# Sources — Likutei Moharan II:123 (The Mikvah Does No Harm)

## Texts used

- Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 123, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.123
- 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 — The Mikvah Does No Harm

- Scene 3 · LM II:123 §1 · paragraph §1.1
  - HE: אָמַר, שֶׁמִּקְוֶה אֵינָהּ מַזֶּקֶת כְּלָל, וְהַדָּאקְטֶיר שֶׁיֹּאמַר לוֹ, שֶׁמִּקְוֶה מַזֶּקֶת, אֵינוֹ דָּאקְטֶיר כְּלָל.
  - EN (our paraphrase): He said that the mikvah does no harm at all, and the doctor who tells someone that the mikvah is harmful is no doctor at all.
- Scene 4 · LM II:123 §1 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: אַדְּרַבָּה, טְבִילַת מִקְוֶה טוֹבָה מְאֹד לִבְרִיאוּת הַגּוּף, כִּי יֵשׁ נְקָבִים קְטַנִּים הַרְבֵּה בְּגוּפוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם וְהֵם נִקְבֵי הַזֵּעָה, שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ שָׁם יוֹצֵא הַזֵּעָה מִן הָאָדָם, וְהֵם צְרִיכִין לִפָּתַח, כִּי אִם נִסְתָּמִין נִקְבֵי הַזֵּעָה יוּכַל לֵחָלֵשׁ וְלִפֹּל לְחֻלְשָׁה, חַס וְשָׁלוֹם,
  - EN (our paraphrase): On the contrary, immersing in a mikvah is very good for the body's health. For there are many small openings in a person's body, the pores of sweat, through which sweat leaves a person. They need to be open, because if the pores of sweat are blocked, he could become weak and fall ill, Heaven forbid.
- Scene 5 · LM II:123 §1 · paragraph §1.3
  - HE: וְעַל־יְדֵי טְבִילָה בְּמַיִם נִפְתָּחִין נִקְבֵי הַזֵּעָה, וְזֶה טוֹב מְאֹד לִבְרִיאוּת הַגּוּף. רַק שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ הַמַּיִם קָרִים בְּיוֹתֵר, כִּי אָז מַיָּא מְטָרְשִׁי לְהַנְּקָבִים הַנַּ"ל, אֲבָל כְּשֶׁאֵין הַמַּיִם קָרִים מְאֹד, אֲזַי הַטְּבִילָה בָּהֶם טוֹבָה מְאֹד:
  - EN (our paraphrase): And through immersing in water the pores of sweat are opened, and this is very good for the body's health. Only the water should not be too cold, because then the water closes up these pores. But when the water is not very cold, immersing in it is very good.
- Scene 6 · LM II:123 §1 · paragraph §1.4
  - HE: גַּם כְּבָר מְבֹאָר, שֶׁאֵין הָעֲבוֹדוֹת וְסִגּוּפִים, שֶׁקּוֹרִין "הָארִיוַואנִי", מַזִּיקִים כְּלָל, וּמִי שֶׁמַּזִּיק לוֹ הָעֲבוֹדָה וְהַסִּגּוּפִים, זֶהוּ רַק מֵחֲמַת גַּדְלוּת:
  - EN (our paraphrase): It has also already been explained that the efforts of service and the hardships, which people call 'harivani', do no harm at all. And one whom the service and the hardships harm, this is only because of pride.

## Hebrew phrases in the Explainer

- Scene 2 · §1.1: שֶׁמִּקְוֶה אֵינָהּ מַזֶּקֶת כְּלָל,
- Scene 3 · §1.3: וְעַל־יְדֵי טְבִילָה בְּמַיִם נִפְתָּחִין נִקְבֵי הַזֵּעָה, וְזֶה טוֹב מְאֹד לִבְרִיאוּת הַגּוּף.
- Scene 4 · §1.3: רַק שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ הַמַּיִם קָרִים בְּיוֹתֵר,
- Scene 5 · §1.4: זֶהוּ רַק מֵחֲמַת גַּדְלוּת:

## Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap

- Scene 2 · §1.1: שֶׁמִּקְוֶה אֵינָהּ מַזֶּקֶת כְּלָל,
- Scene 3 · §1.2: טְבִילַת מִקְוֶה טוֹבָה מְאֹד לִבְרִיאוּת הַגּוּף,
- Scene 4 · §1.3: רַק שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ הַמַּיִם קָרִים בְּיוֹתֵר,
- Scene 5 · §1.4: זֶהוּ רַק מֵחֲמַת גַּדְלוּת: