## Likutei Moharan Torah 284

###### Likutei Moharan 284:1:1
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שָׁמַעְתִּי בִּשְׁמוֹ, שֶׁהוֹכִיחַ אֶת אֶחָד שֶׁאָמַר לוֹ, שֶׁאֵין לוֹ פְּנַאי לִלְמֹד מֵחֲמַת שֶׁעוֹסֵק בְּמַשָּׂא וּמַתָּן, אָמַר: שֶׁאַף־עַל־פִּי־כֵן רָאוּי לוֹ לַחֲטֹף אֵיזֶה זְמַן לַעֲסֹק בַּתּוֹרָה בְּכָל יוֹם. וְאָמַר, שֶׁזֶּהוּ מַה שֶּׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (שבת לא), שֶׁשּׁוֹאֲלִין אֶת הָאָדָם: קָבַעְתָּ עִתִּים לַתּוֹרָה, קֶבַע הוּא לְשׁוֹן גְּזֵלָה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (משלי כ״ב:כ״ג): וְקָבַע אֶת קֹבְעֵיהֶם נָפֶשׁ; הַיְנוּ שֶׁשּׁוֹאֲלִין אֶת הָאָדָם, אִם גָּזַל מִן הַזְּמַן שֶׁהוּא טָרוּד בַּעֲסָקָיו, אִם גָּזַלְתָּ מֵהֶן עִתִּים לַתּוֹרָה, כִּי צָרִיךְ הָאָדָם לַחֲטֹף וְלִגְזֹל עִתִּים לַתּוֹרָה מִתּוֹךְ הַטִּרְדָּא וְהָעֵסֶק:

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
Iheard in [Rebbe Nachman’s] name that he reproved someone who had told him that he had no time to learn because he was involved in business. [The Rebbe] said that nonetheless it behooved him to grab some time every day to be involved in Torah. He said that this is what our Sages, of blessed memory, said: A person is asked: “*KaVAata* (Did you set) times for Torah?” (Shabbat 31a). The term *KeVA* (set) connotes “stealing,” as it is written, “and *KaVA* (rob) the life of those who rob them” (Proverbs 22:23). That is, they ask the person if he stole from the times he was busy with his affairs. Did you steal times for Torah from them? For a person must grab and steal times for Torah from [his daily] concerns and affairs.