# Sources — Likutei Moharan II:115 (Choose a Path and Stay With It)

## Texts used

- Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 115, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.115
- 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 — Choose a Path and Stay With It

- Scene 3 · LM II:115 §1 · paragraph §1.1
  - HE: סִפֵּר שֶׁהָיָה לוֹ הִתְחַזְּקוּת גָּדוֹל בַּעֲבוֹדָתוֹ, וְלֹא הִנִּיחַ עַצְמוֹ לְבַלְבֵּל כְּלָל.
  - EN (our paraphrase): He told that he had great strength in his service, and did not let himself be confused at all.
- Scene 4 · LM II:115 §1 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: וְדַרְכּוֹ הָיָה, שֶׁהָיָה בּוֹרֵר לוֹ אֵיזֶהוּ דֶּרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה אֵיךְ לְהִתְנַהֵג בַּעֲבוֹדַת הַשֵּׁם, וְהִתְחִיל לְהִתְנַהֵג בְּאֵלּוּ הַהַנְהָגוֹת וּבְאוֹתוֹ הַדֶּרֶךְ, שֶׁבָּחַר לוֹ.
  - EN (our paraphrase): His way was this: he would choose for himself some straight path of how to conduct himself in the service of Hashem, and he began to conduct himself in those practices and on that path which he had chosen.
- Scene 5 · LM II:115 §1 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: וְהָיָה מִתְנַהֵג בְּאֵלּוּ הַהַנְהָגוֹת אֵיזֶה זְמַן, וְכָל מַה שֶּׁהָיוּ בָּאִים עָלָיו מַחֲשָׁבוֹת אֲחֵרוֹת לְבַלְבְּלוֹ מֵהַנְהָגָה זֹאת וּלְהִתְנַהֵג בְּדֶרֶךְ אַחֵר, לֹא הָיָה שׁוֹמֵעַ לְאֵלּוּ הַמַּחֲשָׁבוֹת כְּלָל, וְהָיָה דּוֹחֶה אֶת אֵלּוּ הַמַּחֲשָׁבוֹת מִדַּעְתּוֹ, וְלֹא הִנִּיחָם לִכָּנֵס בְּדַעְתּוֹ כְּלָל, רַק הָיָה חָזָק וְאַמִּיץ בְּדַעְתּוֹ מְאֹד, וְהָיָה הוֹלֵךְ וּמִתְנַהֵג בַּדֶּרֶךְ שֶׁבָּחַר לוֹ אֵיזֶה זְמַן.
  - EN (our paraphrase): And he would conduct himself in these practices for some time. And whenever other thoughts came upon him to confuse him away from this practice and to conduct himself in another way, he would not listen to those thoughts at all. He would push those thoughts out of his mind and not let them enter his mind at all; rather, he was very strong and firm in his mind, and he went on conducting himself on the path he had chosen for some time.
- Scene 7 · LM II:115 §1 · paragraph §1.3
  - HE: אַךְ אַחַר־כָּךְ בְּהֶמְשֵׁךְ הַזְּמַן, אַחַר כַּמָּה שָׁבוּעוֹת, חָזַר וּבָא עַל דַּעְתּוֹ אֵיזֶה מַחֲשָׁבוֹת, שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לְהִתְנַהֵג בְּדֶרֶךְ אַחֵר, וְאָז, אַחַר שֶׁכְּבָר עָבַר זְמַן אָרֹךְ, אָז יִשֵּׁב עַצְמוֹ וּבָחַר לוֹ אֵיזֶה דֶּרֶךְ וְסֵדֶר אַחֵר, כְּפִי שֶׁהָיָה נִרְאֶה לוֹ אָז.
  - EN (our paraphrase): But afterwards, as time went on, after a number of weeks, some thoughts came back to his mind that he needed to conduct himself in a different way. And then, once a long time had already passed, then he settled himself and chose some other path and order, as it seemed to him then.
- Scene 8 · LM II:115 §1 · paragraph §1.3
  - HE: אֲבָל לֹא הִנִּיחַ עַצְמוֹ לְבַלְבֵּל בְּכָל פַּעַם מֵעֲבוֹדָה לַעֲבוֹדָה וּמִדֶּרֶךְ זֶה לְדֶרֶךְ אַחֵר, רַק הָיָה חָזָק לֵילֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶחָד זְמַן גָּדוֹל כַּנַּ"ל:
  - EN (our paraphrase): But he did not let himself be thrown each time from one service to another and from this path to another; rather, he was strong to walk on one path for a long time, as mentioned.

## Hebrew phrases in the Explainer

- Scene 2 · §1.1: סִפֵּר שֶׁהָיָה לוֹ הִתְחַזְּקוּת גָּדוֹל בַּעֲבוֹדָתוֹ, וְלֹא הִנִּיחַ עַצְמוֹ לְבַלְבֵּל כְּלָל.
- Scene 3 · §1.2: בּוֹרֵר לוֹ אֵיזֶהוּ דֶּרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה אֵיךְ לְהִתְנַהֵג בַּעֲבוֹדַת הַשֵּׁם,
- Scene 4 · §1.2: לֹא הָיָה שׁוֹמֵעַ לְאֵלּוּ הַמַּחֲשָׁבוֹת כְּלָל, וְהָיָה דּוֹחֶה אֶת אֵלּוּ הַמַּחֲשָׁבוֹת מִדַּעְתּוֹ,
- Scene 5 · §1.2: רַק הָיָה חָזָק וְאַמִּיץ בְּדַעְתּוֹ מְאֹד, וְהָיָה הוֹלֵךְ וּמִתְנַהֵג בַּדֶּרֶךְ שֶׁבָּחַר לוֹ אֵיזֶה זְמַן.
- Scene 6 · §1.3: וְאָז, אַחַר שֶׁכְּבָר עָבַר זְמַן אָרֹךְ, אָז יִשֵּׁב עַצְמוֹ וּבָחַר לוֹ אֵיזֶה דֶּרֶךְ וְסֵדֶר אַחֵר, כְּפִי שֶׁהָיָה נִרְאֶה לוֹ אָז.
- Scene 7 · §1.3: רַק הָיָה חָזָק לֵילֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶחָד זְמַן גָּדוֹל כַּנַּ"ל:

## Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap

- Scene 2 · §1.1: סִפֵּר שֶׁהָיָה לוֹ הִתְחַזְּקוּת גָּדוֹל בַּעֲבוֹדָתוֹ, וְלֹא הִנִּיחַ עַצְמוֹ לְבַלְבֵּל כְּלָל.
- Scene 3 · §1.2: בּוֹרֵר לוֹ אֵיזֶהוּ דֶּרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה אֵיךְ לְהִתְנַהֵג בַּעֲבוֹדַת הַשֵּׁם,
- Scene 4 · §1.2: לֹא הָיָה שׁוֹמֵעַ לְאֵלּוּ הַמַּחֲשָׁבוֹת כְּלָל, וְהָיָה דּוֹחֶה אֶת אֵלּוּ הַמַּחֲשָׁבוֹת מִדַּעְתּוֹ,
- Scene 5 · §1.3: אֲבָל לֹא הִנִּיחַ עַצְמוֹ לְבַלְבֵּל בְּכָל פַּעַם מֵעֲבוֹדָה לַעֲבוֹדָה וּמִדֶּרֶךְ זֶה לְדֶרֶךְ אַחֵר,