לוֹמְדֵי־תוֹרָה רָאוּי לָהֶם לֵידַע עֲתִידוֹת, וְזֶה שֶׁכָּתוּב
Torah Scholars Can Know the Future
Those who learn Torah are fit to know the future, as the psalm says: 'Kedem yadati', from of old I knew, that is, I know beforehand what will be. From where? 'From Your testimonies': from the Torah.
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לוֹמְדֵי־תוֹרָה רָאוּי לָהֶם לֵידַע עֲתִידוֹת, וְזֶה שֶׁכָּתוּב: קֶדֶם יָדַעְתִּי (תהלים קיט) – שֶׁאֲנִי יוֹדֵעַ מִקֹּדֶם מַה שֶּׁיִּהְיֶה. וּמֵהֵיכָן, מֵעֵדֹתֶיךָ, דְּהַיְנוּ מִן הַתּוֹרָה:
Hebrew text: Likutei Moharan Tinyana - rabenubook.com via Sefaria (Public Domain) · Sefaria. Names of Hashem are written in the customary form.
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1-minute recap
Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah thirty five: Torah scholars and the future.
Those who learn Torah are fit to know the future.
Kedem yadati: I know beforehand what will be, from Your testimonies, from the Torah.
Our own reflection: the Torah lights the road ahead.
Explainer
Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah thirty five. A teaching of a single sentence: those who learn Torah, and knowing the future.
Rebbe Nachman says: it is fitting for those who learn Torah to know what will happen.
As the psalm says: kedem yadati, which he reads as, I know beforehand, mikodem, what will be. And from where? Me'eidosecha, from Your testimonies: from the Torah.
Some reflections of our own, not a quotation. The Torah is not only about the past. Learned deeply, it lights the road ahead.
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— Part 1: Torah Scholars Can Know the Future —
Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah thirty five. A short shiur in one part: Torah learning and knowing the future.
Gold is Rebbe Nachman's own words, from Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah thirty five. Grey is a verse or teaching he quotes. Green is our own explanation. The Hebrew is the public-domain text from Sefaria; the English is our own paraphrase.
Those who learn Torah are fit to know the future. This is what is written: 'kedem yadati', I know from before what will be. And from where? 'From Your testimonies', that is, from the Torah.
Our explanation. The word kedem means of old, and also before. The Torah contains what will be, and one who learns it deeply begins to see further ahead, by its light.
Some reflections of our own, not a quotation. The Torah is not only about the past. Learned deeply, it lights the road ahead.
This has been Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah thirty five.
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Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 35, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.35
English: our own paraphrase of the Hebrew, written for these videos. It is not copied from any published translation.
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Part 1 — Torah Scholars Can Know the Future
Scene 3 · LM II:35 §1, on Tehillim 119:152 · paragraph §1.1
לוֹמְדֵי־תוֹרָה רָאוּי לָהֶם לֵידַע עֲתִידוֹת, וְזֶה שֶׁכָּתוּב: קֶדֶם יָדַעְתִּי – שֶׁאֲנִי יוֹדֵעַ מִקֹּדֶם מַה שֶּׁיִּהְיֶה. וּמֵהֵיכָן, מֵעֵדֹתֶיךָ, דְּהַיְנוּ מִן הַתּוֹרָה:
EN (our paraphrase): Those who learn Torah are fit to know the future. This is what is written: 'kedem yadati', I know from before what will be. And from where? 'From Your testimonies', that is, from the Torah.
Hebrew phrases in the Explainer
Scene 2 · §1.1: לוֹמְדֵי־תוֹרָה רָאוּי לָהֶם לֵידַע עֲתִידוֹת,
Scene 3 · §1.1: קֶדֶם יָדַעְתִּי – שֶׁאֲנִי יוֹדֵעַ מִקֹּדֶם מַה שֶּׁיִּהְיֶה. וּמֵהֵיכָן, מֵעֵדֹתֶיךָ,
Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap
Scene 2 · §1.1: רָאוּי לָהֶם לֵידַע עֲתִידוֹת,
Scene 3 · §1.1: קֶדֶם יָדַעְתִּי – שֶׁאֲנִי יוֹדֵעַ מִקֹּדֶם מַה שֶּׁיִּהְיֶה. וּמֵהֵיכָן, מֵעֵדֹתֶיךָ,