# Sources — Likutei Moharan I:26 (The Chick in Its Shell)

## Texts used

- Hebrew: Likutei Moharan (Part I), Torah 26, edition 'Likutei Moharan – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan.26
- English: our own paraphrase of the Hebrew, written for these videos. It is not copied from any published translation.
- Verses and teachings of the Sages appear only as Rebbe Nachman quotes them inside this Torah.

## How the text is shown

- The Divine Name is shown as ה' and voiced as Hashem. Other Names are written in the customary form (אֱלֹקִים, קֵ-ל, קָהּ, שַׁ-דַּ-י, אֲדֹ-נָ-י, אֶקְיֶ-ה, צְבָקוֹת). No full Name is written or voiced.
- Parenthetical source references inside the printed Hebrew are left off the screen to save space; the citation line names the source instead.
- Long paragraphs are shown in consecutive pieces. Every Hebrew word on screen is from the edition above; nothing is reworded.
- Cards labelled EXPLANATION (green), and every line marked 'our own reflection — not a quote', are our own words, not quotations.

## Every on-screen quotation in the full shiur, by part

### Part 1 — Where It Came In

- Scene 4 · Bechoros 8b, as quoted in LM I:26 · paragraph §1.1
  - HE: רְצִיצָא דְּמָיֵת בְּבֵיעוּתֵהּ, הֵיכָא נָפֵק רוּחָא. וְאָמַר לְהוֹ: בְּהַיְנוּ דְּעָל:
  - EN (our paraphrase): A chick that dies inside its shell: where does the spirit go out? And he said to them: through where it came in.
- Scene 6 · LM I:26 §1 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: רְצִיצָא, זֶה אֶפְרוֹחַ. זֶה בְּחִינַת צַדִּיק, בְּחִינַת: יִפְרַח בְּיָמָיו צַדִּיק.
  - EN (our paraphrase): A chick: this is a young bird, an efroach. This is the aspect of the tzaddik, as in the verse: in his days the tzaddik will flourish, yifrach.
- Scene 7 · LM I:26 §1 · paragraph §1.3
  - HE: שֶׁשָּׁאֲלוּ אוֹתוֹ: הַצַּדִּיק שֶׁמֵּמִית אֶת עַצְמוֹ, וּמוֹסֵר אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ בִּצְלוֹתֵהּ וּבָעוּתֵהּ – בְּאֵיזֶה מִן הַמְּקוֹמוֹת מִן הַתְּפִלָּה, צָרִיךְ לוֹ לִמְסֹר אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ בְּיוֹתֵר.
  - EN (our paraphrase): For they asked him: the tzaddik who makes himself as if dead, and gives over his soul in his prayer and his entreaty, at which place in the prayer must he give over his soul most of all?
- Scene 9 · LM I:26 §1 · paragraph §1.4
  - HE: וְהֵשִׁיב לָהֶם:
  - EN (our paraphrase): And he answered them:
- Scene 10 · LM I:26 §1 · paragraph §1.5
  - HE: הֵיכָא דְּעָל. הַיְנוּ אֵיךְ שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ לְהַעֲלוֹת נִיצוֹצֵי הַקְּדֻשָּׁה, הַיְנוּ אֵיךְ שֶׁנִּכְנָסִים בּוֹ מַחֲשָׁבוֹת זָרוֹת, וְצָרִיךְ לְהַעֲלוֹתָם כַּיָּדוּעַ, שָׁם צָרִיךְ לוֹ לִמְסֹר נַפְשׁוֹ:
  - EN (our paraphrase): Through where it came in. That is, where he has to raise up sparks of holiness; that is, where stray thoughts come into him, and he must raise them up, as is known. There he must give over his soul.

## Hebrew phrases in the Explainer

- Scene 2 · §1.1: רְצִיצָא דְּמָיֵת בְּבֵיעוּתֵהּ, הֵיכָא נָפֵק רוּחָא. וְאָמַר לְהוֹ: בְּהַיְנוּ דְּעָל:
- Scene 3 · §1.2: רְצִיצָא, זֶה אֶפְרוֹחַ. זֶה בְּחִינַת צַדִּיק, בְּחִינַת: יִפְרַח בְּיָמָיו צַדִּיק.
- Scene 4 · §1.3: בְּאֵיזֶה מִן הַמְּקוֹמוֹת מִן הַתְּפִלָּה, צָרִיךְ לוֹ לִמְסֹר אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ בְּיוֹתֵר.
- Scene 5 · §1.5: שָׁם צָרִיךְ לוֹ לִמְסֹר נַפְשׁוֹ:

## Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap

- Scene 2 · §1.1: רְצִיצָא דְּמָיֵת בְּבֵיעוּתֵהּ, הֵיכָא נָפֵק רוּחָא.
- Scene 3 · §1.2: יִפְרַח בְּיָמָיו צַדִּיק.
- Scene 4 · §1.3: הַצַּדִּיק שֶׁמֵּמִית אֶת עַצְמוֹ, וּמוֹסֵר אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ בִּצְלוֹתֵהּ וּבָעוּתֵהּ
- Scene 5 · §1.5: אֵיךְ שֶׁנִּכְנָסִים בּוֹ מַחֲשָׁבוֹת זָרוֹת,