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לְשׁוֹן רַבֵּנוּ זִכְרוֹנוֹ לִבְרָכָה עַל־יְדֵי תִּקּוּן הַבְּרִית

The Bow and the Arrows of Prayer

Guarding the covenant is a bow, and prayer is its arrows; from such prayer the horn of Mashiach begins to sprout. The person becomes free and enters the holiness of Shabbos, the goal of knowing, which is to know that we do not know; he puts on a holy body, his fortune and good inclination grow strong, and sadness and scoffing fall away. The light of the eyes lifts every prayer and searches out the chametz of the heart, and the Shechinah covers with love the blood of one who is ashamed of his sin, until sins become merits.

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א׳

לְשׁוֹן רַבֵּנוּ זִכְרוֹנוֹ לִבְרָכָה עַל־יְדֵי תִּקּוּן הַבְּרִית שֶׁהוּא קֶשֶׁת, יָכוֹל לְהוֹצִיא הַחִצִּים, שֶׁהִיא הַתְּפִלָּה, שֶׁהִיא חַי בִּרְכאָן דִּצְלוֹתָא, שֶׁהֵם תְּלָת וָוִין, בְּחִינַת חִצִּים, וּמְקוֹמָם בַּבְּרִית, בִּבְחִינַת (תהלים פט): וּבְרִיתִי נֶאֱמֶנֶת לוֹ. אֱמוּנָה זֶה בְּחִינַת תְּפִלָּה, בִּבְחִינַת (שמות י״ז:י״ב): וַיְהִי יָדָיו אֱמוּנָה.

וְאָז הַתְחָלַת צְמִיחַת קֶרֶן מָשִׁיחַ, בִּבְחִינַת (תהילים קל״ב:י״ז): אַצְמִיחַ קֶרֶן לְדָוִד, בִּבְחִינַת (חבקוק ג׳:ד׳): קַרְנַיִם מִיָּדוֹ לוֹ. יָדוֹ זֶה בְּחִינַת תְּפִלָּה, וּתְפִלּוֹת הֵם שְׁלֹשָׁה, כִּי כְּלָלִיּוּת מָשִׁיחַ בָּאָבוֹת, הַיְנוּ מָשִׁיחַ, שֶׁהוּא הַדִּבּוּר, שֶׁבּוֹ מִתְפַּלֵּל, בְּחִינַת מֵשִׂיחַ אִלְּמִים, הוּא מֵאֵשׁ מַיִם רוּחַ:

ב׳

וְאָז נַעֲשֶׂה בֶּן־חוֹרִין, הַיְנוּ שֶׁבָּא לִקְדֻשַּׁת שַׁבָּת, שֶׁאָסוּר בִּמְלָאכָה. כִּי שַׁבָּת זוֹ שִׁין בַּת. שִׁין תְּלָת גְּוָנִין: אֵשׁ, רוּחַ, מַיִם. בַּת הִיא הַתְּפִלָּה שֶׁהֵן הַבְּרָכוֹת, בְּחִינַת (ב"ב טז:): בַּת הָיָה לוֹ וּבַכֹּל שְׁמָהּ, בְּחִינַת בְּרָכוֹת, בְּחִינַת (בראשית כ״ד:א׳): וַה' בֵּרַךְ אֶת אַבְרָהָם בַּכֹּל:

ג׳

וּקְדֻשַּׁת שַׁבָּת זֶה בְּחִינַת תַּכְלִית הַיְדִיעָה, וְתַכְלִית הַיְדִיעָה שֶׁלֹּא נֵדַע. וּבִשְׁבִיל זֶה שַׁבָּת נִקְרָא תַּכְלִית שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ, וְתַכְלִית זֶה בְּחִינַת (קהלת ז׳:כ״ג): אָמַרְתִּי אֶחְכָּמָה, וְהִיא רְחֹקָה מִמֶּנִּי, הַיְנוּ זֶה עִקָּר הַחָכְמָה – שֶׁיַּשְׂכִּיל שֶׁרָחוֹק מִמֶּנּוּ הַחָכְמָה:

ד׳

וְתַכְלִית הַזֶּה הוּא עִקָּר הַמָּקוֹם, הַיְנוּ בְּחִינַת מְקוֹמוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם , שֶׁזֶּה הַתַּכְלִית הוּא הַמַּקִּיף אֶת כָּל הָעוֹלָם שֶׁנִּבְרָא בְּחָכְמָה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (תהילים ק״ד:כ״ד): כֻּלָּם בְּחָכְמָה עָשִׂיתָ. וְזֶהוּ בְּחִינַת (ברכות ו:): הַקּוֹבֵעַ מָקוֹם לִתְפִלָּתוֹ, כִּי זֶה עִקָּר הַמָּקוֹם, בִּבְחִינַת (שמות ט״ז:כ״ט): אַל יֵצֵא אִישׁ מִמְּקֹמוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי:

ה׳

וְאָז פּוֹשֵׁט גּוּפוֹ הַמְצֹרָע, שֶׁהוּא מִמָּשְׁכָא דְּחִוְיָא, וְלוֹבֵשׁ בִּגְדֵי שַׁבָּת, הַיְנוּ גּוּף קָדוֹשׁ מִגַּן־עֵדֶן. כִּי הַמָּקוֹם גּוֹרֵם, בִּבְחִינַת (שם ג): שַׁל נְעָלֶיךָ וְכוּ' כִּי הַמָּקוֹם וְכוּ'. וְעַל־שֵׁם הַגּוּף הַקָּדוֹשׁ נִקְרָא שַׁבָּת, בִּבְחִינַת (שם ד): וְהִנֵּה שָׁבָה כִּבְשָׂרוֹ – שֶׁנִּרְפָּא מִצָּרַעְתּוֹ, וְנִתְלַבֵּשׁ בְּגוּף קָדוֹשׁ מִגַּן־עֵדֶן, הַנִּקְרָא בָּשָׂר, בְּחִינַת (בראשית ב): בָּשָׂר מִבְּשָׂרִי:

ו׳

וְאָז נִתְרוֹמֵם מַזָּלוֹ, שֶׁהִיא בָּשָׂר מִבְּשָׂרוֹ, וְזוֹכֶה לְעֹשֶׁר, בִּבְחִינַת (משלי י׳:כ״ב): בִּרְכַּת ה' הִיא תַעֲשִׁיר, וְנִתְחַזֵּק יִצְרוֹ הַטּוֹב, הַיְנוּ לֵב בָּשָׂר (יחזקאל ל״ו:כ״ו) – יֵצֶר טוֹב, מָצָא אִשָּׁה מָצָא טוֹב (משלי י״ח:כ״ב).

וְזֶהוּ (שמות י״ט:י״ט): קוֹל הַשֹּׁפָר הוֹלֵךְ וְחָזֵק מְאֹד – קוֹל הַשּׁוֹפָר הַיּוֹצֵא מִגּוּפָא שַׁפִּירָא הַנַּ"ל. וְקוֹל זֶה בְּחִינַת תְּפִלָּה הַנַּ"ל; הוֹלֵךְ וְחָזֵק מְאֹד – זֶה מָמוֹן (ברכות נד). שֶׁנִּתְחַזֵּק מַזָּלוֹ וְיִצְרוֹ הַטּוֹב כַּנַּ"ל, וְנִתְבַּטֵּל הָעַצְבוּת וְהַלֵּיצָנוּת הַבָּאִים מִמָּרָה־שְׁחֹרָה. כִּי הָעַצְבוּת – מֵחֲמַת דַחֲקוּת וַעֲנִיּוּת, וְהַלֵּיצָנוּת הִיא שְׂחוֹק הַכְּסִיל (קהלת ז׳:ו׳), בְּחִינַת: הַטְּחוֹל שׂוֹחֵק (ברכות סא) – הֵן נִתְבַּטְּלִים עַל־יְדֵי הַמַּזָּל שֶׁל עֲשִׁירוּת, וְעַל־יְדֵי יֵצֶר הַטּוֹב, שֶׁהוּא בְּחִינַת (קהלת י׳:ב׳): לֵב חָכָם לִימִינוֹ:

ז׳

וּבַיָּמִין הַזֶּה הוּא מֵקִים אֶת הַנּוֹפְלִים לְאַהֲבוֹת וּלְיִרְאוֹת רָעוֹת, הוּא מֵקִים אוֹתָם לְאַהֲבוֹת וְיִרְאוֹת קְדוֹשׁוֹת, בִּבְחִינַת (תהילים ק״נ:ו׳): כֹּל הַנְּשָׁמָה תְּהַלֵּל י"ק. כִּי יְמִינוֹ מַעֲבִיר הַחֹשֶׁךְ מֵעֵינֵיהֶם, וְאָז עֵינֵיהֶם רוֹאוֹת נִפְלָאוֹת, בִּבְחִינַת (תהילים קי״ט:י״ח): גַּל עֵינַי וְאַבִּיטָה נִפְלָאוֹת. וְנִפְלָאוֹת הָאֵלּוּ הֵן בִּבְחִינַת פֶּסַח, שֶׁהוּא יָמִין, בְּחִינַת (מיכה ז׳:ט״ו): כִּימֵי צֵאתְךָ מִמִּצְרָיִם אַרְאֶנּוּ נִפְלָאוֹת. וּפֶסַח הוּא פֶּה סָח, בְּחִינַת (מלאכי ב׳:ו׳): תּוֹרַת אֱמֶת הָיְתָה בְּפִיהוּ, וְנֶחֱשָׁב כְּאִלּוּ בָּרָא אֶת הָעוֹלָם, כִּי שָׁם כְּתִיב (בראשית א׳:י״ד): יְהִי מְאֹרֹת, וְעָבַר חֹשֶׁךְ שֶׁכִּסָּה פְּנֵי תְהוֹם:

ח׳

וְאוֹר הָעֵינַיִם מַעֲלִין גַּם כָּל הַבַּקָּשׁוֹת וּתְחִנּוֹת אֲשֶׁר יִתְפַּלְּלוּ אֶל הַבֵּית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, כִּי שָׁם עוֹלִין כָּל הַבַּקָּשׁוֹת, וּמִשָּׁם הָאוֹר עֵינַיִם יוֹצֵא, בִּבְחִינַת (מלכים־א ט): וְהָיָה עֵינַי וְלִבִּי שָׁם.

וְאוֹר הָעַיְנִין מְעוֹרְרִין הַגְּאֻלָּה הַתְּלוּיָה בַּלֵּב, בִּבְחִינַת (ישעיהו ס״ג:ד׳): כִּי יוֹם נָקָם בְּלִבִּי, כִּי עֵינָיו וְלִבּוֹ שָׁם. וְזֶה בְּחִינַת (בראשית א׳:ה׳): וַיִּקְרָא לָאוֹר יוֹם, אוֹר הָעַיְנִין מְעוֹרְרִין יוֹם נָקָם שֶׁבַּלֵּב, לְבַטֵּל שְׂאוֹר וְחָמֵץ שֶׁל יֵצֶר לֵב הָאָדָם רַע הַנִּשְׁאָר לוֹ מִנְּעוּרָיו.

וּשְׂאוֹר וְחָמֵץ שֶׁבְּלֵב הָאָדָם, הוּא הַמֵּסִית אֶת הָאָדָם, שֶׁיְּהַרְהֵר אַחַר תַּלְמִידֵי־חֲכָמִים שֶׁבַּדּוֹר, וְלוֹמַר זֶה נָאֶה וְזֶה לֹא נָאֶה, בִּבְחִינַת (הושע י׳:ב׳): חָלַק לִבָּם. לִבָּם, הֵם עַיִ"ן בֵּי"ת צַדִּיקִים שֶׁבַּדּוֹר. וְזֶהוּ (פסחים ב): אוֹר לְאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר, הַיְנוּ אוֹר שֶׁבָּעֵינַיִם, שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהֶם שְׁנֵי פְּעָמִים שִׁבְעָה גִּלְדֵי עֵינָא, בָּהֶם בּוֹדְקִין אֶת הֶחָמֵץ:

ט׳

וְאָז יָכוֹל הַלֵּב לְהִתְלַהֵב בְּלִמּוּד הַתּוֹרָה בְּשַׁלְהוֹבִין דִּרְחִימוּתָא, וּמַיִם רַבִּים שֶׁהֵם אֲהָבוֹת וְיִרְאוֹת חִיצוֹנִיּוֹת, אִי אֶפְשָׁר לָהֶם לְכַבּוֹת הִתְלַהֲבוּת הַזֹּאת, בִּבְחִינַת (שיר השירים ח׳:ז׳): מַיִם רַבִּים לֹא יוּכְלוּ לְכַבּוֹת אֶת הָאַהֲבָה. וְהַשְּׁכִינָה הִיא מְכַסָּה בִּכְנָפֶיהָ עַל דָּמְהוֹן שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּאַהֲבָה הַזֹּאת, שֶׁלֹּא יִשְׁלְטוּ עֲלֵיהֶם זֶרַע מְרֵעִים, שֶׁהֵם בְּחִינַת מֵי הַמַּבּוּל.

וְזֶה: הָעוֹבֵר עֲבֵרָה וּמִתְבַּיֵּשׁ בָּהּ, מוֹחֲלִין לוֹ וְכוּ' (ברכות יב), כִּי עַל כָּל פְּשָׁעִים תְּכַסֶּה אַהֲבָה (משלי י׳:י״ב), כִּי עַל־יְדֵי הַבּוּשָׁה נִשְׁפָּךְ דָּמוֹ, וְאָז הַשְּׁכִינָה מְכַסָּה דָּמוֹ בְּאַהֲבָה כַּנַּ"ל, בִּבְחִינַת כִּסּוּי דָּם, וְעַל־יְדֵי כִּסּוּי הַזֹּאת נִתְכַּסֶּה כָּל פְּשָׁעָיו מִמֵּילָא (ברכות יב): (מִתְּחִלַּת סִימָן זֶה עַד־כָּאן הוּא לְשׁוֹן רַבֵּנוּ זַ"ל)

י׳

וּכְשֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא רוֹצֶה לִטְעֹם מִמִּצְווֹת עֲשֵׂה שֶׁל אִישׁ יִשְׂרְאֵלִי שֶׁהוּא צַדִּיק, אֲזַי הִיא בְּחִינַת אֵיבָר מִן הַחַי, שֶׁהוּא אָסוּר בַּאֲכִילָה, וְצָרִיךְ שְׁחִיטָה לְהַתִּירָהּ. עַל־כֵּן צָרִיךְ שֶׁיָּבוֹא עָלָיו בּוּשָׁה שֶׁהִיא שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים, בְּחִינַת שְׁחִיטָה, שֶׁהִיא מְטַהֶרֶת הָאֵיבָר מִן הַחַי, וַאֲזַי יוּכַל הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ לִטְעֹם מֵהַמִּצְווֹת עֲשֵׂה שֶׁלּוֹ, בֵּין מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה אַחַת בֵּין מִצְווֹת רַבּוֹת, כִּי הַמִּצְווֹת נִקְרָאִים מַטְעַמִּים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (בראשית כ״ז:ד׳): וַעֲשֵׂה לִי מַטְעַמִּים כַּאֲשֶׁר אָהַבְתִּי – מִפִּקּוּדִין דַּעֲשֵׂה, כַּמּוּבָא (בת"ז תי' כ"א דף נ). וּכְשֶׁנִּשְׁפָּךְ דָּמוֹ עַל־יְדֵי הַבּוּשָׁה כַּנַּ"ל, אֲזַי צָרִיךְ לִשְׁמֹר, שֶׁלֹּא יִינְקוּ מִמֶּנּוּ הַחִיצוֹנִים הַיְדוּעִים, שֶׁרוֹצִים לִינֹק מִזֶּה הַדָּם הַנִּשְׁפָּךְ. עַל־כֵּן צָרִיךְ כִּסּוּי, שֶׁהַשְּׁכִינָה מְכַסָּה דַּמְהוֹן שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁנִּשְׁפָּךְ בָּאַהֲבָה הַזֹּאת, בְּחִינַת: כַּאֲשֶׁר אָהַבְתִּי, כַּנַּ"ל. וְזֶה בְּחִינַת כִּסּוּי דָּם:

י״א

וּבְעִנְיַן שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל יֵשׁ דְּבָרִים עֶלְיוֹנִים וְנִסְתָּרִים הַרְבֵּה, בֵּין שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים עַל־יְדֵי בּוּשָׁה, בֵּין שְׁאָר שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים מַמָּשׁ. כִּי יֵשׁ כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה נְשָׁמוֹת נְפוּלוֹת, שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם עֲלִיָּה כִּי־אִם עַל־יְדֵי שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁל אָדָם גָּדוֹל, וְלִפְעָמִים אֵין לָהֶם עֲלִיָּה כִּי־אִם עַל־יְדֵי שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים מַמָּשׁ.

וְזֶה בְּחִינַת (יומא פו:): זְדוֹנוֹת נַעֲשִׂין כִּזְכֻיּוֹת. שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי הַבּוּשָׁה וּשְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים הַשְּׁכִינָה מְכַסָּה דָּמְהוֹן בְּאַהֲבָה הַנַּ"ל, וְזֶה בְּחִינַת: עַל כָּל פְּשָׁעִים תְּכַסֶּה אַהֲבָה, כַּנַּ"ל, וְנִתְהַפְּכִין הַזְּדוֹנוֹת לִזְכֻיּוֹת, וְנִתְעַלּוּ הַנְּשָׁמוֹת הַנְּפוּלוֹת, שֶׁהֵן בְּחִינַת פְּשָׁעִים, כִּי נִתְעַלִּין וְנִתְהַפְּכִין לִזְכֻיּוֹת עַל־יְדֵי כִּסּוּי דָּם בָּאַהֲבָה הַנַּ"ל (ע' בתיקון כא):

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 eighty-three. The bow and the arrows of prayer.

Guarding the covenant is a bow, and prayer is its arrows, the eighteen blessings shot upward. From such prayer the horn of Mashiach begins to sprout.

Then a person becomes free, and enters the holiness of Shabbos: the goal of all knowing, which is to know that we do not know.

His fortune rises, his good inclination grows strong, and sadness and empty scoffing fall away.

His right hand lifts the fallen, and clears the darkness from their eyes, so that they see wonders.

One who sins and is ashamed of it is forgiven: the Shechinah covers the blood of his shame with love.

Our own reflection: pray with strength, admit what you do not know, and let honest shame open the door to love.

Explainer

Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah eighty-three: the bow and the arrows of prayer. A short, dense teaching that climbs step by step, from guarding the covenant all the way to the light of redemption.

Rebbe Nachman begins with a picture. Guarding the covenant, personal holiness, is a bow. Prayer is the arrows. The eighteen blessings of the Amidah are three vavs, each vav worth six, like three arrows set on the string. And prayer is faith, as Moshe's hands were called faith when he held them up in prayer.

From such prayer, the horn of Mashiach begins to sprout. Mashiach is the power of holy speech, the speech we pray with. There are three prayers each day, from the three Avos, and the voice of prayer is made of fire, water and wind.

Then a person becomes truly free, and comes to the holiness of Shabbos. Shabbos is shin and bas: the three strokes of the shin are fire, wind and water, and bas is the blessings of prayer. The holiness of Shabbos is the goal of knowing, and the goal of knowing is that we do not know. The wise man understands how far wisdom is from him.

This goal surrounds the whole world; it is the Place of the world. That is why our Sages teach: set a fixed place for your prayer. And on Shabbos, no one leaves his place.

Then he takes off the body that came from the snake's skin, a body like one struck with tzara'as, and puts on Shabbos clothes: a holy body from Gan Eden, called flesh, as in flesh of my flesh.

His fortune rises, and he merits wealth, for the blessing of Hashem makes rich. His good inclination grows strong. The sadness of want and the empty laughter of scoffing both fall away. This is the sound of the shofar growing stronger and stronger.

With this right hand he lifts those who have fallen into bad loves and fears, back up to holy love and holy fear. He clears the darkness from their eyes, and they see wonders, the wonders of Pesach. Pesach is peh sach, a mouth that speaks truth. It is as if he created the world anew: let there be lights.

The light of the eyes lifts all prayers toward the Beis HaMikdash, and awakens the redemption that waits in the heart. It searches out the chametz of the heart: the urge to judge the Torah scholars of the generation, saying this one is fine and that one is not.

Then the heart burns with love in Torah study, and many waters, the outside loves and fears, cannot put it out. One who sins and is ashamed is forgiven. The shame is like blood spilled, and the Shechinah covers it with love, so that every transgression is covered.

The Hebrew marks everything until here as the Rebbe's own words; the rest goes deeper. Even the mitzvos of a tzaddik need this shame, which works like shechitah, making them fit, as it were, for Hashem. And the spilled blood of Israel, through shame, and sometimes through real martyrdom, lifts up fallen souls, until deliberate sins become merits.

Our own reflection: prayer is an arrow, so pray with strength. Admit what you do not know. And when you have done wrong, let yourself feel it honestly; that shame is not the end, it is where love covers.

Full shiur

— Part 1: From the Arrows of Prayer to Shabbos —

Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah eighty-three: the bow and the arrows of prayer. A shiur in two parts. Part one: from the arrows of prayer to the holiness of Shabbos, and the blessing that ends sadness.

Gold is Rebbe Nachman's own words, from Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah eighty-three. 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.

Rebbe Nachman opens: Through guarding the covenant, which is a bow, a person can shoot the arrows, which are prayer: the eighteen blessings of prayer, which are three vavs, like arrows. Their place is in the covenant, as it says, 'My covenant shall be faithful to him'. And faith is prayer, as it says, 'his hands were faith'.

Our explanation. A bow can only shoot if it is strong and true. Personal holiness, guarding the covenant, is that bow. Then the words of prayer fly like arrows. The Amidah has eighteen blessings, and the letter vav is worth six, so the eighteen are three vavs, and a vav is shaped like a straight arrow. When Moshe prayed with raised hands, the verse calls his hands faith, because prayer and faith go together.

He continues: And then the horn of Mashiach begins to sprout, as it says, 'I will make a horn sprout for David', and 'rays from His hand are His'. His hand is prayer. There are three prayers, because Mashiach is included in the Avos. Mashiach is speech, with which one prays, as in 'He gives speech to the mute', and it comes from fire, water and wind.

Our explanation. The Rebbe hears Mashiach in the word meisiach, giving speech, as in the morning prayer, He gives speech to the mute. The power of Mashiach is holy speech, the speech of prayer. We pray three times a day, prayers set by Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov, and so Mashiach is included in the Avos. And the voice itself is made of fire, water and wind.

Then: And then he becomes a free man; that is, he comes to the holiness of Shabbos, when work is forbidden. For Shabbos is shin and bas. The shin is three colours: fire, wind and water. Bas is prayer, the blessings, as the Sages say: he had a daughter, and Bakol was her name, which is blessing, as it says, 'and Hashem blessed Avraham with everything'.

Our explanation. The letter shin has three heads, like three flames: fire, wind and water, the same three that make up the voice. Bas, daughter, is prayer and its blessings, like Avraham's daughter called Bakol, everything, because Hashem blessed him with everything. Put them together and you have Shabbos. Prayer from a pure heart brings a person to the freedom of Shabbos.

He goes deeper: The holiness of Shabbos is the goal of knowing, and the goal of knowing is that we do not know. That is why Shabbos is called the goal of heaven and earth. And this goal is as it says, 'I said, I will become wise, but it is far from me'. That is the essence of wisdom: to understand that wisdom is far from him.

Our explanation. Not knowing at the start is simple ignorance. Not knowing at the end is different: it comes after all the learning and understanding a person can reach, when he stands at the edge and sees how far beyond him Hashem is. That is the goal of knowing, and that is the rest of Shabbos.

And: This goal is the essence of place, the Place of the world. For this goal surrounds the whole world, which was created with wisdom, as it says, 'You made them all with wisdom'. This is the teaching: one who sets a fixed place for his prayer. For that is the essence of place, as in 'let no one leave his place on the seventh day'.

Then: And then he sheds his leprous body, which comes from the snake's skin, and puts on Shabbos clothes, a holy body from Gan Eden. For the place makes it happen, as it says, 'Remove your shoes, for the place'. Because of this holy body it is called Shabbos, as in 'and behold, it returned like his flesh': he was healed of his leprosy and clothed in a holy body from Gan Eden, called flesh, as in 'flesh of my flesh'.

Our explanation, step by step. First, holiness makes the bow, and prayer flies like arrows. Then the person becomes free and enters Shabbos, the goal of knowing, where he knows that he does not know, set firmly in his place. And then he sheds the old body that came from the snake, and is dressed in a holy body, like Shabbos clothes.

Rebbe Nachman continues: And then his mazal rises, which is flesh of his flesh, and he merits wealth, as it says, 'the blessing of Hashem makes rich'. And his good inclination grows strong, the heart of flesh, for the good inclination is as it says, 'one who has found a wife has found good'.

He adds: This is 'the sound of the shofar grew stronger and stronger': the sound of the shofar comes from that beautiful body. That sound is the prayer we spoke of. Growing stronger and stronger is money. His mazal and his good inclination grow strong, and the sadness and the scoffing that come from black bile are cancelled.

For sadness comes from pressure and poverty, and scoffing is 'the laughter of the fool', as in 'the spleen laughs'. Both are cancelled by the mazal of wealth and by the good inclination, which is 'a wise man's heart is at his right'.

Our explanation. Sadness and scoffing look like opposites, one heavy and one light, but the Rebbe traces them to one root. Sadness comes from pressure and lack; scoffing is empty laughter that mocks everything. When a person's fortune is blessed and his good inclination is strong, at his right hand, both fall away.

— Part 2: The Light of the Eyes and the Love That Covers —

Part two: the right hand, the light of the eyes, and the love that covers.

He continues, and brings the verse, let every soul praise Hashem: And with this right hand he raises those who have fallen into bad loves and bad fears; he lifts them up to holy loves and holy fears.

For his right hand removes the darkness from their eyes, and then their eyes see wonders, as in 'open my eyes, that I may see wonders'.

These wonders are Pesach, which is the right side, as in 'as in the days when you left Egypt, I will show him wonders'. And Pesach is peh sach, a mouth that speaks, as in 'a Torah of truth was in his mouth'. It is counted as if he created the world, for there it is written, 'let there be lights', and the darkness that covered the deep passed away.

Our explanation. The one who has come this far can now help others. His right hand, his kindness, lifts people whose love and fear have gone to the wrong places, and turns them back to Hashem. The darkness lifts from their eyes and they see the wonders of Pesach. Pesach is peh sach, a mouth that speaks, a mouth of truth. Like the first day of creation, light pushes the darkness away.

Next: The light of the eyes also lifts up all the requests and pleas that people pray toward the Beis HaMikdash. For all requests rise up there, and from there the light of the eyes comes out, as in 'My eyes and My heart shall be there'.

And the light of the eyes awakens the redemption, which depends on the heart, as in 'for a day of vengeance is in My heart', because His eyes and heart are there. This is 'He called the light day': the light of the eyes awakens the day of vengeance in the heart, to cancel the leaven and chametz, the evil inclination of a person's heart that remains from his youth.

He explains: The leaven and chametz in a person's heart are what push him to think ill of the Torah scholars of the generation, saying this one is fine and that one is not, as in 'their heart is divided'. Libam, their heart, hints at the seventy-two tzaddikim of the generation. And this is the light of the fourteenth: the light of the eyes, which have twice seven layers, and with them we search for the chametz.

Our explanation. On the night of the fourteenth of Nissan we search the house for chametz by candlelight. The Rebbe says the true search is inside, with the light of the eyes, each eye of seven layers, fourteen in all. And the chametz he names is sharp: the habit of judging the Torah scholars of the generation, this one is fine, that one is not. Clearing that out of the heart awakens redemption.

Then: And then the heart can burn in Torah study with flames of love, and many waters, which are outside loves and fears, cannot put out this burning, as in 'many waters cannot put out the love'. And the Shechinah covers with her wings the blood of Israel, in this love, so that the evil seed, which is like the waters of the Flood, should not rule over them.

And so: This is: one who commits a sin and is ashamed of it is forgiven, for 'love covers all transgressions'. For through the shame his blood is spilled, and then the Shechinah covers his blood with love, like the mitzvah of covering the blood. And through this covering, all his transgressions are covered by themselves.

Our explanation. When a person feels real shame for what he did, the blood rushes from his face, the Sages compare it to bloodshed. The Rebbe says that is exactly where love comes in. Like the mitzvah of covering the blood, the Shechinah covers it, and with it every transgression is covered.

A further teaching: When the Holy One, blessed be He, wishes to taste, as it were, the positive mitzvos of a Jew who is a tzaddik, they are like a limb from a living creature, which may not be eaten and needs shechitah to make it permitted.

So shame must come upon him, which is spilling blood, like shechitah, which makes the limb from the living fit. Then Hashem can taste his positive mitzvos, whether one or many. For the mitzvos are called tasty dishes, as it says, 'make me tasty dishes, such as I love': from the positive commandments, as the Tikkunei Zohar brings.

And when his blood is spilled through shame, he must take care that the known outside forces, who want to draw from this spilled blood, should not draw from it. So a covering is needed: the Shechinah covers the blood of Israel, spilled in this love, as in 'such as I love'. And this is covering the blood.

He continues: In the matter of the spilled blood of Israel there are many lofty and hidden things, whether blood spilled through shame or actual spilled blood. For there are many fallen souls that have no way to rise except through the spilled blood of a great Jew, and sometimes they have no way to rise except through actual spilled blood.

And finally: This is 'deliberate sins become like merits'. For through the shame and the spilled blood, the Shechinah covers their blood with that love, as in 'love covers all transgressions'. Then the deliberate sins turn into merits, and the fallen souls, which are like transgressions, are lifted up; they rise and are turned into merits through the covering of the blood with love.

Some reflections of our own, not a quotation. Pray with strength; prayer is the arrow, and holiness is the bow. At the end of all your learning, know that you do not know. And when you have done wrong, feel honest shame, and let Hashem's love cover it.

This has been Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah eighty-three.

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Texts used

Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 83, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.83

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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Notes

Part 2, scene 11: The Hebrew notes here that from the start of this teaching until this point is the Rebbe's own wording.

Every on-screen quotation in the full shiur, by part

Part 1 — From the Arrows of Prayer to Shabbos

Scene 3 · LM II:83 §1, on Tehillim 89 and Shemos 17:12 · paragraph §1.1

עַל־יְדֵי תִּקּוּן הַבְּרִית שֶׁהוּא קֶשֶׁת, יָכוֹל לְהוֹצִיא הַחִצִּים, שֶׁהִיא הַתְּפִלָּה, שֶׁהִיא חַי בִּרְכאָן דִּצְלוֹתָא, שֶׁהֵם תְּלָת וָוִין, בְּחִינַת חִצִּים, וּמְקוֹמָם בַּבְּרִית, בִּבְחִינַת: וּבְרִיתִי נֶאֱמֶנֶת לוֹ. אֱמוּנָה זֶה בְּחִינַת תְּפִלָּה, בִּבְחִינַת: וַיְהִי יָדָיו אֱמוּנָה.

EN (our paraphrase): Through guarding the covenant, which is a bow, a person can shoot the arrows, which are prayer: the eighteen blessings of prayer, which are three vavs, like arrows. Their place is in the covenant, as it says, 'My covenant shall be faithful to him'. And faith is prayer, as it says, 'his hands were faith'.

Scene 5 · LM II:83 §1, on Tehillim 132:17 and Chavakuk 3:4 · paragraph §1.2

וְאָז הַתְחָלַת צְמִיחַת קֶרֶן מָשִׁיחַ, בִּבְחִינַת: אַצְמִיחַ קֶרֶן לְדָוִד, בִּבְחִינַת: קַרְנַיִם מִיָּדוֹ לוֹ. יָדוֹ זֶה בְּחִינַת תְּפִלָּה, וּתְפִלּוֹת הֵם שְׁלֹשָׁה, כִּי כְּלָלִיּוּת מָשִׁיחַ בָּאָבוֹת, הַיְנוּ מָשִׁיחַ, שֶׁהוּא הַדִּבּוּר, שֶׁבּוֹ מִתְפַּלֵּל, בְּחִינַת מֵשִׂיחַ אִלְּמִים, הוּא מֵאֵשׁ מַיִם רוּחַ:

EN (our paraphrase): And then the horn of Mashiach begins to sprout, as it says, 'I will make a horn sprout for David', and 'rays from His hand are His'. His hand is prayer. There are three prayers, because Mashiach is included in the Avos. Mashiach is speech, with which one prays, as in 'He gives speech to the mute', and it comes from fire, water and wind.

Scene 7 · LM II:83 §2, on Bava Basra 16b and Bereishis 24:1 · paragraph §2.1

וְאָז נַעֲשֶׂה בֶּן־חוֹרִין, הַיְנוּ שֶׁבָּא לִקְדֻשַּׁת שַׁבָּת, שֶׁאָסוּר בִּמְלָאכָה. כִּי שַׁבָּת זוֹ שִׁין בַּת. שִׁין תְּלָת גְּוָנִין: אֵשׁ, רוּחַ, מַיִם. בַּת הִיא הַתְּפִלָּה שֶׁהֵן הַבְּרָכוֹת, בְּחִינַת: בַּת הָיָה לוֹ וּבַכֹּל שְׁמָהּ, בְּחִינַת בְּרָכוֹת, בְּחִינַת: וַה' בֵּרַךְ אֶת אַבְרָהָם בַּכֹּל:

EN (our paraphrase): And then he becomes a free man; that is, he comes to the holiness of Shabbos, when work is forbidden. For Shabbos is shin and bas. The shin is three colours: fire, wind and water. Bas is prayer, the blessings, as the Sages say: he had a daughter, and Bakol was her name, which is blessing, as it says, 'and Hashem blessed Avraham with everything'.

Scene 9 · LM II:83 §3, on Koheles 7:23 · paragraph §3.1

וּקְדֻשַּׁת שַׁבָּת זֶה בְּחִינַת תַּכְלִית הַיְדִיעָה, וְתַכְלִית הַיְדִיעָה שֶׁלֹּא נֵדַע. וּבִשְׁבִיל זֶה שַׁבָּת נִקְרָא תַּכְלִית שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ, וְתַכְלִית זֶה בְּחִינַת: אָמַרְתִּי אֶחְכָּמָה, וְהִיא רְחֹקָה מִמֶּנִּי, הַיְנוּ זֶה עִקָּר הַחָכְמָה – שֶׁיַּשְׂכִּיל שֶׁרָחוֹק מִמֶּנּוּ הַחָכְמָה:

EN (our paraphrase): The holiness of Shabbos is the goal of knowing, and the goal of knowing is that we do not know. That is why Shabbos is called the goal of heaven and earth. And this goal is as it says, 'I said, I will become wise, but it is far from me'. That is the essence of wisdom: to understand that wisdom is far from him.

Scene 11 · LM II:83 §4, on Tehillim 104:24, Berachos 6b and Shemos 16:29 · paragraph §4.1

וְתַכְלִית הַזֶּה הוּא עִקָּר הַמָּקוֹם, הַיְנוּ בְּחִינַת מְקוֹמוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, שֶׁזֶּה הַתַּכְלִית הוּא הַמַּקִּיף אֶת כָּל הָעוֹלָם שֶׁנִּבְרָא בְּחָכְמָה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: כֻּלָּם בְּחָכְמָה עָשִׂיתָ. וְזֶהוּ בְּחִינַת: הַקּוֹבֵעַ מָקוֹם לִתְפִלָּתוֹ, כִּי זֶה עִקָּר הַמָּקוֹם, בִּבְחִינַת: אַל יֵצֵא אִישׁ מִמְּקֹמוֹ בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי:

EN (our paraphrase): This goal is the essence of place, the Place of the world. For this goal surrounds the whole world, which was created with wisdom, as it says, 'You made them all with wisdom'. This is the teaching: one who sets a fixed place for his prayer. For that is the essence of place, as in 'let no one leave his place on the seventh day'.

Scene 12 · LM II:83 §5, on Shemos 3:5, 4:7 and Bereishis 2:23 · paragraph §5.1

וְאָז פּוֹשֵׁט גּוּפוֹ הַמְצֹרָע, שֶׁהוּא מִמָּשְׁכָא דְּחִוְיָא, וְלוֹבֵשׁ בִּגְדֵי שַׁבָּת, הַיְנוּ גּוּף קָדוֹשׁ מִגַּן־עֵדֶן. כִּי הַמָּקוֹם גּוֹרֵם, בִּבְחִינַת: שַׁל נְעָלֶיךָ וְכוּ' כִּי הַמָּקוֹם וְכוּ'. וְעַל־שֵׁם הַגּוּף הַקָּדוֹשׁ נִקְרָא שַׁבָּת, בִּבְחִינַת: וְהִנֵּה שָׁבָה כִּבְשָׂרוֹ – שֶׁנִּרְפָּא מִצָּרַעְתּוֹ, וְנִתְלַבֵּשׁ בְּגוּף קָדוֹשׁ מִגַּן־עֵדֶן, הַנִּקְרָא בָּשָׂר, בְּחִינַת: בָּשָׂר מִבְּשָׂרִי:

EN (our paraphrase): And then he sheds his leprous body, which comes from the snake's skin, and puts on Shabbos clothes, a holy body from Gan Eden. For the place makes it happen, as it says, 'Remove your shoes, for the place'. Because of this holy body it is called Shabbos, as in 'and behold, it returned like his flesh': he was healed of his leprosy and clothed in a holy body from Gan Eden, called flesh, as in 'flesh of my flesh'.

Scene 14 · LM II:83 §6, on Mishlei 10:22, Yechezkel 36:26 and Mishlei 18:22 · paragraph §6.1

וְאָז נִתְרוֹמֵם מַזָּלוֹ, שֶׁהִיא בָּשָׂר מִבְּשָׂרוֹ, וְזוֹכֶה לְעֹשֶׁר, בִּבְחִינַת: בִּרְכַּת ה' הִיא תַעֲשִׁיר, וְנִתְחַזֵּק יִצְרוֹ הַטּוֹב, הַיְנוּ לֵב בָּשָׂר – יֵצֶר טוֹב, מָצָא אִשָּׁה מָצָא טוֹב.

EN (our paraphrase): And then his mazal rises, which is flesh of his flesh, and he merits wealth, as it says, 'the blessing of Hashem makes rich'. And his good inclination grows strong, the heart of flesh, for the good inclination is as it says, 'one who has found a wife has found good'.

Scene 15 · LM II:83 §6, on Shemos 19:19 and Berachos 54a · paragraph §6.2

וְזֶהוּ: קוֹל הַשֹּׁפָר הוֹלֵךְ וְחָזֵק מְאֹד – קוֹל הַשּׁוֹפָר הַיּוֹצֵא מִגּוּפָא שַׁפִּירָא הַנַּ"ל. וְקוֹל זֶה בְּחִינַת תְּפִלָּה הַנַּ"ל; הוֹלֵךְ וְחָזֵק מְאֹד – זֶה מָמוֹן. שֶׁנִּתְחַזֵּק מַזָּלוֹ וְיִצְרוֹ הַטּוֹב כַּנַּ"ל, וְנִתְבַּטֵּל הָעַצְבוּת וְהַלֵּיצָנוּת הַבָּאִים מִמָּרָה־שְׁחֹרָה.

EN (our paraphrase): This is 'the sound of the shofar grew stronger and stronger': the sound of the shofar comes from that beautiful body. That sound is the prayer we spoke of. Growing stronger and stronger is money. His mazal and his good inclination grow strong, and the sadness and the scoffing that come from black bile are cancelled.

Scene 16 · LM II:83 §6, on Koheles 7:6, Berachos 61a and Koheles 10:2 · paragraph §6.2

כִּי הָעַצְבוּת – מֵחֲמַת דַחֲקוּת וַעֲנִיּוּת, וְהַלֵּיצָנוּת הִיא שְׂחוֹק הַכְּסִיל, בְּחִינַת: הַטְּחוֹל שׂוֹחֵק – הֵן נִתְבַּטְּלִים עַל־יְדֵי הַמַּזָּל שֶׁל עֲשִׁירוּת, וְעַל־יְדֵי יֵצֶר הַטּוֹב, שֶׁהוּא בְּחִינַת: לֵב חָכָם לִימִינוֹ:

EN (our paraphrase): For sadness comes from pressure and poverty, and scoffing is 'the laughter of the fool', as in 'the spleen laughs'. Both are cancelled by the mazal of wealth and by the good inclination, which is 'a wise man's heart is at his right'.

Part 2 — The Light of the Eyes and the Love That Covers

Scene 2 · LM II:83 §7, on Tehillim 150:6 · paragraph §7.1

וּבַיָּמִין הַזֶּה הוּא מֵקִים אֶת הַנּוֹפְלִים לְאַהֲבוֹת וּלְיִרְאוֹת רָעוֹת, הוּא מֵקִים אוֹתָם לְאַהֲבוֹת וְיִרְאוֹת קְדוֹשׁוֹת,

EN (our paraphrase): And with this right hand he raises those who have fallen into bad loves and bad fears; he lifts them up to holy loves and holy fears.

Scene 3 · LM II:83 §7, on Tehillim 119:18 · paragraph §7.1

כִּי יְמִינוֹ מַעֲבִיר הַחֹשֶׁךְ מֵעֵינֵיהֶם, וְאָז עֵינֵיהֶם רוֹאוֹת נִפְלָאוֹת, בִּבְחִינַת: גַּל עֵינַי וְאַבִּיטָה נִפְלָאוֹת.

EN (our paraphrase): For his right hand removes the darkness from their eyes, and then their eyes see wonders, as in 'open my eyes, that I may see wonders'.

Scene 4 · LM II:83 §7, on Michah 7:15, Malachi 2:6 and Bereishis 1:14 · paragraph §7.1

וְנִפְלָאוֹת הָאֵלּוּ הֵן בִּבְחִינַת פֶּסַח, שֶׁהוּא יָמִין, בְּחִינַת: כִּימֵי צֵאתְךָ מִמִּצְרָיִם אַרְאֶנּוּ נִפְלָאוֹת. וּפֶסַח הוּא פֶּה סָח, בְּחִינַת: תּוֹרַת אֱמֶת הָיְתָה בְּפִיהוּ, וְנֶחֱשָׁב כְּאִלּוּ בָּרָא אֶת הָעוֹלָם, כִּי שָׁם כְּתִיב: יְהִי מְאֹרֹת, וְעָבַר חֹשֶׁךְ שֶׁכִּסָּה פְּנֵי תְהוֹם:

EN (our paraphrase): These wonders are Pesach, which is the right side, as in 'as in the days when you left Egypt, I will show him wonders'. And Pesach is peh sach, a mouth that speaks, as in 'a Torah of truth was in his mouth'. It is counted as if he created the world, for there it is written, 'let there be lights', and the darkness that covered the deep passed away.

Scene 6 · LM II:83 §8, on Melachim I 9:3 · paragraph §8.1

וְאוֹר הָעֵינַיִם מַעֲלִין גַּם כָּל הַבַּקָּשׁוֹת וּתְחִנּוֹת אֲשֶׁר יִתְפַּלְּלוּ אֶל הַבֵּית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, כִּי שָׁם עוֹלִין כָּל הַבַּקָּשׁוֹת, וּמִשָּׁם הָאוֹר עֵינַיִם יוֹצֵא, בִּבְחִינַת: וְהָיָה עֵינַי וְלִבִּי שָׁם.

EN (our paraphrase): The light of the eyes also lifts up all the requests and pleas that people pray toward the Beis HaMikdash. For all requests rise up there, and from there the light of the eyes comes out, as in 'My eyes and My heart shall be there'.

Scene 7 · LM II:83 §8, on Yeshayahu 63:4 and Bereishis 1:5 · paragraph §8.2

וְאוֹר הָעַיְנִין מְעוֹרְרִין הַגְּאֻלָּה הַתְּלוּיָה בַּלֵּב, בִּבְחִינַת: כִּי יוֹם נָקָם בְּלִבִּי, כִּי עֵינָיו וְלִבּוֹ שָׁם. וְזֶה בְּחִינַת: וַיִּקְרָא לָאוֹר יוֹם, אוֹר הָעַיְנִין מְעוֹרְרִין יוֹם נָקָם שֶׁבַּלֵּב, לְבַטֵּל שְׂאוֹר וְחָמֵץ שֶׁל יֵצֶר לֵב הָאָדָם רַע הַנִּשְׁאָר לוֹ מִנְּעוּרָיו.

EN (our paraphrase): And the light of the eyes awakens the redemption, which depends on the heart, as in 'for a day of vengeance is in My heart', because His eyes and heart are there. This is 'He called the light day': the light of the eyes awakens the day of vengeance in the heart, to cancel the leaven and chametz, the evil inclination of a person's heart that remains from his youth.

Scene 8 · LM II:83 §8, on Hoshea 10:2 and Pesachim 2a · paragraph §8.3

וּשְׂאוֹר וְחָמֵץ שֶׁבְּלֵב הָאָדָם, הוּא הַמֵּסִית אֶת הָאָדָם, שֶׁיְּהַרְהֵר אַחַר תַּלְמִידֵי־חֲכָמִים שֶׁבַּדּוֹר, וְלוֹמַר זֶה נָאֶה וְזֶה לֹא נָאֶה, בִּבְחִינַת: חָלַק לִבָּם. לִבָּם, הֵם עַיִ"ן בֵּי"ת צַדִּיקִים שֶׁבַּדּוֹר. וְזֶהוּ: אוֹר לְאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר, הַיְנוּ אוֹר שֶׁבָּעֵינַיִם, שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהֶם שְׁנֵי פְּעָמִים שִׁבְעָה גִּלְדֵי עֵינָא, בָּהֶם בּוֹדְקִין אֶת הֶחָמֵץ:

EN (our paraphrase): The leaven and chametz in a person's heart are what push him to think ill of the Torah scholars of the generation, saying this one is fine and that one is not, as in 'their heart is divided'. Libam, their heart, hints at the seventy-two tzaddikim of the generation. And this is the light of the fourteenth: the light of the eyes, which have twice seven layers, and with them we search for the chametz.

Scene 10 · LM II:83 §9, on Shir HaShirim 8:7 · paragraph §9.1

וְאָז יָכוֹל הַלֵּב לְהִתְלַהֵב בְּלִמּוּד הַתּוֹרָה בְּשַׁלְהוֹבִין דִּרְחִימוּתָא, וּמַיִם רַבִּים שֶׁהֵם אֲהָבוֹת וְיִרְאוֹת חִיצוֹנִיּוֹת, אִי אֶפְשָׁר לָהֶם לְכַבּוֹת הִתְלַהֲבוּת הַזֹּאת, בִּבְחִינַת: מַיִם רַבִּים לֹא יוּכְלוּ לְכַבּוֹת אֶת הָאַהֲבָה. וְהַשְּׁכִינָה הִיא מְכַסָּה בִּכְנָפֶיהָ עַל דָּמְהוֹן שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּאַהֲבָה הַזֹּאת, שֶׁלֹּא יִשְׁלְטוּ עֲלֵיהֶם זֶרַע מְרֵעִים, שֶׁהֵם בְּחִינַת מֵי הַמַּבּוּל.

EN (our paraphrase): And then the heart can burn in Torah study with flames of love, and many waters, which are outside loves and fears, cannot put out this burning, as in 'many waters cannot put out the love'. And the Shechinah covers with her wings the blood of Israel, in this love, so that the evil seed, which is like the waters of the Flood, should not rule over them.

Scene 11 · LM II:83 §9, on Berachos 12b and Mishlei 10:12 · paragraph §9.2

וְזֶה: הָעוֹבֵר עֲבֵרָה וּמִתְבַּיֵּשׁ בָּהּ, מוֹחֲלִין לוֹ וְכוּ', כִּי עַל כָּל פְּשָׁעִים תְּכַסֶּה אַהֲבָה, כִּי עַל־יְדֵי הַבּוּשָׁה נִשְׁפָּךְ דָּמוֹ, וְאָז הַשְּׁכִינָה מְכַסָּה דָּמוֹ בְּאַהֲבָה כַּנַּ"ל, בִּבְחִינַת כִּסּוּי דָּם, וְעַל־יְדֵי כִּסּוּי הַזֹּאת נִתְכַּסֶּה כָּל פְּשָׁעָיו מִמֵּילָא:

EN (our paraphrase): This is: one who commits a sin and is ashamed of it is forgiven, for 'love covers all transgressions'. For through the shame his blood is spilled, and then the Shechinah covers his blood with love, like the mitzvah of covering the blood. And through this covering, all his transgressions are covered by themselves.

Scene 13 · LM II:83 §10 · paragraph §10.1

וּכְשֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא רוֹצֶה לִטְעֹם מִמִּצְווֹת עֲשֵׂה שֶׁל אִישׁ יִשְׂרְאֵלִי שֶׁהוּא צַדִּיק, אֲזַי הִיא בְּחִינַת אֵיבָר מִן הַחַי, שֶׁהוּא אָסוּר בַּאֲכִילָה, וְצָרִיךְ שְׁחִיטָה לְהַתִּירָהּ.

EN (our paraphrase): When the Holy One, blessed be He, wishes to taste, as it were, the positive mitzvos of a Jew who is a tzaddik, they are like a limb from a living creature, which may not be eaten and needs shechitah to make it permitted.

Scene 14 · LM II:83 §10, on Bereishis 27:4 and Tikkunei Zohar 21 · paragraph §10.1

עַל־כֵּן צָרִיךְ שֶׁיָּבוֹא עָלָיו בּוּשָׁה שֶׁהִיא שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים, בְּחִינַת שְׁחִיטָה, שֶׁהִיא מְטַהֶרֶת הָאֵיבָר מִן הַחַי, וַאֲזַי יוּכַל הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ לִטְעֹם מֵהַמִּצְווֹת עֲשֵׂה שֶׁלּוֹ, בֵּין מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה אַחַת בֵּין מִצְווֹת רַבּוֹת, כִּי הַמִּצְווֹת נִקְרָאִים מַטְעַמִּים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: וַעֲשֵׂה לִי מַטְעַמִּים כַּאֲשֶׁר אָהַבְתִּי – מִפִּקּוּדִין דַּעֲשֵׂה,

EN (our paraphrase): So shame must come upon him, which is spilling blood, like shechitah, which makes the limb from the living fit. Then Hashem can taste his positive mitzvos, whether one or many. For the mitzvos are called tasty dishes, as it says, 'make me tasty dishes, such as I love': from the positive commandments, as the Tikkunei Zohar brings.

Scene 15 · LM II:83 §10 · paragraph §10.1

וּכְשֶׁנִּשְׁפָּךְ דָּמוֹ עַל־יְדֵי הַבּוּשָׁה כַּנַּ"ל, אֲזַי צָרִיךְ לִשְׁמֹר, שֶׁלֹּא יִינְקוּ מִמֶּנּוּ הַחִיצוֹנִים הַיְדוּעִים, שֶׁרוֹצִים לִינֹק מִזֶּה הַדָּם הַנִּשְׁפָּךְ. עַל־כֵּן צָרִיךְ כִּסּוּי, שֶׁהַשְּׁכִינָה מְכַסָּה דַּמְהוֹן שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁנִּשְׁפָּךְ בָּאַהֲבָה הַזֹּאת, בְּחִינַת: כַּאֲשֶׁר אָהַבְתִּי, כַּנַּ"ל. וְזֶה בְּחִינַת כִּסּוּי דָּם:

EN (our paraphrase): And when his blood is spilled through shame, he must take care that the known outside forces, who want to draw from this spilled blood, should not draw from it. So a covering is needed: the Shechinah covers the blood of Israel, spilled in this love, as in 'such as I love'. And this is covering the blood.

Scene 16 · LM II:83 §11 · paragraph §11.1

וּבְעִנְיַן שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל יֵשׁ דְּבָרִים עֶלְיוֹנִים וְנִסְתָּרִים הַרְבֵּה, בֵּין שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים עַל־יְדֵי בּוּשָׁה, בֵּין שְׁאָר שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים מַמָּשׁ. כִּי יֵשׁ כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה נְשָׁמוֹת נְפוּלוֹת, שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם עֲלִיָּה כִּי־אִם עַל־יְדֵי שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁל אָדָם גָּדוֹל, וְלִפְעָמִים אֵין לָהֶם עֲלִיָּה כִּי־אִם עַל־יְדֵי שְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים מַמָּשׁ.

EN (our paraphrase): In the matter of the spilled blood of Israel there are many lofty and hidden things, whether blood spilled through shame or actual spilled blood. For there are many fallen souls that have no way to rise except through the spilled blood of a great Jew, and sometimes they have no way to rise except through actual spilled blood.

Scene 17 · LM II:83 §11, on Yoma 86b and Tikkunei Zohar 21 · paragraph §11.2

וְזֶה בְּחִינַת: זְדוֹנוֹת נַעֲשִׂין כִּזְכֻיּוֹת. שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי הַבּוּשָׁה וּשְׁפִיכוּת־דָּמִים הַשְּׁכִינָה מְכַסָּה דָּמְהוֹן בְּאַהֲבָה הַנַּ"ל, וְזֶה בְּחִינַת: עַל כָּל פְּשָׁעִים תְּכַסֶּה אַהֲבָה, כַּנַּ"ל, וְנִתְהַפְּכִין הַזְּדוֹנוֹת לִזְכֻיּוֹת, וְנִתְעַלּוּ הַנְּשָׁמוֹת הַנְּפוּלוֹת, שֶׁהֵן בְּחִינַת פְּשָׁעִים, כִּי נִתְעַלִּין וְנִתְהַפְּכִין לִזְכֻיּוֹת עַל־יְדֵי כִּסּוּי דָּם בָּאַהֲבָה הַנַּ"ל:

EN (our paraphrase): This is 'deliberate sins become like merits'. For through the shame and the spilled blood, the Shechinah covers their blood with that love, as in 'love covers all transgressions'. Then the deliberate sins turn into merits, and the fallen souls, which are like transgressions, are lifted up; they rise and are turned into merits through the covering of the blood with love.

Hebrew phrases in the Explainer

Scene 2 · §1.1: עַל־יְדֵי תִּקּוּן הַבְּרִית שֶׁהוּא קֶשֶׁת, יָכוֹל לְהוֹצִיא הַחִצִּים,

Scene 3 · §1.2: וְאָז הַתְחָלַת צְמִיחַת קֶרֶן מָשִׁיחַ,

Scene 4 · §3.1: וְתַכְלִית הַיְדִיעָה שֶׁלֹּא נֵדַע.

Scene 5 · §4.1: הַקּוֹבֵעַ מָקוֹם לִתְפִלָּתוֹ,

Scene 6 · §5.1: וְלוֹבֵשׁ בִּגְדֵי שַׁבָּת, הַיְנוּ גּוּף קָדוֹשׁ מִגַּן־עֵדֶן.

Scene 7 · §6.1: נִתְרוֹמֵם מַזָּלוֹ, שֶׁהִיא בָּשָׂר מִבְּשָׂרוֹ, וְזוֹכֶה לְעֹשֶׁר,

Scene 8 · §7.1: כִּי יְמִינוֹ מַעֲבִיר הַחֹשֶׁךְ מֵעֵינֵיהֶם, וְאָז עֵינֵיהֶם רוֹאוֹת נִפְלָאוֹת,

Scene 9 · §8.1: וְאוֹר הָעֵינַיִם מַעֲלִין גַּם כָּל הַבַּקָּשׁוֹת

Scene 10 · §9.1: מַיִם רַבִּים לֹא יוּכְלוּ לְכַבּוֹת אֶת הָאַהֲבָה.

Scene 11 · §11.2: זְדוֹנוֹת נַעֲשִׂין כִּזְכֻיּוֹת.

Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap

Scene 2 · §1.1: עַל־יְדֵי תִּקּוּן הַבְּרִית שֶׁהוּא קֶשֶׁת, יָכוֹל לְהוֹצִיא הַחִצִּים,

Scene 3 · §3.1: וְתַכְלִית הַיְדִיעָה שֶׁלֹּא נֵדַע.

Scene 4 · §6.1: וְנִתְחַזֵּק יִצְרוֹ הַטּוֹב,

Scene 5 · §7.1: כִּי יְמִינוֹ מַעֲבִיר הַחֹשֶׁךְ מֵעֵינֵיהֶם, וְאָז עֵינֵיהֶם רוֹאוֹת נִפְלָאוֹת,

Scene 6 · §9.2: הָעוֹבֵר עֲבֵרָה וּמִתְבַּיֵּשׁ בָּהּ, מוֹחֲלִין לוֹ

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