# Sources — Likutei Moharan II:51 (The Yetzer Knocks Again and Again)

## Texts used

- Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 51, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.51
- 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 Yetzer Knocks Again and Again

- Scene 3 · LM II:51 §1 · paragraph §1.1
  - HE: הַיֵּצֶר הָרָע נוֹקֵשׁ בָּאָדָם בְּכָל פַּעַם וּמְעוֹרְרוֹ לְמַה שֶּׁמְּעוֹרְרוֹ. וְאַף אִם אֵין הָאָדָם שׁוֹמֵעַ לוֹ וּפוֹנֶה עֹרֶף מִמֶּנּוּ, אַף־עַל־פִּי־כֵן הוּא נוֹקֵשׁ בּוֹ עוֹד פַּעַם שֵׁנִי וּשְׁלִישִׁי וּרְבִיעִי וְיוֹתֵר. אֲבָל אִם הָאָדָם הוּא חָזָק בְּדַעְתּוֹ וְעַקְשָׁן נֶגֶד הַיֵּצֶר הָרָע, וְאֵינוֹ פּוֹנֶה אֵלָיו כְּלָל, אֲזַי הַיֵּצֶר הָרָע מִסְתַּלֵּק וְהוֹלֵךְ לוֹ.
  - EN (our paraphrase): The evil inclination knocks on a person every time, stirring him to what it stirs him to. Even if he does not listen and turns his back on it, it knocks again a second, third, fourth time and more. But if the person is strong in his mind and stubborn against it, and does not turn to it at all, it departs and goes away.
- Scene 4 · LM II:51 §1 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: וְכֵן בִּתְפִלָּה, בְּעִנְיַן הַמַּחֲשָׁבוֹת הַבָּאִים לְבַלְבֵּל, הוּא מַמָּשׁ כַּנַּ"ל, שֶׁהַמַּחֲשָׁבָה בָּאָה כַּמָּה פְּעָמִים, פַּעַם אַחַר פַּעַם, לְבַלְבֵּל. וְצָרִיךְ לִהְיוֹת חָזָק לִבְלִי לְהִסְתַּכֵּל עָלֶיהָ כְּלָל בְּשׁוּם אֹפֶן, וַאֲזַי תִּסְתַּלֵּק. וְעַיֵּן בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר מִזֶּה:
  - EN (our paraphrase): So too in prayer, with the thoughts that come to confuse: it is exactly the same. The thought comes many times, time after time, to confuse. One must be strong not to look at it at all, in any way, and then it will depart. See elsewhere about this.

## Hebrew phrases in the Explainer

- Scene 2 · §1.1: הַיֵּצֶר הָרָע נוֹקֵשׁ בָּאָדָם בְּכָל פַּעַם
- Scene 3 · §1.1: אֲזַי הַיֵּצֶר הָרָע מִסְתַּלֵּק וְהוֹלֵךְ לוֹ.

## Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap

- Scene 2 · §1.1: הַיֵּצֶר הָרָע נוֹקֵשׁ בָּאָדָם בְּכָל פַּעַם
- Scene 3 · §1.1: אֲבָל אִם הָאָדָם הוּא חָזָק בְּדַעְתּוֹ וְעַקְשָׁן