“I can now say: All the sages of Israel are in my estimation like a garlic peel.”

—  Nachman of Breslov

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אני יכול עכשיו לומר כל חכמי ישראל דומין עלי כקליפת השום. - [http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99_%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%94%D7%A8%22%D7%9F_%D7%A8%D7%A6 חיי מוהר"ן רצ]

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