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Tzava'at Harivash

By Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov; translated and annotated by J. Immanuel Schochet
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When conversing think of nothing but attachment to the Creator, blessed is He. When studying Torah, however, you must concentrate on the subject studied, and by virtue thereof you will be properly attached to Godliness.

You must always be occupied with Torah, for it is “a Tree of Life to those who hold fast to it” (Proverbs 3:18). When but conversing and relying on the deveikut, however, be very careful not to lapse occasionally from the deveikut. 1

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FOOTNOTES
1.	Torah-study requires concentration on the subject-matter (see above, sect. 29, note 4). You do not lose out on this account, because it is itself the prerequisite for proper deveikut. The optional activity of conversing, however, allows for it to be in context of deveikut. Any disruption of deveikut at that time may reduce it to idle talk and lead astray. Cf. below, sect. 81.

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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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