# Sources — Likutei Moharan II:85 (The Luz: From the Three Weeks to Nachamu)

## Texts used

- Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 85, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.85
- 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.

## Notes

- Part 1, scene 3: The verse that ends the line (Yaakov named the place Beis-Kel, Pesachim 88a) is voiced, not shown, because it carries a Divine Name.

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

### Part 1 — The Luz, Leah and the Comfort of Nachamu

- Scene 3 · LM II:85 §1 · paragraph §1.1
  - HE: אֱגוֹזִים הַנִּקְרָאִים לוּזִים, הֵם רוֹמְזִים לִבְחִינַת לֵאָה, שֶׁהִיא בָּעֹרֶף, שֶׁהִיא נֻקְבָּא רִאשׁוֹנָה, וְאַחַר־כָּךְ נִכְנָסִין לְבֵית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ,
  - EN (our paraphrase): Nuts called luzim hint at the aspect of Leah, who is at the back of the neck, the oref; she is the first feminine aspect. And afterwards one enters the Holy Temple,
- Scene 4 · LM II:85 §1, on Rashi, Shoftim 1 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: וְזֶהוּ שֶׁפֵּרֵשׁ רַשִׁ"י, שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ לוּז נִכְנָסִין לְבֵית קֵל.
  - EN (our paraphrase): This is what Rashi explains: by way of Luz one enters Beis-Kel.
- Scene 5 · LM II:85 §1, on Yeshayahu 40:1 · paragraph §1.3
  - HE: וְזֶהוּ: נַחֲמוּ נַחֲמוּ. שְׁתֵּי פְּעָמִים "נַחֲמוּ" גִּימַטְרִיָּא "קָדְקֹד", שֶׁהוּא בְּחִינַת עֹרֶף, שֶׁעַל־יָדָהּ נִכְנָסִין לְבֵית קֵל.
  - EN (our paraphrase): This is 'Nachamu, nachamu', comfort, comfort. Twice 'nachamu' equals 'kadkod', the crown of the head, in gematria; and this is the aspect of the oref, through which one enters Beis-Kel.
- Scene 7 · LM II:85 §2, on Bechoros 8a · paragraph §2.1
  - HE: וְזֶהוּ שְׁלֹשָׁה שָׁבוּעוֹת שֶׁהֵם עֶשְׂרִים וְאֶחָד יוֹם שֶׁבֵּין הַמְּצָרִים, וּכְנֶגְדּוֹ בְּאִילַן לוּז. בִּשְׁבִיל זֶה נוֹהֲגִין לֶאֱכֹל בֵּיצָה בַּסְּעֻדָּה הַמַּפֶסֶקֶת בְּתִשְׁעָה בְּאָב, כִּי הַבֵּיצָה נִגְמֶרֶת בְּעֶשְׂרִים וְאֶחָד יוֹם, כְּמַאֲמַר חֲכָמֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה: תַּרְנְגֹלֶת מוֹלֶדֶת לְעֶשְׂרִים וְאֶחָד יוֹם וְכוּ', וּכְנֶגְדּוֹ בְּאִילַן לוּז. וְזֶהוּ הָעֶצֶם לוּז שֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּעֹרֶף אָדָם, שֶׁיִּשָּׁאֵר אַחַר כִּלְיוֹן הַגּוּף, וּמִמֶּנּוּ יִתְחַדֵּשׁ בִּנְיַן הַגּוּף בִּשְׁעַת תְּחִיַּת־הַמֵּתִים.
  - EN (our paraphrase): And this is the Three Weeks, the twenty-one days between the straits, and their counterpart among trees is the luz. That is why it is the custom to eat an egg at the last meal before Tisha b'Av: an egg is completed in twenty-one days, as our Sages said, a hen gives birth after twenty-one days, and its counterpart among trees is the luz. And this is the luz bone in the back of a person's neck, which remains after the body has decayed; from it the body will be built anew at the revival of the dead.
- Scene 8 · LM II:85 §2, on Rus 3:13 and Bereishis 29:25 · paragraph §2.2
  - HE: וְזֶהוּ עִקָּר נֶחָמוֹתֵינוּ, בְּחִינַת נַחֲמוּ נַחֲמוּ כַּנַּ"ל, כִּי עַל הַגּוּף נֶאֱמַר: שִׁכְבִי עַד הַבֹּקֶר, שֶׁהוּא עֵת הַתְּחִיָּה. וְהִנֵּה בַבֹּקֶר וְהִנֵּה הִיא לֵאָה – הַיְנוּ עֶצֶם לוּז הַנַּ"ל, שֶׁעַל־יָדָהּ נִתְבַּנֶּה הַגּוּף.
  - EN (our paraphrase): And this is our main comfort, the 'nachamu, nachamu' mentioned above. For of the body it is said, 'lie here until the morning', which is the time of the revival. 'And it was in the morning, and behold, it was Leah': that is, the luz bone mentioned above, through which the body is rebuilt.
- Scene 10 · LM II:85 §3, on Bereishis 49:26 and Devarim 33:12 · paragraph §3.1
  - HE: וּבִשְׁבִיל שֶׁכָּל כַּוָּנָתוֹ שֶׁל יַעֲקֹב הָיָה בִּשְׁבִיל רָחֵל, נֶאֱמַר בִּבְנֵי רָחֵל, דְּהַיְנוּ יוֹסֵף: וּלְקָדְקֹד נְזִיר אֶחָיו, וּבְבִנְיָמִין כְּתִיב: וּבֵין כְּתֵפָיו שָׁכֵן. רֶמֶז, שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי בְּחִינַת לֵאָה שֶׁהִיא רִאשׁוֹנָה, יָכוֹל לָבוֹא לִבְחִינַת רָחֵל. קָדְקֹד וּכְתֵפָיו זֶה בְּחִינַת לוּז הַנַּ"ל.
  - EN (our paraphrase): And because all of Yaakov's intention was for Rachel, it is said of Rachel's sons, that is Yosef: 'on the crown, kadkod, of the one set apart from his brothers'; and of Binyamin it is written, 'and He dwells between his shoulders'. This hints that through the aspect of Leah, who is first, one can come to the aspect of Rachel. Kadkod and 'his shoulders' are the aspect of the luz mentioned above.
- Scene 11 · LM II:85 §4 · paragraph §4.1
  - HE: עֹרֶף גִּימַטְרִיָּא ש"נ – רָאשֵׁי־תֵבוֹת: שַׁבַּת נַחֲמוּ, רֶמֶז לְהַנַּ"ל:
  - EN (our paraphrase): Oref, the back of the neck, equals three hundred and fifty in gematria, the letters shin and nun: the first letters of Shabbos Nachamu, a hint to all of the above.

## Hebrew phrases in the Explainer

- Scene 2 · §1.2: וְזֶהוּ שֶׁפֵּרֵשׁ רַשִׁ"י, שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ לוּז נִכְנָסִין לְבֵית קֵל.
- Scene 3 · §1.3: נַחֲמוּ נַחֲמוּ. שְׁתֵּי פְּעָמִים "נַחֲמוּ" גִּימַטְרִיָּא "קָדְקֹד",
- Scene 4 · §2.1: וְזֶהוּ הָעֶצֶם לוּז שֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּעֹרֶף אָדָם, שֶׁיִּשָּׁאֵר אַחַר כִּלְיוֹן הַגּוּף, וּמִמֶּנּוּ יִתְחַדֵּשׁ בִּנְיַן הַגּוּף בִּשְׁעַת תְּחִיַּת־הַמֵּתִים.
- Scene 5 · §2.2: וְהִנֵּה בַבֹּקֶר וְהִנֵּה הִיא לֵאָה
- Scene 6 · §3.1: רֶמֶז, שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי בְּחִינַת לֵאָה שֶׁהִיא רִאשׁוֹנָה, יָכוֹל לָבוֹא לִבְחִינַת רָחֵל.

## Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap

- Scene 2 · §1.1: אֱגוֹזִים הַנִּקְרָאִים לוּזִים, הֵם רוֹמְזִים לִבְחִינַת לֵאָה, שֶׁהִיא בָּעֹרֶף, שֶׁהִיא נֻקְבָּא רִאשׁוֹנָה, וְאַחַר־כָּךְ נִכְנָסִין לְבֵית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ,
- Scene 3 · §2.1: וְזֶהוּ שְׁלֹשָׁה שָׁבוּעוֹת שֶׁהֵם עֶשְׂרִים וְאֶחָד יוֹם שֶׁבֵּין הַמְּצָרִים,
- Scene 4 · §2.2: וְזֶהוּ עִקָּר נֶחָמוֹתֵינוּ, בְּחִינַת נַחֲמוּ נַחֲמוּ