# Sources — Likutei Moharan II:50 (Thought Is in Your Hands)

## Texts used

- Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 50, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.50
- 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 — Thought Is in Your Hands

- Scene 3 · LM II:50 §1 · paragraph §1.1
  - HE: הַמַּחֲשָׁבָה בְּיַד הָאָדָם לְהַטּוֹתָהּ כִּרְצוֹנוֹ לְמָקוֹם שֶׁהוּא רוֹצֶה, וְכַמְבֹאָר בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר, שֶׁאִי אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁיִּהְיוּ שְׁנֵי מַחֲשָׁבוֹת בְּיַחַד כְּלָל,
  - EN (our paraphrase): Thought is in a person's hand, to turn it as he wishes, to the place he wants; as explained elsewhere, two thoughts cannot be together at all.
- Scene 4 · LM II:50 §1 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: וַאֲפִלּוּ אִם לִפְעָמִים הוֹלֶכֶת מַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ וּפוֹרַחַת וּמְשׁוֹטֶטֶת בִּדְבָרִים אֲחֵרִים וְזָרִים, הוּא בְּיַד הָאָדָם לַחֲזֹר וּלְהַטּוֹתָהּ בְּעַל־כָּרְחָהּ אֶל הַדֶּרֶךְ הַיָּשָׁר, לַחֲשֹׁב מַה שֶּׁרָאוּי.
  - EN (our paraphrase): Even if sometimes his thought goes off, flying and wandering among other and strange things, it is in a person's hand to turn it back, even against its will, to the straight path, to think what is fitting.
- Scene 5 · LM II:50 §1 · paragraph §1.3
  - HE: וְהוּא מַמָּשׁ כְּמוֹ סוּס שֶׁפּוֹנֶה מִן הַדֶּרֶךְ וְסָר לְדֶרֶךְ אַחֵר, שֶׁתּוֹפְסִין אוֹתוֹ בְּאַפְסָר וְכַיּוֹצֵא, וּמַחֲזִירִין אוֹתוֹ בְּעַל־כָּרְחוֹ אֶל הַדֶּרֶךְ הַיָּשָׁר, כְּמוֹ־כֵן בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה מַמָּשׁ, שֶׁיְּכוֹלִין לְתָפְסָהּ בְּעַל־כָּרְחָהּ לְהָשִׁיבָהּ אֶל הַדֶּרֶךְ הָרָאוּי:
  - EN (our paraphrase): It is exactly like a horse that turns from the road and goes off on another way: they grab it by the reins and the like, and bring it back, against its will, to the straight road. So too with thought: you can grab it, against its will, and bring it back to the proper path.

## Hebrew phrases in the Explainer

- Scene 2 · §1.1: שֶׁאִי אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁיִּהְיוּ שְׁנֵי מַחֲשָׁבוֹת בְּיַחַד כְּלָל,
- Scene 3 · §1.3: כְּמוֹ סוּס שֶׁפּוֹנֶה מִן הַדֶּרֶךְ וְסָר לְדֶרֶךְ אַחֵר, שֶׁתּוֹפְסִין אוֹתוֹ בְּאַפְסָר

## Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap

- Scene 2 · §1.1: הַמַּחֲשָׁבָה בְּיַד הָאָדָם לְהַטּוֹתָהּ כִּרְצוֹנוֹ לְמָקוֹם שֶׁהוּא רוֹצֶה,
- Scene 3 · §1.3: כְּמוֹ סוּס שֶׁפּוֹנֶה מִן הַדֶּרֶךְ וְסָר לְדֶרֶךְ אַחֵר, שֶׁתּוֹפְסִין אוֹתוֹ בְּאַפְסָר