# Sources — Likutei Moharan II:53 (The Preciousness of Thought)

## Texts used

- Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 53, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.53
- 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 Preciousness of Thought

- Scene 3 · LM II:53 §1 · paragraph §1.1
  - HE: גֹּדֶל יִקְרַת הַמַּחֲשָׁבָה נוֹדַע לִי עַתָּה. כִּי הַמַּחֲשָׁבָה יְקָרָה מְאֹד מְאֹד, שֶׁנַּעֲשֶׂה מִמֶּנָּה דְּבָרִים שְׁלֵמִים מַמָּשׁ, שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהֶם קִיּוּם כָּל הַיָּמִים שֶׁיִּתְקַיְּמוּ הָעוֹלָמוֹת, כָּל זְמַן אֲשֶׁר הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ וְכוּ' וְכוּ'.
  - EN (our paraphrase): The greatness of the preciousness of thought I have now come to know. For thought is very, very precious: from it complete things are made, which endure all the days that the worlds endure, as long as Hashem, and so on.
- Scene 4 · LM II:53 §1 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: וְחָכְמָה יָקָר יוֹתֵר, כִּי מַחֲשָׁבָה הוּא שֶׁעוֹלָה עַל מַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ לְבַד, וְחָכְמָה הוּא שֶׁבּוֹנֶה בְּחָכְמָתוֹ בִּנְיָנִים בְּשִׂכְלוֹ, וְהוּא יָקָר מְאֹד,
  - EN (our paraphrase): And wisdom is more precious, for thought is what rises in his thought alone, while wisdom is when he builds structures in his intellect with his wisdom; and it is very precious,
- Scene 5 · LM II:53 §1 · paragraph §1.3
  - HE: וְעִקָּר הַדָּבָר – שֶׁיִּהְיֶה בֶּאֱמֶת. וַאֲפִלּוּ פְּשָׁט שֶׁמְּחַדְּשִׁין, הוּא גַם־כֵּן דָּבָר גָּדוֹל מְאֹד, וְצָרִיךְ גַּם־כֵּן שֶׁיִּהְיֶה בֶּאֱמֶת. וְגַם לְהֵפֶךְ, כְּשֶׁהוּא בְּלֹא אֱמֶת, נַעֲשֶׂה מִמֶּנָּה גַם־כֵּן דְּבָרִים לְהֵפֶךְ:
  - EN (our paraphrase): and the main thing is that it be in truth. Even a plain explanation one newly finds is also a very great thing, and it too must be in truth. And the reverse: when it is without truth, things are made from it too, the opposite way.

## Hebrew phrases in the Explainer

- Scene 2 · §1.1: גֹּדֶל יִקְרַת הַמַּחֲשָׁבָה נוֹדַע לִי עַתָּה.
- Scene 3 · §1.3: וְעִקָּר הַדָּבָר – שֶׁיִּהְיֶה בֶּאֱמֶת.

## Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap

- Scene 2 · §1.1: שֶׁנַּעֲשֶׂה מִמֶּנָּה דְּבָרִים שְׁלֵמִים מַמָּשׁ,
- Scene 3 · §1.3: וְעִקָּר הַדָּבָר – שֶׁיִּהְיֶה בֶּאֱמֶת.