# Sources — Likutei Moharan II:118 (Think Before You Say Torah)

## Texts used

- Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 118, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.118
- 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 4: Midrash, Ki Sisa.
- Part 1, scene 5: Iyov 28:27.

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

### Part 1 — Think Before You Say Torah

- Scene 3 · LM II:118 §1 · paragraph §1.1
  - HE: לְעִנְיַן חִדּוּשֵׁי־תוֹרָה, שֶׁיֵּשׁ גְּדוֹלִים שֶׁהָיוּ מְשַׁבְּחִים אוֹתָם שֶׁאוֹמְרִים תּוֹרָה בְּלִי מַחֲשָׁבָה וְעִיּוּן מִקֹּדֶם, אָמַר שֶׁאֵין זֶה מַעֲלָה כָּל־כָּךְ, כִּי בְּוַדַּאי יְכוֹלִים לוֹמַר תּוֹרָה בְּלִי מַחֲשָׁבָה וְעִיּוּן, כִּי יְכוֹלִין לְקַשֵּׁר הַמַּחֲשָׁבָה וְהַדִּבּוּר לְהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ וְלוֹמַר תּוֹרָה בְּלִי מַחֲשָׁבָה וְעִיּוּן מִקֹּדֶם,
  - EN (our paraphrase): On the matter of new insights in Torah: some great men were praised for saying Torah without thought and study beforehand. He said this is not such a great level. For certainly one can say Torah without thought and study, since one can bind one's thought and speech to Hashem, may He be blessed, and say Torah without prior thought and study.
- Scene 4 · LM II:118 §1 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: אֲבָל טוֹב יוֹתֵר כְּשֶׁחוֹשְׁבִין תּוֹרָה. וַהֲלֹא אֲפִלּוּ אֵצֶל הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ מָצִינוּ בַּמִּדְרָשׁ, שֶׁהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ כְּשֶׁרוֹצֶה לְגַלּוֹת תּוֹרָה, הוּא חוֹזְרָהּ אַרְבַּע פְּעָמִים קֹדֶם שֶׁאוֹמְרָהּ.
  - EN (our paraphrase): But it is better when one thinks Torah through. Indeed, we find in the Midrash that even Hashem, may He be blessed, when He wishes to reveal Torah, goes over it four times before saying it.
- Scene 5 · LM II:118 §1 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: וְלָמְדוּ מִפָּסוּק: אָז רָאָה וַיְסַפְּרָהּ, הֱכִינָהּ וְגַם חֲקָרָהּ, שֶׁנִּכְתַּב בְּכָאן אַרְבַּע בְּחִינוֹת: רָאָה וַיְסַפְּרָהּ וְכוּ', שֶׁהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ, כִּבְיָכוֹל, רוֹאֶה וְסוֹפֵר וּמֵכִין וְחוֹקֵר דִּבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָה אַרְבַּע פְּעָמִים קֹדֶם שֶׁאוֹמְרָהּ, וְאַחַר־כָּךְ מְגַלֶּה אוֹתָהּ לְהָעוֹלָם.
  - EN (our paraphrase): They learned it from the verse: 'Then He saw it and told it, He prepared it and also searched it out.' Four aspects are written here: He saw it, and told it, and so on. Hashem, as it were, sees, recounts, prepares and searches the words of Torah four times before saying them, and only then reveals them to the world.
- Scene 6 · LM II:118 §1 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: מִכָּל־שֶׁכֵּן בֶּן־אָדָם שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לַחֲשֹׁב וּלְעַיֵּן וְלַחֲקֹר וּלְבָרֵר הַדִּבְרֵי־תוֹרָה בְּמַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ תְּחִלָּה הֵיטֵב קֹדֶם שֶׁאוֹמְרָהּ:
  - EN (our paraphrase): How much more so a person, who must think, examine, search and clarify the words of Torah well in his mind first, before he says them.
- Scene 8 · LM II:118 §2 · paragraph §2.1
  - HE: וְאָמַר, שֶׁעַכְשָׁו בְּנָקֵל מְאֹד לְחַדֵּשׁ בַּתּוֹרָה, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁכְּבָר נִתְפַּשְּׁטוּ חִבּוּרִים קְדוֹשִׁים הַרְבֵּה מִצַּדִּיקִים שֶׁבְּדוֹרוֹתֵינוּ. וּכְפִי הַשִּׂיחוֹת וְהַהִתְגַּלּוּת שֶׁנִּתְפַּשֵּׁט בְּיָמֵינוּ, בְּנָקֵל מְאֹד לְחַדֵּשׁ בַּתּוֹרָה.
  - EN (our paraphrase): And he said that now it is very easy to find new insights in Torah, because many holy works by the tzaddikim of our generations have already spread. And through the talks and revelations that have spread in our days, it is very easy to find new insights in Torah.
- Scene 9 · LM II:118 §2 · paragraph §2.2
  - HE: גַּם אָמַר עַל מַה שֶּׁמּוּבָא בַּזֹּהַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ: פָּתַח רַבִּי יִצְחָק וְאָמַר וְכוּ', וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּזֶה בִּשְׁאָר הַחֶבְרַיָּא קַדִּישָׁא, אָמַר: פָּתַח רַבִּי יִצְחָק – כְּשֶׁהָיָה רַק פּוֹתֵחַ אֶת פִּיו, תֵּכֶף וּמִיָּד הָיָה אוֹמֵר וּמְגַלֶּה תּוֹרָה. וְאַף־עַל־פִּי־כֵן כְּבָר מְבֹאָר, שֶׁטּוֹב יוֹתֵר לְעַיֵּן וְלַחֲשֹׁב תּוֹרָה:
  - EN (our paraphrase): He also spoke about what the holy Zohar brings, 'Rabbi Yitzchak opened and said', and the like with the rest of the holy fellowship. He said: 'Rabbi Yitzchak opened' means that as soon as he merely opened his mouth, at once he was saying and revealing Torah. Yet even so, it has already been explained that it is better to reflect and think Torah through.

## Hebrew phrases in the Explainer

- Scene 2 · §1.1: אָמַר שֶׁאֵין זֶה מַעֲלָה כָּל־כָּךְ,
- Scene 3 · §1.2: שֶׁהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ כְּשֶׁרוֹצֶה לְגַלּוֹת תּוֹרָה, הוּא חוֹזְרָהּ אַרְבַּע פְּעָמִים קֹדֶם שֶׁאוֹמְרָהּ.
- Scene 4 · §1.2: אָז רָאָה וַיְסַפְּרָהּ, הֱכִינָהּ וְגַם חֲקָרָהּ,
- Scene 5 · §1.2: מִכָּל־שֶׁכֵּן בֶּן־אָדָם שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לַחֲשֹׁב וּלְעַיֵּן וְלַחֲקֹר וּלְבָרֵר הַדִּבְרֵי־תוֹרָה בְּמַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ תְּחִלָּה הֵיטֵב קֹדֶם שֶׁאוֹמְרָהּ:
- Scene 6 · §2.1: וְאָמַר, שֶׁעַכְשָׁו בְּנָקֵל מְאֹד לְחַדֵּשׁ בַּתּוֹרָה,
- Scene 7 · §2.2: וְאַף־עַל־פִּי־כֵן כְּבָר מְבֹאָר, שֶׁטּוֹב יוֹתֵר לְעַיֵּן וְלַחֲשֹׁב תּוֹרָה:

## Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap

- Scene 2 · §1.1: אָמַר שֶׁאֵין זֶה מַעֲלָה כָּל־כָּךְ,
- Scene 3 · §1.2: שֶׁהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ כְּשֶׁרוֹצֶה לְגַלּוֹת תּוֹרָה, הוּא חוֹזְרָהּ אַרְבַּע פְּעָמִים קֹדֶם שֶׁאוֹמְרָהּ.
- Scene 4 · §1.2: מִכָּל־שֶׁכֵּן בֶּן־אָדָם שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לַחֲשֹׁב וּלְעַיֵּן וְלַחֲקֹר וּלְבָרֵר הַדִּבְרֵי־תוֹרָה בְּמַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ תְּחִלָּה הֵיטֵב קֹדֶם שֶׁאוֹמְרָהּ:
- Scene 5 · §2.1: וְאָמַר, שֶׁעַכְשָׁו בְּנָקֵל מְאֹד לְחַדֵּשׁ בַּתּוֹרָה,