# Sources — Likutei Moharan II:81 (Joy That Reaches the Feet)

## Texts used

- Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 81, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.81
- 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.

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## Every on-screen quotation in the full shiur, by part

### Part 1 — Joy That Reaches the Feet

- Scene 3 · LM II:81 §1, on Tehillim 90:12 · paragraph §1.1
  - HE: כְּשֶׁאָדָם מְשַׂמֵּחַ עַצְמוֹ בְּשִׂמְחָה שֶׁל מִצְוָה, וְהַשִּׂמְחָה גְּדוֹלָה כָּל־כָּךְ, עַד שֶׁנּוֹגַעַת עַד רַגְלָיו, הַיְנוּ שֶׁמְּרַקֵּד מֵחֲמַת שִׂמְחָה, זֶה הַבְּחִינָה נִקְרָא: וְנָבִיא לְבַב חָכְמָה. הָרַגְלַיִם הֵם נֶצַח וָהוֹד, בְּחִינַת נְבִיאִים, נִתְעַלִּים לִבְחִינַת לֵב עַל־יְדֵי הַשִּׂמְחָה שֶׁבַּלֵּב, כִּי הַשִּׂמְחָה מַעֲלָה אוֹתָם. וְזֶהוּ הָרִקּוּד שֶׁמַּעֲלֶה רַגְלָיו בְּכָל פַּעַם.
  - EN (our paraphrase): When a person gladdens himself with the joy of a mitzvah, and the joy is so great that it reaches his feet, that is, he dances out of joy, this is called: v'navi levav chochmah, a prophet comes to a heart of wisdom. The feet are Netzach and Hod, the level of prophets; they rise to the level of the heart through the joy in the heart, for joy lifts them. That is the dance: each time he lifts his feet.
- Scene 5 · LM II:81 §1, on Yeshayahu 41:2, Tehillim 58:2, 119:172 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: וּכְשֶׁלּוֹמֵד תּוֹרָה אוֹ שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה מִצְוָה בְּכָל־כָּךְ שִׂמְחָה, שֶׁהַשִּׂמְחָה נוֹגַעַת עַד רַגְלָיו, וּמַעֲלֶה אֶת רַגְלָיו לְמַעְלָה – בָּזֶה נִתְעַלִּים כָּל תּוֹמְכֵי דְּאוֹרַיְתָא, שֶׁהֵם נִקְרָאִים סָמְכֵי קְשׁוֹט. וְזֶה פֵּרוּשׁ: צֶדֶק יִקְרָאֵהוּ לְרַגְלוֹ, כִּי הַתּוֹרָה וְהַמִּצְוָה נִקְרָאִים צֶדֶק, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ חֲכָמֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה: צֶדֶק תְּדַבֵּרוּן וְכוּ', וּכְמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: כִּי כָל מִצְו‍ֹתֶיךָ צֶדֶק.
  - EN (our paraphrase): And when he learns Torah or does a mitzvah with so much joy that the joy reaches his feet and lifts them up, through this all who support the Torah are raised, those called the pillars of truth. This is the meaning of: tzedek yikra'ehu l'raglo, righteousness calls him to his feet. For Torah and mitzvos are called tzedek, as the Sages expounded: speak tzedek; and as it is written: for all Your mitzvos are tzedek.
- Scene 7 · LM II:81 §1, on Tehillim 15:3 · paragraph §1.3
  - HE: גַּם הַדִּבּוּר הָרַע נִקְרָא רֶגֶל, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: לֹא רָגַל עַל לְשׁוֹנוֹ, גַּם הוּא נִתְעַלֶּה.
  - EN (our paraphrase): Bad speech, too, is called a foot, as it is written: lo ragal al leshono, he did not go about with slander on his tongue. It too is raised.
- Scene 8 · LM II:81 §1, on Devarim 11:6 · paragraph §1.4
  - HE: גַּם אָדָם נִתְעַלֶּה בְּמָמוֹן, הַנִּקְרָא רֶגֶל, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: וְאֶת הַיְקוּם אֲשֶׁר בְּרַגְלֵיהֶם.
  - EN (our paraphrase): A person is also raised in his money, which is called a foot, as it is written: and all the wealth that was at their feet.
- Scene 9 · LM II:81 §1, on Yeshayahu 41:2 · paragraph §1.5
  - HE: גַּם כָּל הַמַּדְרֵגוֹת הַתַּחְתּוֹנוֹת הַמְכֻנִּים בְּשֵׁם רַגְלַיִם, נִתְעַלִּים עַל־יְדֵי שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה וּמִצְוָה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: צֶדֶק יִקְרָאֵהוּ לְרַגְלוֹ, שֶׁהַתּוֹרָה וְהַמִּצְוָה הֵם קוֹרְאִים לְמַעְלָה אֶת אֵלּוּ הַמַּדְרֵגוֹת הַתַּחְתּוֹנוֹת.
  - EN (our paraphrase): And all the lower levels, which are called by the name feet, are raised through the joy of Torah and mitzvos, as it is written: tzedek yikra'ehu l'raglo. The Torah and the mitzvos call these lower levels upward.
- Scene 10 · LM II:81 §1, on Shmuel I 2:9, Bereishis 47:23 · paragraph §1.6
  - HE: וְזֶה שֶׁאָמְרוּ חֲכָמֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה: מִי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ בָּנִים, יְשַׂמַּח אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ בִּדְבַר מִצְוָה. כִּי אִשָּׁה נִקְרֵאת רֶגֶל, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: רַגְלֵי חֲסִידָיו יִשְׁמֹר. נִמְצָא שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי הַשִּׂמְחָה הוּא מַעֲלֶה וּמְקַשֵּׁר אוֹתָהּ לִבְחִינַת צֶדֶק, הַנִּקְרָא הֵא, וְשָׁם עִקָּר הַזֶּרַע, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: הֵא לָכֶם זֶרַע.
  - EN (our paraphrase): This is what the Sages said: one who has no children should bring joy to his wife through a mitzvah. For a wife is called a foot, as it is written: He guards the feet of His devoted ones. So through the joy he lifts her and binds her to the level of tzedek, which is called heh; and that is the root of offspring, as it is written: heh lachem zera, here is seed for you.
- Scene 12 · LM II:81 §1, on Eruvin 70b · paragraph §1.7
  - HE: גַּם בְּרָא כַּרְעָא דַּאֲבוּהָ.
  - EN (our paraphrase): Also: a son is his father's foot.
- Scene 13 · LM II:81 §1, on Makkos 24a · paragraph §1.8
  - HE: גַּם אֱמוּנָה נִקְרֵאת רֶגֶל, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה: בָּא חֲבַקּוּק וְהֶעֱמִידָן עַל אַחַת וְכוּ'.
  - EN (our paraphrase): Faith, too, is called a foot, as the Sages said: Chavakuk came and stood them all on one, and so on.
- Scene 15 · LM II:81 §1 · paragraph §1.9
  - HE: [וְכֵן] כָּל הַדְּבָרִים הַנִּקְרָאִים רֶגֶל נִתְעַלִּים:
  - EN (our paraphrase): And so, everything that is called a foot is raised.

## Hebrew phrases in the Explainer

- Scene 2 · §1.1: כְּשֶׁאָדָם מְשַׂמֵּחַ עַצְמוֹ בְּשִׂמְחָה שֶׁל מִצְוָה, וְהַשִּׂמְחָה גְּדוֹלָה כָּל־כָּךְ, עַד שֶׁנּוֹגַעַת עַד רַגְלָיו,
- Scene 3 · §1.1: הָרַגְלַיִם הֵם נֶצַח וָהוֹד, בְּחִינַת נְבִיאִים, נִתְעַלִּים לִבְחִינַת לֵב
- Scene 4 · §1.2: בָּזֶה נִתְעַלִּים כָּל תּוֹמְכֵי דְּאוֹרַיְתָא, שֶׁהֵם נִקְרָאִים סָמְכֵי קְשׁוֹט.
- Scene 5 · §1.5: גַּם כָּל הַמַּדְרֵגוֹת הַתַּחְתּוֹנוֹת הַמְכֻנִּים בְּשֵׁם רַגְלַיִם,
- Scene 6 · §1.6: מִי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ בָּנִים, יְשַׂמַּח אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ בִּדְבַר מִצְוָה.
- Scene 7 · §1.8: גַּם אֱמוּנָה נִקְרֵאת רֶגֶל,

## Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap

- Scene 2 · §1.1: שֶׁמְּרַקֵּד מֵחֲמַת שִׂמְחָה, זֶה הַבְּחִינָה נִקְרָא: וְנָבִיא לְבַב חָכְמָה.
- Scene 3 · §1.2: בָּזֶה נִתְעַלִּים כָּל תּוֹמְכֵי דְּאוֹרַיְתָא, שֶׁהֵם נִקְרָאִים סָמְכֵי קְשׁוֹט.
- Scene 4 · §1.5: גַּם כָּל הַמַּדְרֵגוֹת הַתַּחְתּוֹנוֹת הַמְכֻנִּים בְּשֵׁם רַגְלַיִם, נִתְעַלִּים עַל־יְדֵי שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה וּמִצְוָה,
- Scene 5 · §1.8: גַּם אֱמוּנָה נִקְרֵאת רֶגֶל,