# Sources — Likutei Moharan II:122 (Stray Thoughts in Prayer)

## Texts used

- Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 122, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.122
- 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 — Stray Thoughts in Prayer

- Scene 3 · LM II:122 §1 · paragraph §1.1
  - HE: לְעִנְיַן הַמַּחֲשָׁבוֹת זָרוֹת שֶׁבַּתְּפִלָּה.
  - EN (our paraphrase): On the matter of stray thoughts in prayer.
- Scene 4 · LM II:122 §1 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: וּכְבָר יָדוּעַ, שֶׁכָּל מַחֲשָׁבָה וּמַחֲשָׁבָה הִיא קוֹמָה שְׁלֵמָה, כַּמּוּבָא. וְאָמַר שֶׁכְּשֶׁהָאָדָם עוֹמֵד וּמִתְפַּלֵּל כְּסֵדֶר וְאֵינוֹ מַשְׁגִּיחַ עַל הַמַּחֲשָׁבוֹת זָרוֹת, וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה הוּא מְנַצֵּחַ אוֹתָם וּמַעֲבִירָם מִמֶּנּוּ
  - EN (our paraphrase): It is already known that every single thought is a complete structure, as is brought. And he said: when a person stands and prays in order and pays no attention to the stray thoughts, by this he defeats them and removes them from himself.
- Scene 5 · LM II:122 §1 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: וְכַמְבֹאָר בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר, שֶׁאֵין צְרִיכִין לְהִסְתַּכֵּל עֲלֵיהֶם כְּלָל, רַק לֵילֵךְ כְּסֵדֶר בִּתְפִלָּתוֹ וְלִבְלִי לְהַבִּיט לְאַחֲרָיו כְּלָל, וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה מִמֵּילָא יִסְתַּלְּקוּ, אֲזַי בְּדֶרֶךְ הִלּוּכוֹ בִּתְפִלָּתוֹ הוּא מַפִּיל אוֹתָם, לָזֶה חוֹתֵךְ יָד, וְלָזֶה חוֹתֵךְ רֶגֶל, וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּזֶה בִּשְׁאָר הָאֵיבָרִים.
  - EN (our paraphrase): As is explained elsewhere: one need not look at them at all, only go on in order in one's prayer and not look behind at all, and through this they go away by themselves. Then, as he goes along in his prayer, he knocks them down: to this one he cuts off a hand, to that one a foot, and so with the other limbs.
- Scene 6 · LM II:122 §1 · paragraph §1.3
  - HE: פֵּרוּשׁ, כְּמוֹ לְמָשָׁל בְּעִנְיַן מִלְחָמָה, כְּשֶׁצָּרִיךְ לֵילֵךְ וְלַעֲבֹר בֵּין הַרְבֵּה רוֹצְחִים וְאוֹרְבִים, וּכְשֶׁהוּא גִּבּוֹר וְעֹבֵר בֵּינֵיהֶם, אֲזַי בְּדֶרֶךְ הִלּוּכוֹ הוּא מַפִּיל אוֹתָם, כִּי לָזֶה חוֹתֵךְ יָד בְּדֶרֶךְ הִלּוּכוֹ וּמַפִּילוֹ, וְלָזֶה חוֹתֵךְ רֶגֶל וְכוּ', וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּזֶה;
  - EN (our paraphrase): That is, for example, in a war, when one must go and pass among many killers and ambushers. When he is a mighty warrior and passes among them, then as he goes along he knocks them down: to this one he cuts off a hand as he goes and knocks him down, and to that one he cuts off a foot, and so on.
- Scene 7 · LM II:122 §1 · paragraph §1.4
  - HE: כֵּן הוּא מַמָּשׁ בְּעִנְיַן הַתְּפִלָּה, שֶׁכְּשֶׁמִּתְפַּלְּלִין כְּסֵדֶר וְאֵין מַשְׁגִּיחִין עַל הַמַּחֲשָׁבוֹת זָרוֹת וְדוֹחִין אוֹתָם וּמַפִּילָם, אֲזַי בְּדֶרֶךְ הִלּוּכוֹ בִּתְפִלָּתוֹ הוּא חוֹתֵךְ לָזֶה יָד וְלָזֶה רֶגֶל וְכוּ' כַּנַּ"ל.
  - EN (our paraphrase): So it is exactly with prayer. When one prays in order and pays no attention to the stray thoughts, and pushes them away and knocks them down, then as he goes along in his prayer he cuts off a hand from this one and a foot from that one, as said above.
- Scene 8 · LM II:122 §1 · paragraph §1.4
  - HE: כִּי כָל מַחֲשָׁבָה זָרָה הוּא קְלִפָּה, וְהִיא קוֹמָה שְׁלֵמָה, כַּמּוּבָא, וּכְשֶׁמִּתְגַּבֵּר לְהִתְפַּלֵּל כְּסֵדֶר וְלִבְלִי לְהִסְתַּכֵּל עֲלֵיהֶם, אֲזַי הוֹרֵג אוֹתָם אוֹ חוֹתֵךְ מֵהֶם אֵיבָרִים אֵיבָרִים כַּנַּ"ל:
  - EN (our paraphrase): For every stray thought is a klipah, a husk of the other side, and it is a complete structure, as is brought. And when he strengthens himself to pray in order and not to look at them, then he kills them, or cuts off their limbs, limb by limb, as said above.

## Hebrew phrases in the Explainer

- Scene 2 · §1.2: שֶׁכָּל מַחֲשָׁבָה וּמַחֲשָׁבָה הִיא קוֹמָה שְׁלֵמָה,
- Scene 3 · §1.2: רַק לֵילֵךְ כְּסֵדֶר בִּתְפִלָּתוֹ וְלִבְלִי לְהַבִּיט לְאַחֲרָיו כְּלָל,
- Scene 4 · §1.3: בְּדֶרֶךְ הִלּוּכוֹ הוּא מַפִּיל אוֹתָם,
- Scene 5 · §1.4: אֲזַי הוֹרֵג אוֹתָם אוֹ חוֹתֵךְ מֵהֶם אֵיבָרִים אֵיבָרִים

## Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap

- Scene 2 · §1.2: שֶׁכָּל מַחֲשָׁבָה וּמַחֲשָׁבָה הִיא קוֹמָה שְׁלֵמָה,
- Scene 3 · §1.2: רַק לֵילֵךְ כְּסֵדֶר בִּתְפִלָּתוֹ וְלִבְלִי לְהַבִּיט לְאַחֲרָיו כְּלָל,
- Scene 4 · §1.3: בְּדֶרֶךְ הִלּוּכוֹ הוּא מַפִּיל אוֹתָם,
- Scene 5 · §1.4: אֲזַי הוֹרֵג אוֹתָם אוֹ חוֹתֵךְ מֵהֶם אֵיבָרִים אֵיבָרִים