# Sources — Likutei Moharan II:52 (Questions About the Tzaddikim)

## Texts used

- Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 52, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.52
- 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 — Questions About the Tzaddikim

- Scene 3 · LM II:52 §1 · paragraph §1.1
  - HE: מַה שֶּׁקָּשֶׁה קֻשְׁיוֹת עַל הַצַּדִּיקִים, זֶהוּ מֻכְרָח לִהְיוֹת. כִּי הַצַּדִּיקִים מִתְדַּמִּים לְיוֹצְרָם, כַּמּוּבָא, וּכְמוֹ שֶׁקָּשֶׁה קֻשְׁיוֹת עַל הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ, כְּמוֹ־כֵן בְּהֶכְרֵחַ שֶׁיִּהְיֶה קָשֶׁה קֻשְׁיוֹת עַל הַצַּדִּיק, כִּי הוּא מִתְדַּמֶּה אֵלָיו יִתְבָּרַךְ:
  - EN (our paraphrase): That there are questions about the tzaddikim must be so. For the tzaddikim resemble their Maker, as is brought; and just as there are questions about Hashem, so there must be questions about the tzaddik, for he resembles Him.
- Scene 4 · LM II:52 §1 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: וּבְעִנְיָן הַקֻּשְׁיוֹת שֶׁקָּשֶׁה עַל הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ, מַרְגְּלָא בְּפֻמֵּהּ לוֹמַר: אַדְּרַבָּא, כָּךְ רָאוּי לִהְיוֹת דַּיְקָא, שֶׁיִּהְיוּ קֻשְׁיוֹת עַל הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ, וְכָךְ נָאֶה וְיָפֶה לוֹ יִתְבָּרַךְ לְפִי גְּדֻלָּתוֹ וְרוֹמְמוּתוֹ.
  - EN (our paraphrase): About the questions on Hashem, he used to say: on the contrary, this is precisely how it should be, that there are questions about Hashem; this is fitting and beautiful for Him, according to His greatness and exaltedness.
- Scene 5 · LM II:52 §1 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: כִּי מֵעֹצֶם גְּדֻלָּתוֹ וְרוֹמְמוּתוֹ, שֶׁהוּא מְרוֹמָם מְאֹד מִדַּעְתֵּנוּ, עַל־כֵּן בְּוַדַּאי אִי אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁנָּבִין וְנַשִּׂיג בְּשִׂכְלֵנוּ הַנְהָגָתוֹ יִתְבָּרַךְ. וְעַל־כֵּן בְּהֶכְרֵחַ שֶׁיִּהְיוּ עָלָיו יִתְבָּרַךְ קֻשְׁיוֹת, כִּי כָּךְ נָאֶה וְיָפֶה לְהַבּוֹרֵא יִתְבָּרַךְ, שֶׁיִּהְיֶה מְרוֹמָם וְנִשָּׂא מִדַּעְתֵּנוּ, שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה קָשֶׁה הַקֻּשְׁיוֹת כַּנַּ"ל; וְאִם הָיָה הַנְהָגָתוֹ כְּפִי חִיּוּב דַּעְתֵּנוּ, אִם־כֵּן הָיָה, חַס וְשָׁלוֹם, דַּעְתּוֹ כְּדַעְתֵּנוּ:
  - EN (our paraphrase): For from His very great exaltedness, so far above our minds, we surely cannot understand and grasp His conduct with our intellect. So there must be questions about Him; that is fitting for the Creator, to be exalted above our minds. If His conduct followed our reasoning, His mind would be like ours, Heaven forbid.

## Hebrew phrases in the Explainer

- Scene 2 · §1.1: כִּי הַצַּדִּיקִים מִתְדַּמִּים לְיוֹצְרָם,
- Scene 3 · §1.2: אַדְּרַבָּא, כָּךְ רָאוּי לִהְיוֹת דַּיְקָא,

## Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap

- Scene 2 · §1.1: כִּי הַצַּדִּיקִים מִתְדַּמִּים לְיוֹצְרָם,
- Scene 3 · §1.2: וְאִם הָיָה הַנְהָגָתוֹ כְּפִי חִיּוּב דַּעְתֵּנוּ, אִם־כֵּן הָיָה, חַס וְשָׁלוֹם, דַּעְתּוֹ כְּדַעְתֵּנוּ: