## Likutei Moharan Torah 42

###### Likutei Moharan 42:1:1
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לְשׁוֹן רַבֵּנוּ זִכְרוֹנוֹ לִבְרָכָה וַיַּרְא בַּצַּר לָהֶם בְּשָׁמְעוֹ אֶת רִנָּתָם וְכוּ': (תהילים ק״ו:מ״ד).

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
“*Vayar Batzar Lahem* (He Saw That They Were in Distress) then He heard their song. Then He remembered His covenant for them and in His abundant lovingkindness relented.” (Psalms 106:44, 45)


###### Likutei Moharan 42:1:2
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הִנֵּה עַל־יְדֵי נְגִינָה נִמְתָּקִין הַדִּינִין, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב בַּזֹּהַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ (פנחס דף רטו): הַקֶּשֶׁת הִיא הַשְּׁכִינָה, וּתְלָת גְּוָנִין דְּקֶשֶׁת הֵם הָאָבוֹת, וְהֵם לְבוּשִׁין דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא,

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
Judgment is mitigated through song, as is written in the holy *Zohar*: The *keshet* (rainbow) is the *Shekhinah* (Divine Presence), and the three colors of the rainbow are the Patriarchs, who are garments of the *Shekhinah.*


###### Likutei Moharan 42:1:3
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וּכְשֶׁהִיא מִתְלַבֶּשֶׁת בִּלְבוּשִׁין דִּנְהִירִין, אֲזַי: וּרְאִיתִיהָ לִזְכֹּר בְּרִית עוֹלָם, אֲזַי: וַחֲמַת הַמֶּלֶךְ שָׁכָכָה. מָשָׁל לְמֶלֶךְ שֶׁכָּעַס עַל בְּנוֹ, וּכְשֶׁהַמֶּלֶךְ רוֹאֶה הַמַּלְכָּה בִּלְבוּשִׁין דִּנְהִירִין, אֲזַי מְרַחֵם עַל בְּנוֹ.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
Now, when [the *Shekhinah*] dresses in radiant garments, then, “I will see her and remember the everlasting covenant” (Genesis 9:16). Then, “the king’s wrath abated” (Esther 7:10). It is like the parable of the king who got angry at his son. But when the king sees the queen in her radiant garments, he takes pity on his son.


###### Likutei Moharan 42:1:4
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וְאוֹתִיּוֹת הַתְּפִלָּה הִיא הַשְּׁכִינָה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (תהילים נ״א:י״ז): אֲדֹנָי שְׂפָתַי תִּפְתָּח – שֶׁהַדִּבּוּר הוּא שֵׁם אֲדֹנָי. וְנִקְרָא קֶשֶׁת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁפֵּרֵשׁ רַשִׁ"י (בראשית מח): בְּחַרְבִּי וּבְקַשְׁתִּי – לְשׁוֹן תְּפִלָּה.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
And the letters of prayer are the *Shekhinah,* as is written (Psalms 51:17), “*Adonoy* (My Lord), open my lips”—the spoken word being the name *Adonoy.* And it is called a *keshet* (bow), as Rashi explains (Genesis 48:22): “with my sword and my bow”—this connotes prayer.


###### Likutei Moharan 42:1:5
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וְקוֹל הַנְּגִינָה הֵם תְּלָת גְּוָנִין דְּקֶשֶׁת, שֶׁיֵּשׁ בַּקּוֹל, אֵשׁ, מַיִם, רוּחַ, שֶׁהֵם שְׁלֹשָׁה אָבוֹת, שֶׁהָאָבוֹת הֵם שְׁלֹשָׁה גְּוָנִין דִּנְהִירִין, שֶׁבָּהֶם וּרְאִיתִיהָ לִזְכֹּר וְכוּ'.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
Now, the sounds of song are the three colors of the rainbow, for the voice consists of fire, water and wind. These are the three Patriarchs, the Patriarchs being the three radiant colors in whom “I will see her and remember [the everlasting covenant].”


###### Likutei Moharan 42:1:6
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נִמְצָא מִי שֶׁמְּנַגֵּן אוֹתִיּוֹת הַתְּפִלָּה, וְקוֹל הַנְּגִינָה הֵם בְּזַכּוּת וּבִבְהִירוּת גָּדוֹל, אֲזַי מַלְבִּישׁ אֶת הַשְּׁכִינָה, הַיְנוּ הָאוֹתִיּוֹת, בִּלְבוּשִׁין דִּנְהִירִין, וְקֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא רוֹאֶה אוֹתָהּ, אֲזַי: וַחֲמַת הַמֶּלֶךְ שָׁכָכָה.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
Thus it is that when someone sings the letters of prayer, and the sounds of the singing are very pure and clear, then he clothes the *Shekhinah* —i.e., the letters—in radiant garments. And the Holy Blessed One sees her, so that “the King’s wrath abated.”


###### Likutei Moharan 42:1:7
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וְזֶהוּ שֶׁפֵּרֵשׁ רַשִׁ"י: בְּשָׁמְעוֹ אֶת רִנָּתָם, בִּזְכוּת אָבוֹת, הַיְנוּ כְּשֶׁהַנְּגִינָה, שֶׁהֵם תְּלָת גְּוָנִין דְּקֶשֶׁת כַּנַּ"ל, בִּבְהִירוּת וּבְזַכּוּת גָּדוֹל. כִּי הַתְּלָת גְּוָנִין הֵם הָאָבוֹת כַּנַּ"ל, וְהֵם לְבוּשִׁין דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא. וּכְשֶׁהַלְּבוּשִׁין נְהִירִין בְּזַכּוּת וּבִבְהִירוּת, נִקְרָא זְכוּת הָאָבוֹת. אֲזַי: וּרְאִיתִיהָ לִזְכֹּר בְּרִית עוֹלָם, אֲזַי: וַיִּנָּחֶם כְּרֹב חֲסָדָיו. הַיְנוּ: וַחֲמַת הַמֶּלֶךְ שָׁכָכָה, וְנִמְתָּק הַדִּינִין:

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
This is the meaning of Rashi’s commentary: “when He heard their song”—in the merit of the Patriarchs. In other words, when song, which is the three colors of the rainbow, is very clear and pure—because the three colors are the Patriarchs, and they are the garments of the *Shekhinah,* so that when the garments are radiant in *ZaKuT* (purity) and clarity they are called “the *ZeKhuT* (merit) of the Patriarchs”—then, “I will see her and remember the everlasting covenant.” Then, “and in His abundant lovingkindness relented”—i.e., “the King’s wrath abated” and the judgments are mitigated.


###### Likutei Moharan 42:2:1
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גַּם עַל־יְדֵי אֱמוּנַת חֲכָמִים, שֶׁמַּאֲמִין שֶׁכָּל דִּבְרֵיהֶם וּמַעֲשֵׂיהֶם אֵינוֹ פָּשׁוּט, וְיֵשׁ בָּהֶם רָזִין, עַל־יְדֵי־כֵן מַלְבִּישׁ אֶת הַקֶּשֶׁת בִּלְבוּשִׁין דִּנְהִירִין, אֲזַי: וּרְאִיתִיהָ לִזְכֹּר בְּרִית עוֹלָם. כִּי הַצַּדִּיק הוּא בְּחִינַת קֶשֶׁת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי לְרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי: הֲנִרְאָה קֶשֶׁת בְּיָמֶיךָ וְכוּ' (כתובות עז:).

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
**2.** Also through faith in the sages—by believing that all the things they say and do are not simple but contain deep mysteries, one clothes the rainbow in radiant garments. Then, “I will see her and remember the everlasting covenant.” For the tzaddik corresponds to the rainbow, as Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai said to Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi: “Was a rainbow seen during your lifetime?” (Ketuvot 77b).


###### Likutei Moharan 42:2:2
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וְאִיתָא בַּזֹּהַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ (פ' פנחס דף רטו): מִי שֶׁעוּבְדוֹי לְאַנְהָרָא בְּהוֹן מַטְרוֹנִיתָא, וּלְמִפְשַׁט מִנַּהּ לְבוּשִׁין דְּקַדְרוּנִיתָא דְּפָשְׁטִין, וּלְקַשְּׁטָא בִּלְבוּשִׁין דִּגְוָנִין נְהִירִין דְּרָזִין דְּאוֹרַיְתָא, מָה כְּתִיב בֵּהּ: וּרְאִיתִיהָ לִזְכֹּר בְּרִית עוֹלָם, דְּאוֹר רָז אִתְקְרִי, וּבְהַהִיא זִמְנָא סָלֵק מִנֵּהּ רֻגְזָא דִּבְּרֵיהּ, וַחֲמַת הַמֶּלֶךְ שָׁכָכָה:

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
And in the holy *Zohar* it is brought: Someone whose devotions are intended to illuminate the Matron, so that he removes her dark garments which stem from the [Torah’s] simple meaning and adorns her in garments of radiant colors which stem from the Torah’s mysteries, of him it is written: “I will see her and remember the everlasting covenant.” For light is called a secret. Thus at that time his anger at his son disappears, “the king’s wrath abated.”


###### Likutei Moharan 42:3:1
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גַּם מִי שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה לְבוּשׁ נָאֶה לַצַּדִּיק, עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה נִמְתָּק הַדִּינִים:

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
**3.** Judgments are also mitigated when someone provides the tzaddik with nice garments.


###### Likutei Moharan 42:4:1
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גַּם זֶה בְּחִינוֹת תְּקִיעוֹת, כִּי תְּקִיעָה שְׁבָרִים תְּרוּעָה, הֵם הָאָבוֹת אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק יַעֲקֹב, וְסִימָנָךְ "קֶשֶׁת", הַיְנוּ תְּקִיעָה וְכוּ' (זוהר פנחס דף ר"ל:).

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
**4.** This also corresponds to the shofar blasts. For the *tekiah shevarim teruah* are the patriarchs Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov. The mnemonic for this is *KeSheT* (rainbow)—i.e., *teKiah* [*Shevarim Teruah*].


###### Likutei Moharan 42:4:2
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וְזֶהוּ פֵּרוּשׁ: (איוב כ״ב:כ״ה): וְהָיָה שַׁדַּי בְּצָרֶיךָ. כִּי שֵׁם שַׁדַּי הֵם הָאָבוֹת (זוהר שם רלא), כִּי שׁ' תְּלָת עַנְפֵי הָאִילָן, שֶׁהֵם הָאָבוֹת. וְהֵם שְׁלֹשָׁה שְׁמוֹת הַיִּחוּד: ה', אֱלֹקֵינוּ, ה', שֶׁהֵם י"ד אוֹתִיּוֹת, וְהֵם י"ד שֶׁל שַׁדַּי. וְרָאשֵׁי־תֵּבוֹת שֶׁל אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק יַעֲקֹב, הֵם הָרָאשֵׁי־תֵּבוֹת שֶׁל יְיָ אֱלֹקֵינוּ יְיָ:

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
And this is the explanation of “*Shadai* (the Almighty) will be your fortification” (Job 22:25). For the name *ShaDaI* corresponds to the Patriarchs. The *Shin* is the three branches of the tree, which are the Patriarchs. They are the three names of the unification *YHVH AELoHeINU YHVH,* which have fourteen letters—the *DI* of *ShaDaI.* In addition, the first letters of Avraham Yitzchak Yaakov are also the first letters of *YHVH Ӕloheinu YHVH.*


###### Likutei Moharan 42:5:1
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אֵין אֹמֶר וְאֵין דְּבָרִים בְּלִי נִשְׁמָע קוֹלָם (תהלים יט), זֶה בְּחִינַת קֶשֶׁת וְקוֹל, תְּלָת גְּוָנִין דְּקֶשֶׁת:

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
**5.** “There is no utterance or spoken word without their sound being heard” (Psalms 19:4). This is an aspect of the rainbow and the sound of the three colors of the rainbow.