Rabeinu explains why it’s better to avoid being a school teacher…

238: Rabeinu speaks about praying to G-d with Kavana, especially when it comes to asking Him to remedy us with good counsel before Him.

Rabeinu also how he starts his day by relying on G-d…

239: G-d is not like a human being. For G-d, things become more precious to him the “older” they get…

236: Rabeinu teaches one of his students going through extreme health problems and excruciating pain that one single burn in Gehinam is worse than all the pain he’s felt for years…

237: We must be careful with the words we utter, and we must make sure that our words aren’t wicked, even if we’re joking…

Rabeinu discusses how as a child, he made the mistake of confusing himself with unnecessary stringencies in performing mitzvot. Rabeinu emphasizes that the main way to serve G-d is in simplicity and wholesomeness, without any unnecessary restrictions and stringencies whatsoever!

233: Rabeinu shocks Rebbe Nathan with a piece of advice: one must pray for everything, in spiritual and material, even for the smallest things, from the food you eat to the button on your jacket!

234: Rabeinu encourages us never to give up on the practice of hitbodedut. Even if we feel as if our words aren’t doing anything, we must believe and know that our words are making a great impression, just like consecutive drops of water on stone…

Speech/Prayer is the key to winning the war against the evil inclination. We must not be discouraged by the obstacles that present themselves before this holy task and we must reinforce ourselves with holy boldness to speak to G-d and the true Tzadikim as much as possible!

230: The heart of a Jew should be longing for G-d with awesome emotion in every single heartbeat!

231: Rabeinu describes the feeling of having a broken heart, which is extremely precious in G-d’s eyes.

227: It is best to do hitbodedut outside of the city in the field/forest.

228: There might be upright people that don’t have hitbodedut, but they are confused and confounded. When the Mashiach comes…

229: Rabeinu encourages a young man with the practice of hitbodedut, telling him that this is the essence of prayer!

225: Rabeinu teaches us about the greatness of the wisdom of the Kabbalah and its infinite depth, as opposed to the wisdom of philosophy which ends with the knowledge of the physical universe and even then is mistaken.

226: If a dead soul were to appear before a group of philosophers, it would be the end to all their teachings.

223: The students of Rabeinu have a discussion, describing the greatness of Rashi!

224: Rabeinu explains the saying of the sages that one must not investigate into that which is above, below, before, and after… (Chagiga 11b).