Ari Lesser - Uman - Rosh Hashanah - Rebbe Nachman

Big Thanks to Daniel Mandel and Shimon Friedman for allowing me to use this awesome Uman footage! Here are links to their original videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep10TeshnYI&t=35s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QNudoihkns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYDyDA2nAB8 Lyrics Ari Lesser Netanel Colish Rebbe Nachman, was Faiga’s son From Uman, quite a righteous one Some think his greatness was due To His lofty soul, but that’s not true For he said anyone can reach as high As him, if they work hard enough and try All his teachings are just the intro The main thing is for us to learn as we go Sophisticated philosophy Is completely unnecessary It can damage a person greatly indeed Pure simple faith is all that you need Sometimes, when people are overtaken By philosophies and sophistication From their own minds, they must get free Doing things that make them seem silly See, it can be good to do goofy stuff As long as it helps cheer yourself up Never give up hope is always there In this world there should be no despair Always remember to be happy It’s essential for your spiritual journey Joy comes from mitzvot and so you see It’s a mitzvah to be happy constantly Each day it’s good to assign some time To be heartbroken and speak out your mind Telling your problems to G-d is okay As long as you’re happy the rest of the day Rebbe Nachman, was Faiga’s son From Uman, quite a righteous one Some think his greatness was due To His lofty soul, but that’s not true For he said anyone can reach as high As him, if they work hard enough and try All his teachings are just the intro The main thing is for us to learn as we go People should always be looking For the wisdom within everything Cause creation can enlighten them And bring them closer to HASHEM Through this they might be guided right For this insight is a quite the light But true wisdom is to know how far Away from wisdom we actually are And when people realize that we Are far from G-d and very lowly This itself is a reason to feel Encouraged, now that we see what’s real Because before this, we were so Far away we didn’t not even know At least now our lowliness is clear Which itself is a sign that we’re drawing near. Don’t take on extra stringencies, because in the end They’ll eventually make you fall in your service to Hashem. The greatest wisdom of all wisdoms is just simplicity For one needs no wisdom only purity and honesty See, the whole entire world is Only a very narrow bridge But the main thing is quite clear That we must not have any fear No obstacle from the Holy One Is impossible to overcome So if you believe you can damage then, You should also believe you can mend Some think it’s a disadvantage to forget But I say it may be to your benefit For if you learn to forget then at last You can be free from your troublesome past And when one knows that everything That happens to be happening Is for the very best, then one Gets a taste of the world to come Rebbe Nachman, was Faiga’s son From Uman, quite a righteous one Some think his greatness was due To His lofty soul, but that’s not true For he said anyone can reach as high As him, if they work hard enough and try All his teachings are just the intro The main thing is for us to learn as we go Let’s judge every person favorably Even though they may act wickedly Still, when you search in them you should Find at least a small piece of good Criticizing can be done by anyone And it makes everyone feel unwelcome But to give one a good feeling and uplift Takes effort and this is a special gift So making music is a great thing When a holy person is playing On an instrument and the song they make Is only done for heaven’s sake Cause when people listen to this Their false fantasies are dismissed Their spirits stop feeling depressed And those people merit happiness Rebbe Nachman, was Faiga’s son From Uman, quite a righteous one Some think his greatness was due To His lofty soul, but that’s not true For he said anyone can reach as high As him, if they work hard enough and try All his teachings are just the intro The main thing is for us to learn as we go