# Sources — Likutei Moharan II:110 (Free Choice, Simply)

## Texts used

- Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 110, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.110
- 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, Simply

- Scene 3 · LM II:110 §1 · paragraph §1.1
  - HE: שָׁמַעְתִּי שֶׁאִישׁ אֶחָד שָׁאַל אוֹתוֹ: כֵּיצַד הוּא הַבְּחִירָה, הֵשִׁיב לוֹ בִּפְשִׁיטוּת: שֶׁהַבְּחִירָה הִיא בְּיַד הָאָדָם בִּפְשִׁיטוּת, אִם רוֹצֶה עוֹשֶׂה, וְאִם אֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה אֵינוֹ עוֹשֶׂה.
  - EN (our paraphrase): I heard that a man asked him: how does free choice work? He answered him simply: free choice is in a person's hands, simply. If he wants, he does; and if he does not want, he does not.
- Scene 4 · LM II:110 §1 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: וְרָשַׁמְתִּי זֹאת, כִּי הוּא נִצְרָךְ מְאֹד, כִּי כַּמָּה בְּנֵי־אָדָם נְבוּכִים בָּזֶה מְאֹד, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁהֵם מֻרְגָּלִים בְּמַעֲשֵׂיהֶם וּבְדַרְכֵיהֶם מִנְּעוּרֵיהֶם מְאֹד, עַל־כֵּן נִדְמֶה לָהֶם שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם בְּחִירָה, חַס וְשָׁלוֹם, וְאֵינָם יְכוֹלִים לְשַׁנּוֹת מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם. אֲבָל בֶּאֱמֶת אֵינוֹ כֵן, כִּי בְּוַדַּאי יֵשׁ לְכָל אָדָם בְּחִירָה תָּמִיד עַל כָּל דָּבָר, וּכְמוֹ שֶׁהוּא רוֹצֶה עוֹשֶׂה.
  - EN (our paraphrase): I recorded this because it is very much needed. For many people are very confused about this, because they have been used to their deeds and ways since their youth. So it seems to them that they have no free choice, Heaven forbid, and cannot change their deeds. But in truth it is not so. For surely every person always has free choice about everything, and as he wants, he does.
- Scene 5 · LM II:110 §1 · paragraph §1.3
  - HE: וְהָבֵן הַדְּבָרִים מְאֹד:
  - EN (our paraphrase): Understand these words well.

## Hebrew phrases in the Explainer

- Scene 2 · §1.1: שֶׁהַבְּחִירָה הִיא בְּיַד הָאָדָם בִּפְשִׁיטוּת,
- Scene 3 · §1.2: נִדְמֶה לָהֶם שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם בְּחִירָה,
- Scene 4 · §1.3: וְהָבֵן הַדְּבָרִים מְאֹד:

## Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap

- Scene 2 · §1.1: אִם רוֹצֶה עוֹשֶׂה, וְאִם אֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה אֵינוֹ עוֹשֶׂה.
- Scene 3 · §1.2: כִּי בְּוַדַּאי יֵשׁ לְכָל אָדָם בְּחִירָה תָּמִיד עַל כָּל דָּבָר,