## Likutei Moharan Torah 189

###### Likutei Moharan 189:1:1
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צָרִיךְ לִזָּהֵר מְאֹד מֵעַצְבוּת וְעַצְלוּת, כִּי עִקַּר נְשִׁיכַת הַנָּחָשׁ הוּא עַצְבוּת וְעַצְלוּת, בִּבְחִינַת (ישעיהו ס״ה:כ״ה): וְנָחָשׁ עָפָר לַחְמוֹ; עָפָר הִיא בְּחִינַת עַצְבוּת וְעַצְלוּת, שֶׁהֵם בָּאִים מִיסוֹד הֶעָפָר, כַּמּוּבָא בַּסְּפָרִים:

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
One has to be very vigilant against sadness and sluggishness. For the bite of the serpent is mainly sadness and sluggishness, as in (Isaiah 65:25), “Dust shall be the serpents food.” “Dust” corresponds to sadness and sluggishness which come from the element of dust, as is brought in the writings. Study above, *Likutey Moharan* I, 56:end.