One-on-One Camaraderie This holy society stands upon three principles: (a) the bonding of its members, (b) their love for each other and (c) their closeness to each other.
You have all joined together in loving camaraderie, and you all love each other a great deal. In addition, every member should choose one other person to whom he will reveal all the secrets of his heart, in both spiritual and physical matters: his worries and joys, his failures and successes. The person who is listening should console him, advise him and cheer him as much as he can. And he should advise and guide him in all matters, including the spiritual, in accordance with that person’s state of mind and situation. Then they should switch roles. If there is any person whom no one has chosen as a partner, the group must assign him a partner.
עַל שְׁלֹשָׁה דְּבָרִים הַחַבְרַיָּא הַקְּדוֹשָׁה עוֹמֶדֶת, עַל הִתְחַבְּרוּת חֲבֵרִים, עַל אַהֲבַת חֲבֵרִים, וְעַל הִתְדַּבְּקוּת חֲבֵרִים.
One-on-One Camaraderie
This holy society stands upon three principles: (a) the bonding of its members, (b) their love for each other and (c) their closeness to each other.
לָכֵן הֲגַם שֶׁכֻּלָּם יִתְחַבְּרוּ יַחַד בְּאַהֲבַת חֲבֵרִים, וְכֻלָּם יֹאהֲבוּ זה לזה אַהֲבָה רַבָּה, מִכָּל מָקוֹם יִקַּח לוֹ כָּל אֶחָד מֵהֶם חָבֵר לְעַצְמוֹ שֶׁלְּפָנָיו יְגַלֶּה אֶת כָּל מַצְפּוּנֵי לְבָבוֹ, בֵּין בִּדְבָרִים רוּחָנִיִּים וּבֵין בִּדְבָרִים גּוּפָנִיִּים, דַּאֲגָתוֹ וְשִׂמְחָתוֹ, נְפִילָתוֹ וַעֲלִיָּתוֹ, וַחֲבֵרוֹ הַשּׁוֹמֵעַ יְנַחֲמֵהוּ וְיִיעָצֵהוּ וִישַׂמְּחֵהוּ בְּכָל הָאֶפְשָׁר לוֹ, גַּם בִּדְבָרִים רוּחָנִיִּים יְיַעֲצֵהוּ וְיַדְרִיכֵהוּ כְּפִי דַּעְתּוֹ וּמַצָּבוֹ, וְכֵן זֶה לְזֶה וְאִם נִשְׁאַר אֶחָד מִן הַחַבְרַיָּא שֶׁאֵין אֶחָד מֵהֶם רוֹצֶה לְהִתְחַבֵּר אֵלָיו לְאוֹהֵב פְּרָטִי, מֻכְרָחָה הַחַבְרַיָּא לִתֵּן לוֹ אֶחָד מֵהֶם.
You have all joined together in loving camaraderie, and you all love each other a great deal. In addition, every member should choose one other person to whom he will reveal all the secrets of his heart, in both spiritual and physical matters: his worries and joys, his failures and successes. The person who is listening should console him, advise him and cheer him as much as he can. And he should advise and guide him in all matters, including the spiritual, in accordance with that person’s state of mind and situation. Then they should switch roles. If there is any person whom no one has chosen as a partner, the group must assign him a partner.