שָׁמַעְתִּי מִפִּיו הַקָּדוֹשׁ, שֶׁהָיָה כָּתוּב אֶצְלוֹ תּוֹרָה
Three Heads on Rosh Hashanah
Reb Noson heard from Rebbe Nachman that he had a written teaching on traveling to the tzaddikim for Rosh Hashanah. It explained how three 'heads' come together there: the tzaddik, the head of the Children of Israel; Rosh Hashanah, the head of the year; and each person's mind in his own head, bound to the tzaddik. The full teaching was not passed on.
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הַמָּקוֹר · Original text
שָׁמַעְתִּי מִפִּיו הַקָּדוֹשׁ, שֶׁהָיָה כָּתוּב אֶצְלוֹ תּוֹרָה עַל עִנְיַן רֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה, שֶׁצְּרִיכִין לִנְסֹעַ לְצַדִּיקִים עַל רֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה.
וְהָיָה מְבֹאָר שָׁם מֵעִנְיַן שְׁלֹשָׁה רָאשִׁים שֶׁמִּתְקַבְּצִין בְּרֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה, כְּשֶׁזּוֹכִין אָז לִהְיוֹת אֵצֶל הַצַּדִּיק.
כִּי הַצַּדִּיק הוּא בְּחִינַת רֹאשׁ, כִּי הוּא רֹאשׁ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל,
וְרֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה הוּא גַם־כֵּן בְּחִינַת רֹאשׁ, כִּי הוּא רֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה,
וְכָל אֶחָד בָּא עִם מֹחוֹ וְדַּעְתּוֹ לְהַצַּדִּיק וּמְקַשֵּׁר דַּעְתּוֹ וּמֹחוֹ שֶׁבְּרֹאשׁוֹ, שֶׁזֶּהוּ גַּם־כֵּן בְּחִינַת רֹאשׁ, לְהַצַּדִּיק שֶׁהוּא רֹאשׁ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּרֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה,
נִמְצָא שֶׁנִּתְקַבְּצוּ שְׁלֹשָׁה רָאשִׁים יַחַד.
וְהָיָה לוֹ בָּזֶה תּוֹרָה שְׁלֵמָה, וְלֹא זָכִיתִי לְקַבְּלָהּ:
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 ninety four: three heads on Rosh Hashanah.
Rebbe Nachman once had a written teaching on why one must travel to the tzaddikim for Rosh Hashanah.
There, three heads come together. The tzaddik is a head, the head of the Children of Israel. Rosh Hashanah is a head, the head of the year.
And each person brings his own mind, in his own head, and binds it to the tzaddik. Three heads, joined as one.
Our own reflection: bring your mind, not only your body, to the place you go for Rosh Hashanah.
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Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah ninety four. A short report of a teaching that was not fully passed on: three heads on Rosh Hashanah.
Reb Noson heard from Rebbe Nachman's own mouth that he had a teaching written down about Rosh Hashanah: that one needs to travel to the tzaddikim for Rosh Hashanah.
It explained that three heads gather on Rosh Hashanah, when one merits to be with the tzaddik. The first is the tzaddik himself, who is called a head: the head of the Children of Israel.
The second is Rosh Hashanah itself, the head of the year.
The third is each person's own head. Everyone comes with his mind and understanding, and binds the mind in his head to the tzaddik, the head of Israel, on the head of the year.
So three heads are gathered together. Rebbe Nachman had a complete teaching on this, Reb Noson writes, but he did not merit to receive it.
Our own reflection: on Rosh Hashanah, the head of the year, bring your own head too: your thoughts, your understanding, your attention, and bind them to the true tzaddik.
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— Part 1: Three Heads on Rosh Hashanah —
Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah ninety four. A short shiur in one part: the tzaddik, Rosh Hashanah, and the mind, three heads that come together.
Gold is Rebbe Nachman's own words, from Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah ninety four. 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.
I heard from his holy mouth that he had a teaching written down on the subject of Rosh Hashanah: that one needs to travel to the tzaddikim for Rosh Hashanah. And it explained there the matter of three heads that gather together on Rosh Hashanah, when one merits then to be with the tzaddik.
He explains: For the tzaddik is an aspect of a head, for he is the head of the Children of Israel. And Rosh Hashanah is also an aspect of a head, for it is the head of the year.
And each one comes with his mind and understanding to the tzaddik, and binds his understanding and the mind in his head, which is also an aspect of a head, to the tzaddik, who is the head of the Children of Israel, on Rosh Hashanah. So it turns out that three heads have gathered together.
Reb Noson ends: And he had a complete teaching on this, but I did not merit to receive it.
Our explanation. Three heads meet. The tzaddik is the head of the Children of Israel. Rosh Hashanah is the head of the year. And each person's mind is the head within him. When that mind is bound to the tzaddik on Rosh Hashanah, all three are joined.
Our own reflection, not a quotation. On Rosh Hashanah, bring your mind with you, not only your body, and bind it to the true tzaddik.
This has been Likutey Moharan Tinyana, Torah ninety four.
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Hebrew: Likutei Moharan Tinyana (Part II), Torah 94, edition 'Likutei Moharan Tinyana – rabenubook.com', public domain, via Sefaria — https://www.sefaria.org/Likutei_Moharan%2C_Part_II.94
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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Part 1 — Three Heads on Rosh Hashanah
Scene 3 · LM II:94 §1 · paragraph §1.1, §1.2
שָׁמַעְתִּי מִפִּיו הַקָּדוֹשׁ, שֶׁהָיָה כָּתוּב אֶצְלוֹ תּוֹרָה עַל עִנְיַן רֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה, שֶׁצְּרִיכִין לִנְסֹעַ לְצַדִּיקִים עַל רֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה. וְהָיָה מְבֹאָר שָׁם מֵעִנְיַן שְׁלֹשָׁה רָאשִׁים שֶׁמִּתְקַבְּצִין בְּרֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה, כְּשֶׁזּוֹכִין אָז לִהְיוֹת אֵצֶל הַצַּדִּיק.
EN (our paraphrase): I heard from his holy mouth that he had a teaching written down on the subject of Rosh Hashanah: that one needs to travel to the tzaddikim for Rosh Hashanah. And it explained there the matter of three heads that gather together on Rosh Hashanah, when one merits then to be with the tzaddik.
Scene 4 · LM II:94 §1 · paragraph §1.3, §1.4
כִּי הַצַּדִּיק הוּא בְּחִינַת רֹאשׁ, כִּי הוּא רֹאשׁ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְרֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה הוּא גַם־כֵּן בְּחִינַת רֹאשׁ, כִּי הוּא רֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה,
EN (our paraphrase): For the tzaddik is an aspect of a head, for he is the head of the Children of Israel. And Rosh Hashanah is also an aspect of a head, for it is the head of the year.
Scene 5 · LM II:94 §1 · paragraph §1.5, §1.6
וְכָל אֶחָד בָּא עִם מֹחוֹ וְדַּעְתּוֹ לְהַצַּדִּיק וּמְקַשֵּׁר דַּעְתּוֹ וּמֹחוֹ שֶׁבְּרֹאשׁוֹ, שֶׁזֶּהוּ גַּם־כֵּן בְּחִינַת רֹאשׁ, לְהַצַּדִּיק שֶׁהוּא רֹאשׁ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּרֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה, נִמְצָא שֶׁנִּתְקַבְּצוּ שְׁלֹשָׁה רָאשִׁים יַחַד.
EN (our paraphrase): And each one comes with his mind and understanding to the tzaddik, and binds his understanding and the mind in his head, which is also an aspect of a head, to the tzaddik, who is the head of the Children of Israel, on Rosh Hashanah. So it turns out that three heads have gathered together.
Scene 6 · LM II:94 §1 · paragraph §1.7
וְהָיָה לוֹ בָּזֶה תּוֹרָה שְׁלֵמָה, וְלֹא זָכִיתִי לְקַבְּלָהּ:
EN (our paraphrase): And he had a complete teaching on this, but I did not merit to receive it.
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Scene 2 · §1.1: שֶׁהָיָה כָּתוּב אֶצְלוֹ תּוֹרָה עַל עִנְיַן רֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה,
Scene 3 · §1.3: כִּי הַצַּדִּיק הוּא בְּחִינַת רֹאשׁ, כִּי הוּא רֹאשׁ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל,
Scene 4 · §1.4: וְרֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה הוּא גַם־כֵּן בְּחִינַת רֹאשׁ, כִּי הוּא רֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה,
Scene 5 · §1.5: וְכָל אֶחָד בָּא עִם מֹחוֹ וְדַּעְתּוֹ לְהַצַּדִּיק
Scene 6 · §1.7: וְהָיָה לוֹ בָּזֶה תּוֹרָה שְׁלֵמָה, וְלֹא זָכִיתִי לְקַבְּלָהּ:
Hebrew phrases in the 1-minute recap
Scene 2 · §1.1: שֶׁצְּרִיכִין לִנְסֹעַ לְצַדִּיקִים עַל רֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה.
Scene 3 · §1.3: כִּי הַצַּדִּיק הוּא בְּחִינַת רֹאשׁ, כִּי הוּא רֹאשׁ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל,
Scene 4 · §1.6: נִמְצָא שֶׁנִּתְקַבְּצוּ שְׁלֹשָׁה רָאשִׁים יַחַד.