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	The Suffering Tzaddik - Many are the afflictions of the righteous
		In the Jewish tradition, a tzaddik is a guru-like figure who has devoted his entire life to the study of the Torah and the practice of its commandments.
		The Scriptures declare that the Lord Jesus is the only True Tzaddik, since He alone truly fulfilled the Torah of Moses and gave Himself as a sacrificial offering upon the cross to save the world from the wrath of God (2 Cor.
		Despite the afflictions of the tzaddik, God has promised ultimate deliverance: umikullam yatzilenu Adonai – “the Lord will deliver him out of them all.” Interestingly, the word yatzilenu comes from natzal, a verb that means to physically snatch away, suggesting the rapture of the tzaddikim just before the Great Tribulation breaks out.
	www.hebrew4christians.com /Meditations/Tzaddik/tzaddik.html (399 words)

	Tzaddiks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Because the tzaddik's life was expected to be a living expression of the Torah, his behaviour was even more important than his doctrine.
		In early Hasidism, the tzaddik traveled widely and often seemed to engage in such secular matters as idle talk and the consumption of wine.
		It is said that everyone that touches a Tzaddik has his life changed, either for better or for worse, but no one can resist their power for they have grace and being around grace makes one a part of the grace.
	www.nasori.org /tzaddiks.htm (816 words)

	Tales of the Tzaddikim
		The tzaddik constantly prays for guidance and assistance, abnegating himself, in the hope that each of his deeds might serve as a vehicle through which G-d's goodness is made manifest.
		The ma'aseh in the mouth of the narrator is equal to prayer in the mouth of the tzaddik.
		Strictly speaking, only a tzaddik can properly tell a tale of another tzaddik and only if he of whom he is speaking is greater than himself, lest he create a diminishing experience in his own mind akin, in effect, to a story of a rasha.
	hasidicstories.com /Articles/Hasidic_Theories/tzaddikim.html (7515 words)

	Bones of Joseph
		tzaddik) is illumined from all sides-from the light of the neshamah and the ruah which also illumines all the chariots and camps, namely the limbs and bones of its body, and forms them into one complete body which emits light.
		However the inability of the tzaddik to “fall,” interferes with the spiritual elevation of the community and the ascent of the tzaddik which follows the “fall” is higher than the level he attained in his previous ascents.
		tzaddik being buried in the inheritance of Ephraim.
	www.torahvoice.org /bones_of_joseph.htm (9915 words)

	Y'shua the Tzaddik: But Even More! - Jews for Jesus
		The Tzaddik not only brings heaven down to ordinary people, he also "acts as a means by which people rise upward toward heaven."5 The person of God has the task of bringing people to God.
		Y'shua the Tzaddik then made his pronouncement: Salvation had indeed come to this house when Zaccheus lived up to his name, (Zaki, or pure), and he, too, was a son of Abraham.
		While the Tzaddik is the only one who brings the light of God to needy people, Y'shua, the Messiah-Tzaddik had the power to bring new life and lead his people into eternal life.
	www.jewsforjesus.org /publications/issues/9_7/tzaddik (3367 words)

	Yedid Nefesh - Song of the Soul
		The function of the tzaddik (righteous man) is to mitigate the dinim, when ordinary humans have not succeeded in doing so by serving their Creator.
		Another function of the tzaddik is when the latter "goes in the path of righteousness and serves God with great devotion during his study and prayer.
		"This is done by the tzaddik who studies Torah together with the holiness of the Blessed One and the Divine Presence, and devotes himself to the letters of the Torah, and the forms of the names, and unites and devotes himself to the En Sof.
	www.yedidnefesh.com /kaballah/song/76.htm (850 words)

	Breslov—Judaism with Heart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Even when they come to the Tzaddik they are still sunk in all their bodily desires and have not moved away from the profane and closer to the sacred by even a single hair's breadth.
		It is the new face of the Torah which the Tzaddik reveals, and this is the source of the new soul and intelligence one receives from the light of the face of the saintly (35:5).
		The Tzaddik is thus the channel for the influx of the three kinds of blessing which come into the world: `the well,' `the cloud of glory' and `the manna': drink, clothing and food, respectively.
	www.breslov.org /tzaddik.html (11583 words)

	Judaism 101: Rabbis, Priests, and Other Religious Functionaries
		The term "rebbe" should not be confused with the term "reb," which is simply a Yiddish title of respect more or less equivalent to "Mister" in English.
		The word " tzaddik" literally means "righteous one." The term refers to a completely righteous individual, and generally indicates that the person has spiritual or mystical power.
		A tzaddik is not necessarily a rebbe or a rabbi, but the rebbe of a Chasidic community is considered to be a tzaddik.
	www.jewfaq.org /rabbi.htm (1125 words)

	Kuntres HaHishtatchus - Maamarei Admur HaEmtzaei Kuntreisim: Kuntres HaHishtatchus - Maamarei Admur HaEmtzaei Kuntreisim
		Similarly, when a person goes to the grave of a holy tzaddik, he can feel great shame and lose all sense of self concern, because he feels great embarrassment over all his deeds and thoughts which he performed until the present day, for they are all revealed before [the tzaddik].
		And all of [the tzaddik's] students would receive merely a glimmer of these attributes and a ray which shined beyond this vessel by means of his holy words and thoughts...
		Therefore, [after the tzaddik's passing,] it is very easy for his students to receive their portion of the essence of the ruach of their master and his love, fear, and faith which he achieved, and not merely a glimmer of these attributes.
	www.sichosinenglish.org /books/kuntres-hishtatchus/02.htm (6684 words)

	MESSIAH - PART 1 - THE TZADDIK
		The idea of the Tzaddik being lowered in order to be raised up again can be seen in the life of Joseph, who was sold into slavery by his own brothers, only to be exalted in Egypt, which in turn enabled him to save the lives of those same brothers who had rejected him.
		The Tzaddik is called pure, but on some occasion some impurity may be found in him so that he may join the impure to elevate them to a state of purity.
		The concept of a Tzaddik bringing atonement to his entire generation, and even to all generations, will be discussed in the next section of this study.
	www.yashanet.com /studies/revstudy/rev5h.htm (4889 words)

	Olas Shabbos - Noach, 5764 - Torah.org
		Perhaps the difference between a tzaddik and a tzaddik tamim is precisely this: A tzaddik attains his title relative to his contemporaries.
		A perfect tzaddik is the tzaddik who refuses to accept relative-righteousness, and measures himself by G-d's standards alone.
		While it is true that Noach refused to measure himself relative to his surroundings, and he was indeed a "perfect tzaddik," it doesn't change the fact that he would undoubtedly have reached even higher levels of avodas Hashem were he to have lived among, and been influenced by, contemporaries with similar interests and dispositions.
	www.torah.org /learning/olas-shabbos/5764/noach.html (924 words)

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		Rashi explains this in terms of the tzaddik being spared the agony of witnessing that disaster.
		Other commentaries add that this is part of the Divine plan to remove the tzaddik from serving as a protective shield for his generation, which has reached the point of no return as regards Heavenly judgment.
		Maharsha offers a different approach: Should the tzaddik perish together with the sinners, it would give the wrong impression that he was as guilty as they.
	ohr.edu /yomifoot/yomi009.txt (624 words)

	The Blessing of a Tzaddik
		Can it really be that a "Tzaddik" (a truly righteous man) is able to give "blessings" that aid people in their lives.
		The man felt so confident he told his wife that they would use the last of their money to treat themselves to the luxury of sleeping in a roadside inn in lieu of sleeping in the forest.
		A tzaddik through his prayers can open the spiritual channels that allow that which is destined to descend to come to the individual.
	www.jewishmag.com /63mag/fortune/fortune.htm (1360 words)

	Parshas Bamidbar
		This is the meaning of the verse, 'The Tzaddik will sprout like a palm tree.' The Tzaddik is like a tree and all of his talmidim are like the branches and leaves of the tree that are attached to it.
		This is because the one who is arrogant and will oppose the tzaddik will be overturned [and fall.] There is also here in these verses a remez to another virtue of the Tzaddikim.
		Through this [his humility] the Tzaddik has the ability to strengthen and to raise up even those who are lowly and broken.
	www.chassidus.net /bamidbar.htm (1792 words)

	Havurah Shir Hadash - Rabbi Zalman Shacter
		If there be a being who so lives as the Creator in Heaven wishes the being to live that he or she becomes a living Torah, at least Jews of a mystical, aggadic, kabbalistic-hasidic persuasion seem to have a stronger theological warrant for dialogue.
		The tzaddik is the Sinai event for all those who stand in a positive relationship to the tzaddik.
		The tzaddik serves the souls of the disciples and devotees as a general soul that is for the disciple the interface to God's grace, light, and love on this plane.
	www.havurahshirhadash.org /rebzalmanarticle8.html (1974 words)

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		A tzaddik has attained such a level of self-mastery and connection to the Divine that all his thoughts, feelings and actions – his very being – are completely consonant with God's will.
		In essence, what distinguishes the tzaddik from everyone else is his ability to bridge the physical and spiritual worlds.
		The tzaddik's power is limited by the confines of his physical body.
	www.breslovworld.com /DynamicArtical.aspx?linknumber=122 (1296 words)

	\| National Jewish Outreach Program \|
		The Tzaddik, Reb Levi Yitzchak, and the entire congregation, were concerned how they would be able to fulfill the important mitzvah of Lulav and Etrog.
		The great Tzaddik tried to convince the Jew to spend Sukkot in Berditchev which would result in so many Jews having the merit of properly performing the mitzvah of Lulav and Etrog, and of course, Reb Levi Yitzchak too would also have the privilege of performing the mitzvah.
		What is my sin?" Said the Tzaddik: "If you will nullify the promise I made to you that you would sit with me in the World to Come, I will immediately instruct my followers to allow you to enter their sukkot.
	www.njop.org /html/Sukkot57612000.htm (936 words)

	Tanya - Chapter 30 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The solution is to intentionally become broken-hearted, and thereby shatter the smugness of the animal soul.
		There are two kinds of people: the tzaddik and the non-tzaddik.
		A tzaddik becomes broken-hearted when he feels that his attachment to G-d is less than it was.
	www.rabbifriedman.org /tanyach30.htm (3001 words)

	A Brief Introduction
		And stories were a way to teach that did not just bring the theory to the educated, but brought the experience to all.
		As the movement matured, stories of earlier holy men ("tzaddiks") were told to perpetuate their teachings -- or, more accurately, the experience of their teaching and their way of being human.
		In so doing, they present male role-models who act decisively and--whatever the appearance of roughness or violence--aim their actions not at the bodies and property of others, but at their spirit and emotions.
	www.hasidicstories.com /Articles/Background_and_Sources/intro.html (357 words)

	WEEKLY DAFootnotes #29
		He raises a problem in regard to this special reward which seems to be limited to the tzaddik (righteous person) who turns an ignorant student into a Torah scholar.
		His solution to this problem is based on a careful analysis of the subtle difference in the text of the two seemingly contradictory statements.
		In the case of every tzaddik we read that he has the power to annul the Heavenly decree, while in regard to the Torah-teaching tzaddik it is stated that Hashem annuls the decree because of his merit.
	ohr.edu /yomifoot/yomi029.htm (849 words)

	For Every Jew.
		And through this he fulfills the charge, "Be a tzaddik," to the best of his ability (remember our previous lesson about truth not being an absolute, but rather, one man's complete truth may be a greater man's complete transgression.
		It is only the way of a tzaddik to accomplish true abhorrence for all worldly pleasures, but, as the Rebbe point out, we must set aside specific periods to contemplate on the greatness of God, and the abhorrence of that which distancess ourselves from the Divine.
		This alludes also to the idea that when two types of tzaddikim are joined together (the verse addresses tzaddikim, in the plural form), when the Benoni, called a "lower-level tzaddik", they both rejoice in God, for the tzaddik imparts his delight in Godliness to the Benoni.
	www.foreveryjew.com /tanya/tanya1-42.html (1002 words)

	The Journey to the Tzaddik
		The journey to the Tzaddik that was often not easy, and it required great mesirus nefesh (self sacrifice) on the part of the Chassidim as well as their families.
		He understood that miracle of the splitting of the Red Sea was a result of the intense connection that the nation had to their leader, the Tzaddik, Moshe Rabbenu.
		The desire to travel to the Tzaddik is really the intense longing of the soul to shake off its impurities and empty husks and to return to a state of purity.
	www.nishmas.org /minhagim/traveltzaddik.htm (1298 words)

	Tzadik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is told that he stated that every Jew has the power to cross a river atop a handkerchief, through connecting with their soul (which is divine in origin).
		Based on the teachings of Rabbi Isaac Luria, the Baal Shem Tov and the Ohr ha-Chaim, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi taught in the name of the Zohar that "He who breathed life into man, breathed from Himself." Therefore one's soul comes from the essence of God.
		Maaneh Lashon An English rendition of the prayers to be said at the graveside of the righteous.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Tzadik (727 words)

	Untitled
		According to his generation his was a Tzaddik, if he had been in the generation of Avraham Aveinu* he would not have been considered as anything important.' The questions on this teaching are well known.
		So Rashi says further, 'because of the generation he was a Tzaddik.' Since they were so wicked he had to consider himself a Tzaddik so as not to learn from their wicked deeds.
		Rashi continues, 'If he had been in the generation of Avraham however he would not have considered himself as worthy in his own eyes.' This means he would have been able to strengthen himself with the midah of humility.
	www.chassidus.net /noach.htm (1677 words)

	Ibey HaNachal - Letter #1
		And it is possible that one is next to the Tzaddik and still his light is darkened from him and that he doesn't feel the pleasant truth of his holy advice.
		The main connection is Love: that one should love the Tzaddik with a complete love, that his soul should be connected with his soul.
		And the main rectification is when we merit to be close and connected to the Tzaddik, as the body is with the head, for the main vitality of all the limbs comes only from the head.
	www.breslov.com /netzach/ibey001.html (1439 words)

	Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
		Amongst the four species, the lulav commands center stage, not only in towering above the etrog, myrtle leaves and willow branches, but the blessing that we recite in performing the mitzvah is over the "waving of the lulav." The lulav is taken from the long, straight, upper branches of the date palm.
		In the holy Zohar, we find that the date palm, or tamar, represents the tzaddik, the righteous individual who conducts his life in utmost sexual purity, as in the case of Yosef, who was called tzaddik because he overcame the temptations of Potifar's wife.
		The tzaddik is associated with the sefirah of Yesod, as its says, "Tzaddik yesod olam," meaning "the tzaddik is the foundation of the world." (Mishlei 10:25).
	israelnationalnews.com /article.php3?id=6597 (1648 words)

	NTW Tzaddik (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A short documentary about the filming of "Tzaddik" at WGBH precedes the completed work.
		This was filmed in fl and white and shows the behind-the-scenes happenings in the studio.
		In the completed color work, Feld dances the role of the Tzaddik, a Jewish holy man. Two young male dancers perform with him.
	main.wgbh.org /wgbh/NTW/FA/TITLES/Tzaddik200.HTML (355 words)

	Why is a righteous person called a Tzaddik and not called Kadosh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The term 'tzaddik' refers to someone who does what is right and just in his relationships, whether they be between the human being and Hashem or between the human being and other human beings - even other creatures.
		The term 'kadosh' refers to someone who has sanctified and elevated all aspects of his being - all his physical and emotional drives - to the service of Hashem.
		The term tzaddik, however, is a more basic term that covers both the relationship with Hashem and the relationship with others.
	headcoverings-by-devorah.com /Tzaddik_Instead_of_Kadosh.html (248 words)

	B'OHALEI TZADDIKIM - Parshas HaShavuah through the Eyes of the Chassidic Masters
		When the Tzaddik resides in a city he is it's glory and it's splendor.
		While the Tzaddik is in the city he constitutes its glory, he is its splendor, and he is its crown.
		When the Tzaddik leaves, then the city's glory departs, it splendor departs, it is left without a crown.
	www.nishmas.org /weeklyparsha/weeklyindex.htm (2191 words)

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		Therefore Shlomo HaMelech states in Mishlei that when we speak of a tzaddik he should be identified as such and his praiseworthiness and specialness should be made known.
		At this point, it is important to acknowledge Noach as the tzaddik because it informs us about the characteristics which mankind inherited from him and therefore we all have the chance to be the tzaddik.
		Because Noach was a tzaddik who was perfect in his generations and intimate with G-d, he had the potential to succeed at his mission of influencing the world positively.
	www.yadavraham.org /html/noach2002.html (2855 words)

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