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Tzava'at Harivash

By Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov; translated and annotated by J. Immanuel Schochet
Published and copyrighted by Kehot Publication Society

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Always be careful to rise at midnight. 1 He who does not rise, without having being prevented beyond his control, incurs a ban Above, Heaven forbid. 2

Convert the nights into days. Sleep a few hours during the day so that you will suffice with but little sleep at night. 3

When rising at midnight and overcome by sleepiness, drive it away by pacing back and forth in the house and chanting hymns with raised voice.

Study a number of [diverse] subjects. Do not concentrate on a single lesson lest it become onerous for you. Thus study many [different] lessons [and that will banish your sleepiness].

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FOOTNOTES
1.	See above, sect. 16.
2.	This is based on Zohar III:23b (and see there also I:207a).
3.	Sleeping in day-time (except on Shabbat) is generally disapproved of, especially by the mystics. If it is necessary to enable one to study Torah at night, however, one may “borrow” from day-time to “repay it” in the night.

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	Tzava'at Harivash is an anthology of teachings and instructions attributed to the Baal Shem Tov and his successor, R. Dov Ber, the Maggid of Mezhrich. The translation, by a foremost authority on Chassidism and Jewish Mysticism, is enhanced by source-references, brief commentaries, notes on the passages that were perceived to be controversial, and a comprehensive introduction.


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