”And Jacob went out from Be'er Sheva and went toward Charan” (Genesis 28:10)

"When Jacob left Be’er Sheva, he had already completed the seven levels of holiness, the seven Sefiros (Divine emanations)! Malchus (Sovereignty), Yesod (Foundation), Hod (Splendor), Netzach (Victory), Tiferes (Beauty), Gevurah (Might), and Chesed (Kindness), which are the seven Gevuros (strengths). 'And he went toward Charan' – Jacob goes to Charan, Jacob goes to the roots of Din (judgment), to the Sefirah of Binah (Understanding). He goes to sweeten the judgments of Binah, the roots of judgment; he goes to draw Chesed (kindness) into the world, to draw abundance into the world, for the entire work of the Tzaddikim (righteous ones) is to draw kindness and abundance into the world."

"The moment Rebbe Nachman of Breslov arrived in the world, he sweetened all the judgments until the end of all generations. He drew abundance into the world, he drew kindness into the world, and he announced that there are no more wicked people—the era of the wicked in the world has ended! The moment Rebbe Nachman of Breslov was born, the era of the wicked ended; there are no wicked people in Israel. He revealed Torah 282 in Likutey Moharan. 'In a little while, the wicked will be no more' – in a little while, today, tomorrow, or the day after, there will no longer be any wicked people among the Jewish people. Everyone is in a process of Teshuvah (repentance); one returned yesterday, one returns today, and one will return tomorrow—everyone is in a process of Teshuvah."

"Rebbe Nachman interprets the verse in Psalms according to its literal meaning!

'In a little while, the wicked will be no more' – in just a little while! Soon there will be no wicked people; everyone will be Tzaddikim, everyone will catch up to us. 'Your people are all righteous' – one will be a Tzaddik today, one will be a Tzaddik tomorrow, and one the day after. Conversely, the one who becomes a Tzaddik the day after might even surpass everyone else. 'The smallest shall become a thousand, and the least a mighty nation' – the small one will rise higher and higher, because the greater, more elevated, and more refined the souls are, the more difficulties and delays they face in performing Teshuvah."

"Rebbe Nachman tells us in Torah 282 that there is no such thing as wicked people in Israel; such a reality does not exist. Even if you see someone who appears completely wicked from head to toe, with no soundness in him, no point of Judaism, and entirely 'anti' G-d forbid—even if it seems to you that there has never been anyone as wicked as him in all generations—know that everything with him is only due to a lack of Da'as (knowledge/awareness). But inside, a holy fire blazes within him. In every Jew, a flame burns for Hashem Yitbarach, but mountains of sand cover his fire, his soul. Much earth covers the fire, like a volcano containing lava; the mountain covers the fire. The moment the fire breaks through, the moment the lava erupts, it will consume the entire mountain; it will shatter the entire mountain."

"Upon every Jew lie mountains of earth, mountains of rocks, but a day will come when the fire will break through and consume all the mountains of sand and earth. 'And one must search and find in him some bit of good, that in that bit he is not wicked.' There is no such thing as being wicked from head to toe; it only seems that way to you! It is only your Medameh (imagination/illusory faculty)! It is only your imagination that makes you think he is wicked. Always search for some good thing he did, some kindness where he helped someone. You will always find, even in the greatest 'wicked' person, much, much good. 'And by finding in him some bit of good and judging him favorably (Dan l'chaf zechus), through this, one actually elevates him to the scale of merit and can bring him to return in Teshuvah...'"

"If you look with 'good eyes' at every Jew and do not think—'Look, I returned in Teshuvah, I keep Shabbat, I study Torah, so why doesn't he return in Teshuvah like me? Why doesn't he keep Shabbat like me? Let him follow my path! I also took this step, why doesn't he?' Regarding this, Rebbe Nachman says, 'In a little while, the wicked will be no more.' In a little while! He will do it tomorrow, or the day after. You cannot interfere with Hashem's order of creation, with the order of the process of Teshuvah."

"The process of Teshuvah—when each person will return, how they return—this process is hidden from the eyes of every creature. It is a process that must happen to every single Jew; every Jew must one day perform Teshuvah! And it is possible to hasten this process, to speed it up! And this is only through 'good eyes,' only if a person merits to have good eyes toward every single Jew. 'And you shall contemplate his place, and he is not there.' If people knew this matter of 'judging every person favorably,' and not looking with an 'evil eye,' then there would be no wicked people in Israel, because everyone could be brought back in Teshuvah in the blink of an eye."

"The Jewish soul that appears most wicked is actually the most righteous soul. On the contrary, the more wicked it appears, the more righteous it is. It is only because it is so full of righteousness that it has a fear! It has a hidden fear, an internal fear of beginning to perform Mitzvos (commandments), because it knows that if it starts performing Mitzvos, it will go all the way! There are many distant Jews who say, 'If I were to keep the Mitzvos, I would go all the way... not like you!' I would go all the way, I would study Torah day and night, sanctifying myself, purifying myself, to the very end—but going all the way seems difficult to them! So they are told, 'At least keep half!' They are unable; they want to go all the way. And truly, if we were to show them and explain to them how to go all the way, how to sanctify themselves, and how it is not difficult, everyone would perform Teshuvah!"

"Every Jew is a Chelek Eloka mima'al (a portion of G-d from above); every person has Divinity within them. 'Beloved is man who was created in the image'—every Jew, even the most wicked, his heart burns for Hashem Yitbarach. There is no Jew whose heart does not burn for Hashem Yitbarach, for a Jew is not a cow or a sheep. Every Jew is a Divine soul that was hewn from the Kisse HaKavod (Throne of Glory). Every Jew, wherever he may be, even if there are mountains of sand—billions of cubic meters of sand—upon his soul, upon the glowing coals in his heart, nevertheless, the coals continue to glow. And one must blow away the dust from the heart, the mountains of sand from the heart. This is what Rebbe Nachman says—let us blow the mountains of sand from the heart, because there is no such concept as 'wicked' in Israel; there is no such concept as 'secular' (Chiloni); there is no such concept!"

"There is a person who succeeds in fulfilling the Torah at 80 percent, one at 70 percent, one at 20 percent, one at 10 percent. Every Jew fasts on Yom Kippur, eats Matzos on Pesach; there is no such concept as a 'secular Jew' at all—everyone fulfills the Torah. Every Jew is a holy Jew, a pure Jew. And this is the foundation of Rebbe Nachman: that there are no wicked people in Israel. It is forbidden to say 'wicked' about any Jew; it is forbidden to say 'so-and-so is wicked.' We must correct this way of speaking, because such a concept does not exist at all."

"How can you believe that so-and-so is wicked? Were you in his place? Do you know where he was born? Do you know who his parents are, what he went through? How can you decide to call a Jew 'wicked'? How can one say such terms as 'secular Jew'? How can one use such concepts? Can you decide who is wicked and who is a Tzaddik? Do you know who is wicked and who is a Tzaddik? You must know that everyone is a Tzaddik—'Your people are all righteous'—and there are no wicked people in Israel."