# Sources — Likutei Moharan II:27 (The Fair Community Leader)

## Texts used

- Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 27, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.27
- 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 — The Fair Community Leader

- Scene 3 · LM II:27 §1 · paragraph §1.1
  - HE: מִי שֶׁהוּא פַּרְנַס־חֹדֶשׁ אוֹ מַנְהִיג, שֶׁקּוֹרִין "רוֹגִירֶיר", וְהוּא מַנְהִיג בְּכַשְׁרוּת וּבְישֶׁר, וְרוֹאֶה וּמִסְתַּכֵּל לְהַטִּיל הַמַּשְׂאוֹי עַל כָּל אֶחָד כָּרָאוּי לוֹ, כְּפִי מַה שֶּׁמַּעֲרִיךְ אֶת כָּל אֶחָד בְּיֹשֶׁר לְהַכְבִּיד עַל זֶה וּלְהָקֵל עַל זֶה כָּרָאוּי, עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה מְבַטֵּל הָאַרְבַּע מִדּוֹת רָעוֹת, דְּהַיְנוּ עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה וְגִלּוּי עֲרָיוֹת וּשְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים וּלְשׁוֹן הָרָע.
  - EN (our paraphrase): One who is the monthly community warden or leader, whom they call the rogirer, and leads with integrity and honesty, looking carefully to place the burden on each person as fits him, assessing each one honestly, to lay more on this one and less on that one, as is right: through this he cancels the four evil traits, idolatry, forbidden relations, bloodshed and lashon hara.
- Scene 5 · LM II:27 §1, on Vayikra Rabbah 37 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: וְהַסּוֹד – כִּי הַנֶּדֶר שֶׁנּוֹדְרִין צְרִיכִין לְשַׁלֵּם מִיַּד, וְהַמְאַחֵר נִדְרוֹ גּוֹרֵם אֵלּוּ הָאַרְבַּע מִדּוֹת הַנַּ"ל. כִּדְאִיתָא בַּמִּדְרָשׁ, שֶׁלָּמַד מִיַּעֲקֹב, שֶׁבִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁאֵחֵר נִדְרוֹ בָּא לִידֵי אַרְבַּע הַנַּ"ל. עֲבוֹדָה־זָרָה – שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: הָסִירוּ אֶת אֱלֹקֵי הַנֵּכָר. גִּלּוּי עֲרָיוֹת – וַתֵּצֵא דִּינָה וְכוּ'. שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים – בִּשְׁכֶם. לָשׁוֹן הָרָע – וַיִּשְׁמַע אֶת דִּבְרֵי בְּנֵי לָבָן.
  - EN (our paraphrase): The secret: a vow must be paid at once, and one who delays his vow brings about these four traits, as the Midrash learns from Yaakov, who because he delayed his vow came to these four. Idolatry: 'remove the foreign gods'. Forbidden relations: 'and Dinah went out'. Bloodshed: at Shechem. Lashon hara: 'and he heard the words of Lavan's sons'.
- Scene 6 · LM II:27 §1, on Shemos 2:11 · paragraph §1.3
  - HE: וְאִיתָא, שֶׁבִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁרָאָה מֹשֶׁה בְּסִבְלוֹת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: וַיַּרְא בְּסִבְלוֹתָם, דְּהַיְנוּ שֶׁנָּתַן לֵב עַל סִבְלוֹתָם, שֶׁהָיוּ מַכְבִּידִין עֲלֵיהֶם, וְהָעֲבוֹדָה הַשַּׁיָּךְ לְאִישׁ נָתְנוּ עַל אִשָּׁה, וְכֵן לְהֶפֶךְ, וְהָיָה מֹשֶׁה מִסְתַּכֵּל עַל זֶה, וְהִפֵּךְ הַדָּבָר וְנָתַן עַל כָּל אֶחָד הָעֲבוֹדָה הָרָאוּי לוֹ,
  - EN (our paraphrase): And it is brought there that Moshe saw the burdens of the children of Israel, as it says, 'and he saw their burdens'. He took to heart how they were weighed down: the work that belongs to a man they gave to a woman, and the reverse. Moshe looked at this and turned it around, and gave each one the work that fits him.
- Scene 7 · LM II:27 §1, on Bamidbar 30:17 · paragraph §1.3
  - HE: מַה שֶּׁרָאוּי לְאִישׁ וְכוּ', וְכֵן בֵּין אֲנָשִׁים בְּעַצְמָן הִסְתַּכֵּל לִתֵּן עַל כָּל אֶחָד מַה שֶּׁרָאוּי לוֹ. וְאָמַר לוֹ הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ לְמֹשֶׁה, שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה תִּזְכֶּה לְהַתִּיר נֶדֶר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בּוֹ גַם־כֵּן: בֵּין אִישׁ לְאִשְׁתּוֹ וְכוּ'.
  - EN (our paraphrase): And so too among the men themselves, he looked to give each one what fits him. And Hashem said to Moshe: through this you will merit to release vows, about which it is also said, 'between a man and his wife'.
- Scene 8 · LM II:27 §1 · paragraph §1.4
  - HE: נִמְצָא שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי שֶׁמִּסְתַּכְּלִין לְהַעֲרִיךְ כָּל אֶחָד כָּרָאוּי, עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה זוֹכִין לְהַתָּרַת נְדָרִים, וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה נִצּוֹלִין מֵאַרְבַּע מִדּוֹת הַנַּ"ל, כַּנַּ"ל. וְהָבֵן:
  - EN (our paraphrase): So through looking to assess each person as is right, one merits the release of vows, and through this one is saved from the four traits. Understand this.

## Hebrew phrases in the Explainer

- Scene 2 · §1.1: וְהוּא מַנְהִיג בְּכַשְׁרוּת וּבְישֶׁר, וְרוֹאֶה וּמִסְתַּכֵּל לְהַטִּיל הַמַּשְׂאוֹי עַל כָּל אֶחָד כָּרָאוּי לוֹ,
- Scene 3 · §1.1: מְבַטֵּל הָאַרְבַּע מִדּוֹת רָעוֹת, דְּהַיְנוּ עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה וְגִלּוּי עֲרָיוֹת וּשְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים וּלְשׁוֹן הָרָע.
- Scene 4 · §1.2: שֶׁנּוֹדְרִין צְרִיכִין לְשַׁלֵּם מִיַּד,
- Scene 5 · §1.3: וַיַּרְא בְּסִבְלוֹתָם,
- Scene 6 · §1.4: נִמְצָא שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי שֶׁמִּסְתַּכְּלִין לְהַעֲרִיךְ כָּל אֶחָד כָּרָאוּי, עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה זוֹכִין לְהַתָּרַת נְדָרִים,

## Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap

- Scene 2 · §1.1: לְהַטִּיל הַמַּשְׂאוֹי עַל כָּל אֶחָד כָּרָאוּי לוֹ,
- Scene 3 · §1.1: מְבַטֵּל הָאַרְבַּע מִדּוֹת רָעוֹת,
- Scene 4 · §1.2: וְהַמְאַחֵר נִדְרוֹ גּוֹרֵם אֵלּוּ הָאַרְבַּע מִדּוֹת הַנַּ"ל.
- Scene 5 · §1.4: זוֹכִין לְהַתָּרַת נְדָרִים,