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My encounter with Rabbi Israel
Karduner ztz”l
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ד"בס
Rabbi Israel Karduner
came from Tzfat to
Tveria.
He searched for a bakery
and was directed to our and was directed to our
house.
I sold him a loaf of bread
and he asked to be able
to eat in in our house.
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When I had first seen him,
he had already struck me
as a Tzaddik.
When I saw him making
the Brocha “Al Natilat the Brocha “Al Natilat
Yadayim”, I was
that he was a convinced
Tzaddik.
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He would not eat
any soup.
“I eat only bread “I eat only bread
and tea.”, he said.
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I told him that I
needed his help
in serving in serving
Hashem.
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We sat in an empty
synagogue and
learned Rabbi
Nachman’s Likutei
Moharan.Moharan.
I have never again
tasted such a taste
of Torah as I had
tasted that night.
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Suddenly, I heard my mother’s
cries throughout Tveria.cries throughout Tveria.
“My son! My son! My son!”
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She had serched for me in
every synagogue and every synagogue and
had not found me.
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She feared that the Turks
had taken me away to
the army.
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But she soon saw that I was safe and sound.
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I had become the talk of the whole town.
“Oy Vey! Israel Ber has become Breslev!”
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The Rosh Yeshiva spoke to my father …
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and my father spoke to me:
Breslev.”but“I allow you to be anything
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“Abba, I will be Breslev all my life.”
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In town, it was being said that Breslev was witchcraft.
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Rabbi Israel Karduner told my mother that it
could not be changed: I would be Breslev
forever…and my mother died!
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but as they were preparing her for burial, someone
saw a sign of life. “I’m not dead!”, my mother said .
It was a miracle!
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The end.The end.