# Sources — Likutei Moharan II:54 (Free Choice in Everything)

## Texts used

- Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 54, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.54
- 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 — Free Choice in Everything

- Scene 3 · LM II:54 §1 · paragraph §1.1
  - HE: הַבְּחִירָה בְּיַד הָאָדָם לַעֲשׂוֹת כִּרְצוֹנוֹ. וַאֲפִלּוּ כָּל הַדְּבָרִים, הַכֹּל בְּיַד הָאִישׁ הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִי לְהִתְנַהֵג הַכֹּל כִּרְצוֹנוֹ כִּבְחִירָתוֹ.
  - EN (our paraphrase): Free choice is in a person's hand, to do as he wishes. Even all things, everything is in the hand of a Jew, to conduct everything as he wishes, by his choice.
- Scene 4 · LM II:54 §1 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: כִּי בְּיַד יִשְׂרָאֵל יֵשׁ בְּחִירָה בְּיָדָם עַל כָּל דָּבָר שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם. כִּי אֵצֶל אֲחֵרִים יֵשׁ דְּבָרִים שֶׁהֵם מֻכְרָחִים בָּהֶם, אֲבָל אֵצֶל אִישׁ הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִי, כָּל דָּבָר וְדָבָר שֶׁהוּא עוֹשֶׂה, כְּגוֹן לִנְסֹעַ לְאֵיזֶה מָקוֹם וְכַיּוֹצֵא, יֵשׁ בּוֹ עֲבוֹדָה, וְעַל־כֵּן יֵשׁ לוֹ בְּחִירָה עַל הַכֹּל:
  - EN (our paraphrase): For in Israel's hands there is choice over everything in the world. With others there are things in which they are compelled; but with a Jew, every single thing he does, like travelling to some place and the like, holds service of Hashem; so he has choice over everything.

## Hebrew phrases in the Explainer

- Scene 2 · §1.1: הַבְּחִירָה בְּיַד הָאָדָם לַעֲשׂוֹת כִּרְצוֹנוֹ.
- Scene 3 · §1.2: אֲבָל אֵצֶל אִישׁ הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִי, כָּל דָּבָר וְדָבָר שֶׁהוּא עוֹשֶׂה, כְּגוֹן לִנְסֹעַ לְאֵיזֶה מָקוֹם וְכַיּוֹצֵא, יֵשׁ בּוֹ עֲבוֹדָה,

## Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap

- Scene 2 · §1.1: הַבְּחִירָה בְּיַד הָאָדָם לַעֲשׂוֹת כִּרְצוֹנוֹ.
- Scene 3 · §1.2: יֵשׁ בּוֹ עֲבוֹדָה,