is comprised. Here is a breakdown of how we see that in the words of the petek:
It is known that saying the names of tzadikkim, our righteous sages, joins us together with them, and brings down a G-dly light to us
נַ נַח נַחְמָ נַחְמָן מאומן
simple…………נ (one letter)
double……….נח (two letter)
triple………..נחמ (three letters)
quadruple…נחמן (four letters)
The total amount of letters is 10 = 1+2+3+4
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As in: Yud
Yud- Hei
Yud-Hei-Vav
Yud-Hei-Vav-Hei
Rabbi Avraham Ben Rebbe Nachman of Tulchan (mentioned earlier), reveals in his book “Kochvei Ohr”, That the numerical value of Hashems holy name in “Achoraim” incl. Each letter spelled out (Milui) and it’s Kollel’s, = 148
Which is the Gematria of the name NACHMAN
Which is the Gematria of the name NACHMAN
“Who is Ron?” – “I am Ron”
Rebbe Nachman revealed that by connecting to him, he can help to connect us to the infinate light of Hashem, and to lead each one of us in our own unique path. He said that “My fire will burn until the coming of Machiach”. Meaning that he is the Tzaddik that has the power to help our generation until moshiach will come.
When Rebbe Nachman came to the Land of Israel, he travelled to Meron – the burial site of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. There, even though Rabbi Shimon had passed away almost 2000 years earlier, the two tzadikkim met there, and discussed matters of the most supernal nature – and two sentences from this conversation were recorded in the book “Chayei Moharan”, “The Life of Rebbe Nachman” (*This is referring to the “Chayei Moharan” written by Rebbi Naftali. It can also be found in some of the more commonly known edition of “Chayei Moharan” written by Rebbi Natan as additions towards the end; and in the letters of Rav Kenning)
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Retroactively, it is possible to understand some fragments of their conversation.
Rabbi Shimon asked Rebbi Nachman, “Who is Ron?” And Rebbi Nachman answered – “I am Ron”.
The word ‘Ron’ is synonymous with joy, and with song. Therefore, it is retroactively possible to understand that Rebbi Nachman was hinting the following to Rabbi Shimon:
“Who is Ron (who is song)?” – Who is the Song of the Future, the one which you revealed in the Holy Zohar?
“I am Ron (I am the song)” – My name is Nachman, from which are formed the words of the Song of the Future.
Who is the Song of the Future, the one which you revealed in the Holy Zohar?
During Rebbe Nachman last journey from Breslov to Uman, where he spent the last few months of his life, he revealed a Torah which was put into the introduction of his book “Likutey Maharon”. In this Torah he mentions a pasuk from “Misheli” “Nachal Nove’a Mekor Chachma” – “An outpouring river, the source of wisdom”.which has the initials that spell out Nachman. This pasuk became something close to a second name, commonly used to refer to Rebbe Nachman.
But this pasuk (along with the hidden name of Nachman in its initials) also carries another message.
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נ’חל נ’בע מ’קור ח’כמה
נ נ מ ח
The first letters of the phrase spell out the word ‘Nachman’
חל בע קור כמה
The middle letters, added up according to gematria, including the letters themselves, equal 491 – which is the gematria of
נַ נַח נַחְמָ נַחְמָן מאומן
Perhaps this is also a hint that the outer, revealed aspect of Rebbe Nachman is the name Nachal Nove’a Mekor Chachma, and the inner, more concealed aspect is Na Nach Nachma Nachman Me’Uman.
This pasuk became something close to a second name, commonly used to refer to Rebbe Nachman.
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Before his passing, Saba Yisrael asked a group of his close students – Breslov chassidim, to hand-write Rebbe Nachman’s name as it appears in the Song of the Future (נַ נַח נַחְמָ נַחְמָן מאומן), in ink on a piece of parchment (in the way of Torah scribes). These parchments should be covered multiple times (so that it can be worn in places like bathrooms), and placed in amulets to be distributed accross the world. He said that these amulets would work on behalf of barren women, to heal the very ill, to aid in people finding their soulmates, to safeguard against all kinds of dark forces, to reinforce faith, and much more.
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Please note: As is true of many other essays on this site, what is written here is only a drop in the sea of what it is truly possible to explain about the Song of the Future, and connecting to the Tzaddik Rebbe Nachman of Breslov. Many entire books could be scribed, and many additions and commentaries added to what we have written above. It is our hope that this small taste will enlighten the heart of the reader, and inspire you to seek revelations of greater depth about the petek and the Song of the Future, and how they can strengthen and inspire you along your individual path. If you find any mistakes in translation or have trouble understanding the article, please let us know! Feel free to comment below.We bless the viewers to be connected to Rebbe Nachman and to his teachings, and to always be happy and inspired…
Na Nach Nachma Nachman Me’Uman 🙂
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