לִפְעָמִים הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ עוֹשֶׂה מוֹפְתִים עַל־יְדֵי בַּעֲלֵי
Wonders Through the Halachic Authorities
Sometimes Hashem works wonders through the great halachic authorities: 'His wonders and the judgements of His mouth'. Because people accept the posek's ruling on what is forbidden and permitted, they accept his word in other matters too, and wonders happen through him. This is the root of the wonders told of the Geonim of earlier generations.
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לִפְעָמִים הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ עוֹשֶׂה מוֹפְתִים עַל־יְדֵי בַּעֲלֵי הַפּוֹסְקִים, בִּבְחִינַת (ד"ה א טז): מֹפְתָיו וּמִשְׁפְּטֵי פִיהוּ; שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי מִשְׁפְּטֵי פִיהוּ, שֶׁפּוֹסֵק שֶׁיִּהְיֶה כָּךְ, נַעֲשֶׂה מוֹפֵת.
כִּי מֵחֲמַת שֶׁנִּתְקַבֵּל לְבַעַל־פּוֹסֵק, וּכְשֶׁפּוֹסֵק בְּאִסּוּר וְהֶתֵּר וְכַיּוֹצֵא, מְקַבְּלִין דַּעְתּוֹ, כְּמוֹ־כֵן כְּשֶׁפּוֹסֵק בְּאֵיזֶה עִנְיָן, מְקַבְּלִין דַּעְתּוֹ, וְנַעֲשִׂין מוֹפְתִים עַל־יָדוֹ.
וְזֶהוּ בְּחִינַת הַמּוֹפְתִים שֶׁמְּסַפְּרִין מֵהַגְּאוֹנִים שֶׁהָיוּ בַּדּוֹרוֹת שֶׁלְפָנֵינוּ:
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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Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah forty one: wonders through the halachic authorities.
Sometimes Hashem works wonders through the poskim, the halachic authorities.
His wonders, and the judgements of His mouth: what the posek rules comes to be.
Our own reflection: honour the true poskim; their words carry great power.
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Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah forty one. A short teaching on the power of a true halachic ruling.
Sometimes, Rebbe Nachman says, Hashem works wonders through the great halachic authorities, as the verse says: His wonders, and the judgements of His mouth. When the posek rules that something shall be so, a wonder happens.
Because he is accepted as a posek, his word is accepted in what is forbidden and permitted, and so too in other matters; and so wonders happen through him. That is the root of the wonders told about the great Geonim of earlier generations.
Some reflections of our own, not a quotation. Honour the true poskim, and bring them your questions. A ruling given for the sake of Heaven carries great power.
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— Part 1: Wonders Through the Halachic Authorities —
Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah forty one. A short shiur in one part: wonders through the halachic authorities.
Gold is Rebbe Nachman's own words, from Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah forty one. 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.
Sometimes Hashem works wonders through the halachic authorities, as in 'His wonders and the judgements of His mouth': through the judgements of his mouth, when he rules that it shall be so, a wonder happens.
For since he is accepted as a posek, and when he rules on forbidden and permitted and the like his opinion is accepted, so too when he rules on any matter his opinion is accepted, and wonders are done through him.
And this is the wonders told about the Geonim who lived in the generations before us.
Our explanation. When a true posek's word is accepted below, in the laws of forbidden and permitted, it is accepted above as well. So his ruling in other matters can itself become a wonder.
Some reflections of our own, not a quotation. Honour the true poskim, and bring them your questions. A ruling given for the sake of Heaven carries great power.
This has been Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah forty one.
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Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 41, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.41
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.
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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.
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Part 1 — Wonders Through the Halachic Authorities
Scene 3 · LM II:41 §1, on Divrei HaYamim I 16:12 · paragraph §1.1
לִפְעָמִים הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ עוֹשֶׂה מוֹפְתִים עַל־יְדֵי בַּעֲלֵי הַפּוֹסְקִים, בִּבְחִינַת: מֹפְתָיו וּמִשְׁפְּטֵי פִיהוּ; שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי מִשְׁפְּטֵי פִיהוּ, שֶׁפּוֹסֵק שֶׁיִּהְיֶה כָּךְ, נַעֲשֶׂה מוֹפֵת.
EN (our paraphrase): Sometimes Hashem works wonders through the halachic authorities, as in 'His wonders and the judgements of His mouth': through the judgements of his mouth, when he rules that it shall be so, a wonder happens.
Scene 4 · LM II:41 §1 · paragraph §1.2
כִּי מֵחֲמַת שֶׁנִּתְקַבֵּל לְבַעַל־פּוֹסֵק, וּכְשֶׁפּוֹסֵק בְּאִסּוּר וְהֶתֵּר וְכַיּוֹצֵא, מְקַבְּלִין דַּעְתּוֹ, כְּמוֹ־כֵן כְּשֶׁפּוֹסֵק בְּאֵיזֶה עִנְיָן, מְקַבְּלִין דַּעְתּוֹ, וְנַעֲשִׂין מוֹפְתִים עַל־יָדוֹ.
EN (our paraphrase): For since he is accepted as a posek, and when he rules on forbidden and permitted and the like his opinion is accepted, so too when he rules on any matter his opinion is accepted, and wonders are done through him.
Scene 5 · LM II:41 §1 · paragraph §1.3
וְזֶהוּ בְּחִינַת הַמּוֹפְתִים שֶׁמְּסַפְּרִין מֵהַגְּאוֹנִים שֶׁהָיוּ בַּדּוֹרוֹת שֶׁלְפָנֵינוּ:
EN (our paraphrase): And this is the wonders told about the Geonim who lived in the generations before us.
Hebrew phrases in the Explainer
Scene 2 · §1.1: מֹפְתָיו וּמִשְׁפְּטֵי פִיהוּ;
Scene 3 · §1.2: מְקַבְּלִין דַּעְתּוֹ, כְּמוֹ־כֵן כְּשֶׁפּוֹסֵק בְּאֵיזֶה עִנְיָן, מְקַבְּלִין דַּעְתּוֹ, וְנַעֲשִׂין מוֹפְתִים
Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap
Scene 2 · §1.1: הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ עוֹשֶׂה מוֹפְתִים עַל־יְדֵי בַּעֲלֵי הַפּוֹסְקִים,
Scene 3 · §1.1: מֹפְתָיו וּמִשְׁפְּטֵי פִיהוּ;