# Sources — Likutei Moharan II:125 (Finding Yourself in Tehillim)

## Texts used

- Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 125, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.125
- 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 — Finding Yourself in Tehillim

- Scene 3 · LM II:125 §1 · paragraph §1.1
  - HE: מֵעִנְיַן אֲמִירַת תְּהִלִּים
  - EN (our paraphrase): On the matter of saying Tehillim.
- Scene 4 · LM II:125 §1, on Likutei Moharan II, 101 · paragraph §1.2
  - HE: דִּבֵּר עִם אֶחָד וְאָמַר לוֹ, שֶׁעִקָּר אֲמִירַת תְּהִלִּים לוֹמַר כָּל מִזְמוֹרֵי תְּהִלִּים עַל עַצְמוֹ, לִמְצֹא אֶת עַצְמוֹ בְּתוֹךְ כָּל מִזְמוֹר וּמִזְמוֹר. וְשָׁאַל אוֹתוֹ זַ"ל: אֵיךְ, וּפֵרֵשׁ לוֹ רַבֵּנוּ זַ"ל קְצָת, כִּי כָל הַמִּלְחָמוֹת שֶׁבִּקֵּשׁ דָּוִד הַמֶּלֶךְ, עָלָיו הַשָּׁלוֹם, שֶׁיַּצִּילֵהוּ הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ מֵהֶם – הַכֹּל צְרִיכִין לְפָרֵשׁ לְעַצְמוֹ עַל מִלְחֶמֶת הַיֵּצֶר הָרָע וְחֵילוֹתָיו, וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּזֶה בִּשְׁאָר הַמִּזְמוֹרִים.
  - EN (our paraphrase): He spoke with someone and told him that the main thing in saying Tehillim is to say all the psalms of Tehillim about oneself: to find oneself within each and every psalm. The man asked him: how? And our Rebbe explained to him a little: all the wars that Dovid HaMelech, peace be upon him, asked Hashem to save him from, one must explain all of them to oneself as the war with the evil inclination and its forces, and so too with the other psalms.
- Scene 5 · LM II:125 §1, on Tehillim 86:2 · paragraph §1.3
  - HE: וְשָׁאַל אוֹתוֹ: אֵיךְ יְפָרֵשׁ לְעַצְמוֹ מֵהַפְּסוּקִים, שֶׁדָּוִד הַמֶּלֶךְ עָלָיו הַשָּׁלוֹם מְשַׁבֵּחַ אֶת עַצְמוֹ, כְּגוֹן: שָׁמְרָה נַפְשִׁי כִּי חָסִיד אָנִי, וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּזֶה. הֵשִׁיב לוֹ: גַּם זֶה צְרִיכִין לְפָרֵשׁ עַל עַצְמוֹ, כִּי צְרִיכִין לָדוּן אֶת עַצְמוֹ לְכַף זְכוּת, וְלִמְצֹא בְּעַצְמוֹ אֵיזֶה זְכוּת וּנְקֻדָּה טוֹבָה, אֲשֶׁר בִּבְחִינַת הַנְּקֻדָּה טוֹבָה הַזֹּאת הוּא בְּחִינַת חָסִיד, וְכַיּוֹצֵא.
  - EN (our paraphrase): And he asked him: how should he explain to himself the verses where Dovid HaMelech, peace be upon him, praises himself, such as: guard my soul, for I am devout, and the like? He answered him: this too one must explain about oneself. For one must judge oneself favourably, and find in oneself some merit and good point; and in the aspect of this good point, he is in the aspect of devout, and the like.
- Scene 6 · LM II:125 §1, on Divrei HaYamim II 17:6 · paragraph §1.4
  - HE: וְאָמַר לוֹ רַבֵּנוּ זַ"ל: הֲלֹא אֵצֶל יְהוֹשָׁפָט כְּתִיב: וַיִּגְבַּהּ לִבּוֹ בְּדַרְכֵי ה', שֶׁבְּדַרְכֵי ה' וַעֲבוֹדָתוֹ יִתְבָּרַךְ הִגְבִּיהַּ לִבּוֹ קְצָת.
  - EN (our paraphrase): And our Rebbe said to him: is it not written about Yehoshafat: his heart was lifted up in the ways of Hashem? That is, in the ways of Hashem and His service, he lifted his heart a little.
- Scene 7 · LM II:125 §1 · paragraph §1.5
  - HE: עוֹד אָמַר לוֹ רַבֵּנוּ זַ"ל: הֲלֹא בַּבֹּקֶר אָנוּ אוֹמְרִים בַּתְּחִלָּה: מָה אָנוּ מֶה חַיֵּינוּ וְכוּ', וְאָנוּ מַקְטִינִים עַצְמֵנוּ מְאֹד, וְאַחַר־כָּךְ אָנוּ אוֹמְרִים: אֲבָל אֲנַחְנוּ עַמְּךָ בְּנֵי בְרִיתֶךָ וְכוּ', שֶׁאַחַר־כָּךְ אָנוּ מְחַזְּקִים עַצְמֵנוּ וּמְרִימִים אֶת עַצְמֵנוּ, וְאָנוּ מְסַפְּרִים אֶת גְּדֻלָּתֵנוּ, וּמִתְפָּאֲרִים שֶׁאֲנַחְנוּ עַמּוֹ בְּנֵי בְרִיתוֹ זֶרַע אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב וְכוּ', כִּי כָּךְ צְרִיכִין לְהִתְנַהֵג בַּעֲבוֹדַת הַשֵּׁם כַּנַּ"ל.
  - EN (our paraphrase): Our Rebbe also said to him: in the morning, at the start, we say: what are we, what is our life, and so on, and we make ourselves very small. Then we say: but we are Your people, the children of Your covenant, and so on. That is, afterwards we strengthen ourselves and lift ourselves up, and tell of our greatness, and take pride that we are His people, children of His covenant, the seed of Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov. For this is how one must conduct oneself in serving Hashem.
- Scene 9 · LM II:125 §1, on Likutei Moharan I, 282 and Tehillim 146:2 · paragraph §1.6, §1.7
  - HE: וְעַיֵּן מִזֶּה בְּסוֹף סֵפֶר הָרִאשׁוֹן בְּסִימָן רפ"ב, עַל פָּסוּק: אֲזַמְּרָה לֵאלֹקַי בְּעוֹדִי:
  - EN (our paraphrase): See more on this at the end of the first book, in Torah two hundred and eighty two, on the verse: I will sing to my Elokim while I still exist.

## Hebrew phrases in the Explainer

- Scene 2 · §1.2: לִמְצֹא אֶת עַצְמוֹ בְּתוֹךְ כָּל מִזְמוֹר וּמִזְמוֹר.
- Scene 3 · §1.2: עַל מִלְחֶמֶת הַיֵּצֶר הָרָע וְחֵילוֹתָיו,
- Scene 4 · §1.3: וְלִמְצֹא בְּעַצְמוֹ אֵיזֶה זְכוּת וּנְקֻדָּה טוֹבָה,
- Scene 5 · §1.4: וַיִּגְבַּהּ לִבּוֹ בְּדַרְכֵי ה',
- Scene 6 · §1.5: אֲבָל אֲנַחְנוּ עַמְּךָ בְּנֵי בְרִיתֶךָ

## Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap

- Scene 2 · §1.2: לִמְצֹא אֶת עַצְמוֹ בְּתוֹךְ כָּל מִזְמוֹר וּמִזְמוֹר.
- Scene 3 · §1.2: עַל מִלְחֶמֶת הַיֵּצֶר הָרָע וְחֵילוֹתָיו,
- Scene 4 · §1.3: וְלִמְצֹא בְּעַצְמוֹ אֵיזֶה זְכוּת וּנְקֻדָּה טוֹבָה,
- Scene 5 · §1.5: אֲבָל אֲנַחְנוּ עַמְּךָ בְּנֵי בְרִיתֶךָ