# Sources — Likutei Moharan II:90 (Why We Break a Plate at the Shidduch)

## Texts used

- Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 90, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.90
- 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 — Two Hints in a Broken Plate

- Scene 3 · LM II:90 §1 · paragraph §1.1
  - HE: טַעַם עַל שְׁבִירַת כְּלִי חֶרֶס בִּשְׁעַת הַשִּׁדּוּךְ הוּא בִּשְׁנֵי עִנְיָנִים.
  - EN (our paraphrase): The reason for breaking an earthenware vessel at the time of the shidduch is twofold.
- Scene 5 · LM II:90 §1, on Eruvin 41b · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: כִּי בֶּאֱמֶת צְרִיכִין לִזָּהֵר מְאֹד מְאֹד שֶׁלֹּא לְגָרֵשׁ אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ, כִּי אָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה: שְׁלֹשָׁה אֵינָם רוֹאִים פְּנֵי גֵּיהִנֹּם וְכוּ', וּמִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ אִשָּׁה רָעָה. לְמַאי נַפְקָא מִנָּהּ לִקְבּוּלֵי בְּאַהֲבָה.
  - EN (our paraphrase): For truly one must be very, very careful not to divorce one's wife. For our Sages said: three do not see the face of Gehinnom, and so on, and one who has a bad wife. What difference does it make? To accept it with love.
- Scene 6 · LM II:90 §1 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: וּפֵרְשׁוּ הַמְפָרְשִׁים, שֶׁמִפְּנֵי זֶה לֹא אָמַר כָּאן הַנַּפְקָא מִנָּהּ דִּלְעֵיל, כִּי קֹדֶם לָזֶה אִיתָא שָׁם: שְׁלֹשָׁה דְּבָרִים מַעֲבִירִין אֶת הָאָדָם עַל דַּעְתּוֹ וְעַל דַּעַת קוֹנוֹ. לְמַאי נַפְקָא מִנָּהּ לְמִבָּעֵי רַחֲמֵי. וְכָאן לֹא אָמַר נַפְקָא מִנָּהּ זוֹ. כִּי בְּאֵלּוּ הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה צְרִיכִין לְקַבֵּל בְּאַהֲבָה דַּוְקָא, מֵאַחַר שֶׁעַל־יָדָם אֵינוֹ רוֹאֶה פְּנֵי גֵּיהִנֹּם.
  - EN (our paraphrase): And the commentators explain that this is why it did not give here the difference mentioned earlier. For just before this it says: three things make a person go against his own mind and the mind of his Maker; what difference does it make? To plead for mercy. But here it does not give that difference. For these three must be accepted specifically with love, since through them he does not see the face of Gehinnom.
- Scene 8 · LM II:90 §1, on Yirmiyahu 19:2 · paragraph §1.3
  - HE: וְזֶהוּ בְּחִינַת שְׁבִירַת כְּלִי חֶרֶס בִּשְׁעַת הַשִּׁדּוּךְ, כִּי שַׁעַר הַחַרְסִית הָיָה בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, וְזֶה הַשַּׁעַר הוּא כְּנֶגֶד פִּתְחָהּ שֶׁל גֵּיהִנֹּם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: וְיָצָאתָ אֶל גֵּי בֶן הִנֹּם אֲשֶׁר פֶּתַח שַׁעַר הַחַרְסִית.
  - EN (our paraphrase): And this is the meaning of breaking an earthenware vessel at the time of the shidduch. For the Potsherd Gate was in Jerusalem, where they would throw broken pieces of earthenware, as Rashi explains there. And this gate stands opposite the entrance of Gehinnom, as it is written: go out to the valley of Ben Hinnom, which is at the entrance of the Potsherd Gate.
- Scene 9 · LM II:90 §1, on Sukkah 32b and Eruvin 19a · paragraph §1.3
  - HE: וְגֵי בֶן הִנֹּם זֶהוּ בְּחִינַת הַגֵּיהִנֹּם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה: שְׁתֵּי תְּמָרוֹת יֵשׁ בְּגֵי בֶן הִנֹּם, וְעוֹלֶה עָשָׁן מִבֵּינֵיהֶן, וְזֶהוּ פִּתְחָהּ שֶׁל גֵּיהִנֹּם.
  - EN (our paraphrase): And the valley of Ben Hinnom is Gehinnom, as our Sages said: there are two palm trees in the valley of Ben Hinnom, and smoke rises from between them, and this is the entrance of Gehinnom.
- Scene 11 · LM II:90 §1 · paragraph §1.4
  - HE: וְזֶהוּ שֶׁשּׁוֹבְרִין כְּלִי חֶרֶס בִּשְׁעַת הַשִּׁדּוּךְ, כִּי מְרַמְּזִים לוֹ בָּזֶה שְׁנֵי עִנְיָנִים. הַיְנוּ שֶׁמְּרַמְּזִין לוֹ: אִם הִיא אִשָּׁה רָעָה, תִּזָּהֵר לְבַל תִּבְגֹּד בָּהּ, רַק תְּקַבֵּל בְּאַהֲבָה, כִּי עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה אֵינְךָ רוֹאֶה פְּנֵי גֵיהִנֹּם כַּנַּ"ל.
  - EN (our paraphrase): And this is why an earthenware vessel is broken at the time of the shidduch: through it we hint two things to him. That is, we hint to him: if she is a bad wife, be careful not to betray her; only accept it with love, for through this you will not see the face of Gehinnom, as said above.
- Scene 12 · LM II:90 §1 · paragraph §1.4
  - HE: וְאִם הִיא אִשָּׁה טוֹבָה, דַּע וּזְכֹר כִּי יֵשׁ גֵּיהִנֹּם, וְלֹא תִּהְיֶה נִמְשָׁךְ אַחַר תַּאֲוָתְךָ, וּתְקַדֵּשׁ עַצְמְךָ כָּרָאוּי, כִּי זָכוֹר תִּזְכֹּר שֶׁיֵּשׁ גֵיהִנֹּם.
  - EN (our paraphrase): And if she is a good wife, know and remember that there is a Gehinnom; do not be drawn after your desire, and sanctify yourself as is fitting, for remember well that there is a Gehinnom.
- Scene 13 · LM II:90 §1 · paragraph §1.5
  - HE: וְכָל זֶה מְרַמְּזִין לֹוֹ עַל־יְדֵי שְׁבִירַת כְּלִי חֶרֶס, שֶׁהוּא בְּחִינַת שַׁעַר הַחַרְסִית, שֶׁהוּא בְּחִינַת פִּתְחָהּ שֶׁל גֵּיהִנֹּם כַּנַּ"ל, וְעַל־כֵּן עַל־יְדֵי שְׁבִירַת כְּלִי חֶרֶס מְרַמְּזִין לוֹ שְׁנֵי עִנְיָנִים הַנַּ"ל:
  - EN (our paraphrase): All this is hinted to him through breaking an earthenware vessel, which is the Potsherd Gate, which is the entrance of Gehinnom, as said above. And so, through breaking an earthenware vessel, the two things above are hinted to him.

## Hebrew phrases in the Explainer

- Scene 2 · §1.1: טַעַם עַל שְׁבִירַת כְּלִי חֶרֶס בִּשְׁעַת הַשִּׁדּוּךְ הוּא בִּשְׁנֵי עִנְיָנִים.
- Scene 3 · §1.2: שְׁלֹשָׁה אֵינָם רוֹאִים פְּנֵי גֵּיהִנֹּם
- Scene 4 · §1.2: בְּאֵלּוּ הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה צְרִיכִין לְקַבֵּל בְּאַהֲבָה דַּוְקָא,
- Scene 5 · §1.3: שַׁעַר הַחַרְסִית הָיָה בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם,
- Scene 6 · §1.3: שְׁתֵּי תְּמָרוֹת יֵשׁ בְּגֵי בֶן הִנֹּם,
- Scene 7 · §1.4: תִּזָּהֵר לְבַל תִּבְגֹּד בָּהּ, רַק תְּקַבֵּל בְּאַהֲבָה,
- Scene 8 · §1.4: וּתְקַדֵּשׁ עַצְמְךָ כָּרָאוּי,

## Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap

- Scene 2 · §1.3: כִּי שַׁעַר הַחַרְסִית הָיָה בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, וְזֶה הַשַּׁעַר הוּא כְּנֶגֶד פִּתְחָהּ שֶׁל גֵּיהִנֹּם,
- Scene 3 · §1.4: תִּזָּהֵר לְבַל תִּבְגֹּד בָּהּ, רַק תְּקַבֵּל בְּאַהֲבָה,
- Scene 4 · §1.4: דַּע וּזְכֹר כִּי יֵשׁ גֵּיהִנֹּם,