## Likutei Moharan Torah 196

###### Likutei Moharan 196:1:1
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וּכְשֶׁאַתָּה מִתְפַּלֵּל, אַל תַּעַשֶׂה תְּפִלָּתְךָ קֶבַע, אֶלָּא רַחֲמִים וְתַחֲנוּנִים וְכוּ' (אבות פ"ב).

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
“When you pray, *Al Taas Tefilatkha Keva* (do not make your prayer routine), but compassionate pleas and entreaties [before the Omnipresent One].” (Avot 2:13)


###### Likutei Moharan 196:1:2
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כִּי אָסוּר לָאָדָם לַעֲמֹד עַצְמוֹ עַל שׁוּם דָּבָר, הַיְנוּ שֶׁאָסוּר לְהִתְעַקֵּשׁ בִּתְפִלָּתוֹ שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא יַעֲשֶׂה לוֹ דַּוְקָא אֶת בַּקָּשָׁתוֹ, כִּי זֶה הוּא כְּמוֹ לוֹקֵחַ דָּבָר בְּחָזְקָה, בִּגְזֵלָה;

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
It is forbidden for a person to be obstinate about anything. That is, in his prayer, it is prohibited to stubbornly insist that the Holy One must fulfill his request. This is like taking something by force, by robbing it.


###### Likutei Moharan 196:1:3
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רַק צָרִיךְ לְהִתְפַּלֵּל וּלְהִתְחַנֵּן לִפְנֵי הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ בְּרַחֲמִים וְתַחֲנוּנִים, אִם יִתֵּן הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ – יִתֵּן, וְאִם לָאו – לָאו, כַּמּוּבָא בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
Rather, a person has to pray and beseech God with compassionate pleas and entreaties. If God gives it, He gives it; and if not, not. This has been brought elsewhere.


###### Likutei Moharan 196:1:4
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וְזֶה: אַל תַּעַשֶׂה תְּפִלָּתְךָ קֶבַע, מִלְּשׁוֹן גְּזֵלָה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (משלי כ״ב:כ״ג): וְקָבַע אֶת קֹבְעֵיהֶם נָפֶשׁ.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
This is: **do not make your prayer *keva*—**The term *KeVA* (routine) connotes “stealing,” as it is written (Proverbs 22:23), “and *KaVA* (rob) the life of those who rob them.”


###### Likutei Moharan 196:1:5
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הַיְנוּ, שֶׁכָּל מַה שֶּׁהוּא מְבַקֵּשׁ, הֵן פַּרְנָסָה אוֹ בָּנִים אוֹ שְׁאָר צְרָכִים, אָסוּר לְהִתְעַקֵּשׁ וְלַעֲמֹד עַצְמוֹ בִּתְפִלָּתוֹ, שֶׁדַּוְקָא יַעֲשֶׂה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֶת תְּפִלָּתוֹ, כִּי זֶה הוּא תְּפִלַּת קֶבַע, שֶׁלּוֹקֵחַ הַדָּבָר בְּחָזְקָה, בִּגְזֵלָה, רַק יִתְפַּלֵּל רַחֲמִים וְתַחֲנוּנִים כַּנַּ"ל:

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
That is, no matter what a person requests—be it livelihood or children or other needs—it is forbidden for him to stubbornly insist and be obstinate in his prayer; that God must fulfill his prayer. For this is a “*keva* prayer”—he takes the thing by force, by robbing it. Rather, as explained above, he is to pray “compassionate pleas and entreaties.”