# Sources — Likutei Moharan II:89 (Daas Makes Every Match)

## Texts used

- Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 89, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.89
- 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

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

### Part 1 — The Matchmaker of Daas

- Scene 3 · LM II:89 §1 · paragraph §1.1
  - HE: הַדַּעַת מְשַׁדֵּךְ כָּל הַשִּׁדּוּכִים, כִּי כָּל הַשִּׁדּוּכִים הֵם שְׁנֵי הֲפָכִים, וְהַדַּעַת הוּא הַמְתַוֵּךְ בֵּין שְׁנֵי הֲפָכִים. עַל־כֵּן כָּל הַשִּׁדּוּכִים שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם, כֻּלָּם נַעֲשִׂים עַל־יְדֵי הַבַּר־דַּעַת שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּעוֹלָם. וְעַל־כֵּן לִפְעָמִים קָשֶׁה לִמְצֹא זִוּוּגוֹ, כִּי לִפְעָמִים שְׁנֵי הַמְשֻׁדָּכִים רְחוֹקִים מְאֹד, וְהֵם שְׁנֵי הֲפָכִים בְּיוֹתֵר זֶה מִזֶּה, עַל־כֵּן קָשֶׁה לִמְצֹא זִוּוּגוֹ.
  - EN (our paraphrase): Daas makes all the matches. For every match is two opposites, and daas is what mediates between two opposites. Therefore all the matches in the world come about through the bar daas, the person of understanding, who is in the world. And so it is sometimes hard to find one's match, for sometimes the two sides are very far apart, utter opposites to each other; therefore it is hard to find one's match.
- Scene 5 · LM II:89 §1 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: וְהַתִּקּוּן לָזֶה – שֶׁצָּרִיךְ שֶׁיָּבוֹא לְהַבַּר־דַּעַת לִשְׁמֹעַ תּוֹרָה מִפִּיו, וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה יָכוֹל לִמְצֹא הַשִּׁדּוּךְ שֶׁלֹּוֹ. כִּי כָל זְמַן שֶׁהַדַּעַת בְּכֹחַ, אֲזַי לִפְעָמִים אִי אֶפְשָׁר לְחַבֵּר הַמְשֻׁדָּכִים, כְּשֶׁהֵם בְּהֵפֶךְ גָּדוֹל זֶה מִזֶּה, כִּי לִפְעָמִים הֵם בְּהֶפֶךְ גָּדוֹל מְאֹד זֶה מִזֶּה כַּנַּ"ל, וְאָז אִי אֶפְשָׁר לְהַדַּעַת לְחַבֵּר אוֹתָם כָּל זְמַן שֶׁהַדַּעַת בְּכֹחַ.
  - EN (our paraphrase): The remedy for this is that he should come to the bar daas to hear Torah from his mouth, and through this he can find his match. For as long as daas is only in potential, then sometimes it is impossible to join the two sides, when they are greatly opposed to each other, for sometimes they are very greatly opposed, as said above; and then daas cannot join them as long as it remains in potential.
- Scene 6 · LM II:89 §1, on Mishlei 2:6 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: עַל־כֵּן צָרִיךְ לִשְׁמֹעַ תּוֹרָה מִפִּיו, שֶׁאָז יוֹצֵא הַדַּעַת בִּבְחִינַת: מִפִּיו דַּעַת וּתְבוּנָה, וַאֲזַי כְּשֶׁיּוֹצֵא הַדַּעַת מִכֹּחַ אֶל הַפֹּעַל, אֲזַי יָכוֹל לְשַׁדְּכָם, אַף אִם הֵם בְּהֵפֶךְ גָּדוֹל זֶה מִזֶּה.
  - EN (our paraphrase): Therefore one must hear Torah from his mouth, for then daas goes out, as in: from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. And then, when daas goes out from potential into action, it can make the match, even if they are greatly opposed to each other.
- Scene 8 · LM II:89 §1, on Malachi 2:7 · paragraph §1.3
  - HE: וְזֶה אוֹתִיּוֹת שִׁידּוּךְ – רָאשֵׁי־תֵבוֹת: כִּי שִׂפְתֵי כֹהֵן יִשְׁמְרוּ דַעַת וְתוֹרָה. וְזֶהוּ: יְבַקְּשׁוּ מִפִּיהוּ, כִּי צָרִיךְ לְבַקֵּשׁ הַתּוֹרָה מִפִּיו דַּוְקָא, כְּדֵי לְהוֹצִיא הַדַּעַת מִכֹּחַ אֶל הַפֹּעַל כַּנַּ"ל.
  - EN (our paraphrase): And this is hinted in the letters of shidduch: they are the first letters of the verse, 'For the lips of the kohen guard daas, and Torah,' and so on. And this is 'they seek it from his mouth': for one must seek the Torah from his mouth specifically, in order to bring daas out from potential into action, as said above.
- Scene 10 · LM II:89 §1, on Pesachim 49b · paragraph §1.4
  - HE: וְעַל־כֵּן צָרִיךְ לִשְׁמֹעַ תּוֹרָה דַּוְקָא מִפִּיו, אַף שֶׁגַּם בְּדִבּוּרִים פְּשׁוּטִים שֶׁל הַבַּר דַּעַת יֵשׁ בָּהֶם גַּם־כֵּן דַּעַת, אַף־עַל־פִּי־כֵן צָרִיךְ לִשְׁמֹעַ תּוֹרָה דַּוְקָא. כִּי הַתּוֹרָה נִקְרֵאת כַּלָּה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ חֲכָמֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה: אַל תִּקְרֵי מוֹרָשָׁה, אֶלָּא מְאֹרָסָה. וְיֵשׁ בָּהּ גַּם־כֵּן שְׁנֵי הֲפָכִים, כִּי יֵשׁ בָּהּ שְׁנֵי מִינֵי אוֹתִיּוֹת.
  - EN (our paraphrase): Therefore one must hear Torah specifically from his mouth. Even though the simple words of the bar daas also contain daas, still one must hear Torah specifically. For the Torah is called a bride, as our Sages said: do not read morasha, an inheritance, but me'orasa, betrothed. And it too contains two opposites, for it has two kinds of letters.
- Scene 11 · LM II:89 §1, on Yerushalmi Rosh Hashanah 3:5 · paragraph §1.5
  - HE: וּכְשֶׁהַצַּדִּיק אוֹמֵר תּוֹרָה הוּא בְּחִינַת מְשַׁדֵּךְ שִׁדּוּכִין, כִּי דִּבְרֵי־תוֹרָה עֲנִיִּים בְּמָקוֹם זֶה וַעֲשִׁירִים בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר, וְצָרִיךְ לְחַבֵּר דִּבְרֵי־תוֹרָה מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם, כִּי מְחַבְּרִים דִּבְרֵי־תוֹרָה מִמְּקוֹמוֹת מְפֻזָּרִים, שֶׁהֵם רְחוֹקִים זֶה מִזֶּה, וּמְחַבְּרִים אוֹתָם יַחַד, וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה נַעֲשֶׂה הַחִדּוּשׁ שֶׁמְּחַדְּשִׁים.
  - EN (our paraphrase): And when the tzaddik says Torah, he is a matchmaker. For words of Torah are poor in one place and rich in another, and one must join words of Torah from place to place. For he joins words of Torah from scattered places, far from each other, and brings them together, and through this the new insight is made.
- Scene 12 · LM II:89 §1 · paragraph §1.5
  - HE: נִמְצָא כְּשֶׁהַצַּדִּיק הַבַּר־דַּעַת אוֹמֵר תּוֹרָה, הוּא מְשַׁדֵּךְ שִׁדּוּכִים. עַל־כֵּן צְרִיכִין לִשְׁמֹעַ מִפִּיו תּוֹרָה דַּוְקָא, וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה יְכוֹלִין לִמְצֹא זִוּוּגוֹ כַּנַּ"ל:
  - EN (our paraphrase): It turns out that when the tzaddik, the bar daas, says Torah, he is making matches. Therefore one must hear Torah from his mouth specifically, and through this one can find one's match, as said above.

## Hebrew phrases in the Explainer

- Scene 2 · §1.1: הַדַּעַת מְשַׁדֵּךְ כָּל הַשִּׁדּוּכִים,
- Scene 3 · §1.1: וְעַל־כֵּן לִפְעָמִים קָשֶׁה לִמְצֹא זִוּוּגוֹ,
- Scene 4 · §1.2: שֶׁצָּרִיךְ שֶׁיָּבוֹא לְהַבַּר־דַּעַת לִשְׁמֹעַ תּוֹרָה מִפִּיו,
- Scene 5 · §1.2: מִפִּיו דַּעַת וּתְבוּנָה,
- Scene 6 · §1.3: כִּי שִׂפְתֵי כֹהֵן יִשְׁמְרוּ דַעַת וְתוֹרָה.
- Scene 7 · §1.4: אַל תִּקְרֵי מוֹרָשָׁה, אֶלָּא מְאֹרָסָה.
- Scene 8 · §1.5: עֲנִיִּים בְּמָקוֹם זֶה וַעֲשִׁירִים בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר,
- Scene 9 · §1.5: וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה יְכוֹלִין לִמְצֹא זִוּוּגוֹ

## Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap

- Scene 2 · §1.1: כִּי כָּל הַשִּׁדּוּכִים הֵם שְׁנֵי הֲפָכִים,
- Scene 3 · §1.1: וְעַל־כֵּן לִפְעָמִים קָשֶׁה לִמְצֹא זִוּוּגוֹ,
- Scene 4 · §1.2: שֶׁצָּרִיךְ שֶׁיָּבוֹא לְהַבַּר־דַּעַת לִשְׁמֹעַ תּוֹרָה מִפִּיו,
- Scene 5 · §1.5: הוּא מְשַׁדֵּךְ שִׁדּוּכִים.