## Likutei Moharan Torah 43

###### Likutei Moharan 43:1:1
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לְשׁוֹן רַבֵּנוּ זִכְרוֹנוֹ לִבְרָכָה דַּע, כִּי הַדִּבּוּרִים שֶׁל הָרָשָׁע שֶׁהוּא בַּר דַּעַת מוֹלִידִים נִאוּף בְּהַשּׁוֹמֵעַ, כִּי הַזִּוּוּגִים נִמְשָׁכִים מֵהַדַּעַת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (בראשית ד): וְהָאָדָם יָדַע אֶת חַוָּה אִשְׁתּוֹ; וּכְתִיב (במדבר לא): כָּל אִשָּׁה יֹדַעַת אִישׁ.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
Know! the words of a wicked person who has *daat* (knowledge) engender [the desire for] adultery in the listener. This is because union is drawn from *daat,* as is written (Genesis 4:1), “Adam *knew* his wife Chavah.” And it is written (Numbers 31:17), “every woman who has *known* a man.”


###### Likutei Moharan 43:1:2
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אַךְ יֵשׁ שְׁנֵי מִינֵי זִוּוּגִים, הַיְנוּ זִוּוּג דִּקְדֻשָּׁה, הוּא הִתְקַשְּׁרוּת לְצַדִּיקִים וְאֶל הַתּוֹרָה וְאֶל הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ, זֶה נִמְשָׁךְ מִדַּעַת דִּקְדֻשָּׁה. וְזִוּוּגִים שֶׁל עֲבֵרָה, נִמְשָׁכִים מִדַּעַת דִּקְלִפָּה.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
However, there are two types of unions: the union of holiness—this is binding with the tzaddikim and the Torah and the Holy One, which stems from holy *daat;* and the unions of sin, [which] stem from the *daat* of the evil forces.


###### Likutei Moharan 43:1:3
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וְהַדִּבּוּר הוּא הִתְגַּלּוּת הַדַּעַת, כִּי אֵין יוֹדְעִים מַה שֶּׁבַּדַּעַת אֶלָּא עַל־יְדֵי הַדִּבּוּר, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (תהילים י״ט:ג׳): וְלַיְלָה לְלַיְלָה יְחַוֶּה דָּעַת. יְחַוֶּה מִלְּשׁוֹן דִּבּוּר, שֶׁהַדִּבּוּר מְדַבֵּר מַה שֶּׁבַּדַּעַת. וּכְשֶׁרָשָׁע מְדַבֵּר וּמוֹצִיא מִפִּיו הֲבָלִים, מוֹלִיד אֲוִירִים אַרְסִיִּים שֶׁל נִאוּף, וְהַשּׁוֹמֵעַ מִמֶּנּוּ הַדִּבּוּרִים, וְנוֹשֵׁם נְשִׁימוֹת, מַכְנִיס בְּגוּפוֹ אֵלּוּ הָאֲוִירִים.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
Now, the spoken word is the revelation of *Daat.* For the only way we know what is in *Daat* is through speech, as is written (Psalms 19:3), “and night following night expresses *daat .*” “Expresses” connotes speech. The spoken word speaks that which is in *Daat.* Thus when a wicked person speaks and expels air from his mouth, he produces the poisonous air of adultery. And whoever hears his words and breathes in, takes this air into his body.


###### Likutei Moharan 43:1:4
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וּלְפִיכָךְ, בְּבִלְעָם, שֶׁהוּא בְּחִינוֹת דַּעַת דִּקְלִפָּה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁדָּרְשׁוּ חֲכָמֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (ספרי פ' וזאת הברכה, ובזוהר שמות דף כא: בלק דף קצג:): עַל פָּסוּק: לֹא קָם כְּמֹשֶׁה וְכוּ' – בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא קָם, אֲבָל בָּאֻמּוֹת קָם, וּמָנוּ בִּלְעָם. כִּי מֹשֶׁה הוּא דַּעַת, וְלָזֶה נִקְרָא דּוֹרוֹ דּוֹר דֵּעָה (ויקרא רבה פ"ט).

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
It therefore [says] of Bilaam that he corresponds to the *daat* of the evil forces. As our Sages expounded on the verse (Deuteronomy 34:10), “Never [again] did there arise… like Moshe”—there did not arise in Israel but there did arise among the nations. And who was he? Bilaam (Sifri; Zohar II, 21b). For Moshe is *daat,* which is why his generation [of Jews] is called the Generation of *Daat* (Vayikra Rabbah 9:1).


###### Likutei Moharan 43:1:5
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וּלְכָךְ כְּשֶׁנָּטְלוּ מוֹאָב עֵצָה מִמִּדְיָן, אָמְרוּ לָהֶם: אֵין כֹּחוֹ אֶלָּא בַּפֶּה, כִּי הַפֶּה הוּא הִתְגַּלּוּת הַדַּעַת. אָמַר מוֹאָב: אַף אָנוּ נָבוֹא עֲלֵיהֶם בְּאָדָם שֶׁכֹּחוֹ בַּפֶּה. כִּי הוּא גַּם כֵּן דַּעַת דִּקְלִפָּה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (קהלת ז׳:י״ד): אֶת זֶה לְעֻמַּת זֶה עָשָׂה אֱלֹקִים.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
Thus when the Moabites sought counsel from the Midianites, they said to them: “His power is only in the mouth.” This is because the mouth reveals the *daat.* The Moabites responded: “We, too, will come against them with a person whose power is in the mouth.” For he is also *daat* of the evil forces, as is written (Ecclesiastes 7:14), “God made one to contrast the other.”


###### Likutei Moharan 43:1:6
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וְזֶה שֶׁכָּתוּב (במדבר כ״ד:ט״ז): וְיוֹדֵעַ דַּעַת עֶלְיוֹן; וְדָרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (ברכות ז): שֶׁיָּדַע מָתַי הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא כּוֹעֵס.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
And this is what is written (Numbers 24:16), “who knows the *Daat* of the Most High.” On this our Sages expounded: He knew when the Holy One was angry (Berakhot 7a).


###### Likutei Moharan 43:1:7
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כִּי כְּשֶׁהַדַּעַת אֵינוֹ בְּיִשּׁוּב, אֲזַי יֵשׁ כַּעַס, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (פסחים סו:): כָּל הַכּוֹעֵס חָכְמָתוֹ מִסְתַּלֶּקֶת מִמֶּנּוּ. וּלְפִיכָךְ כְּשֶׁכָּעַס מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ עָלָיו הַשָּׁלוֹם, עַל אַנְשֵׁי הַצָּבָא כְּשֶׁבָּאוּ מִמִּדְיָן, נִסְתַּלֵּק מִמֶּנּוּ הַדַּעַת, וְהֻצְרַךְ אֶלְעָזָר לוֹמַר הִלְכוֹת טְבִילוֹת כֵּלִים. וּכְשֶׁהַדַּעַת שָׁלֵם, אֲזַי אֵין כַּעַס, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (ישעיהו י״א:ט׳): לֹא יָרֵעוּ וְלֹא יַשְׁחִיתוּ בְּכָל הַר קָדְשִׁי, כִּי מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ דֵּעָה.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
For when the *daat* is not calm, there is anger, as our Sages taught: Whoever gets angry, his wisdom leaves him (Pesachim 66b). Therefore, when Moshe Rabbeinu, may he rest in peace, got angry at the soldiers returning from Midian, his *daat* left him. Elazar then had to teach the laws relating to the immersion of vessels. But when the *daat* is whole, there is no anger, as is written (Isaiah 11:9), “They will do nothing evil or vile in all of My sacred mountain, for the land will be filled with *daat.*”


###### Likutei Moharan 43:1:8
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וּבִלְעָם הָיָה מִסְתַּכֵּל בְּדַעַת דִּקְלִפָּה, שֶׁהוּא מוֹתָרוֹת שֶׁל דַּעַת עֶלְיוֹן, וּכְשֶׁמִּשְׁתַּנֶּה, יָדַע שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא בְּכַעַס.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
But Bilaam would focus on the *daat* of the evil forces, which is the extraneous matter of the *Daat* of the Most High. When it would change, he knew that the Holy One was angry.


###### Likutei Moharan 43:1:9
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נִמְצָא שֶׁבִּלְעָם הוּא דַּעַת דִּקְלִפָּה, וְעַל־יְדֵי דִּבּוּרָיו הוֹלִיד אֲוִירִים אַרְסִיִּים שֶׁל נִאוּף. לָזֶה כְּשֶׁבָּאוּ מִמִּלְחֶמֶת מִדְיָן, נֶאֱמַר (במדבר ל״א:ט״ו-ט״ז): וַיִּקְצֹף מֹשֶׁה עַל פְּקוּדֵי הֶחָיִל, וַיֹּאמֶר הַחִיִּיתֶם כָּל נְקֵבָה, הֵן הֵנָּה הָיוּ בִּדְבַר בִּלְעָם. בִּדְבַר דַּיְקָא, כִּי עַל־יְדֵי דְּבָרָיו, שֶׁהוּא הִתְגַּלּוּת הַדַּעַת שֶׁלּוֹ, הוֹלִיד נִאוּף בְּמִדְיָן.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
We see, then, that Bilaam is the *daat* of the evil forces, and through his speech he produces the poisonous air of adultery. Therefore, when [the Israelites] returned from the battle against Midian, it states (Numbers 31:14-16): “But Moshe became angry at the army officers… saying, ‘Why have you spared all the women? They are the very ones who carried out Bilaam’s word.’” Specifically “word,” for through his word, which is a revelation of his *daat,* he engendered adultery in Midian.


###### Likutei Moharan 43:1:10
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וּלְפִיכָךְ כְּשֶׁבָּאוּ מִמִּלְחֲמוֹת מִדְיָן כְּתִיב (שם): וַיִּקְרְבוּ אֶל מֹשֶׁה רָאשֵׁי הַפְּקֻדִים וְכוּ', וַיֹּאמְרוּ וַנַּקְרֵב אֶת קָרְבָּן ה' וְכוּ', לְכַפֵּר עַל נַפְשׁוֹתֵינוּ לִפְנֵי ה'. וְדָרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (שבת סד), שֶׁכָּךְ אָמְרוּ: אַף־עַל־פִּי שֶׁמִּידֵי עֲבֵרָה יָצָאנוּ, מִידֵי הִרְהוּר לֹא יָצָאנוּ:

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
Consequently, when they returned from the battle against Midian, it is written (ibid.:48-50), “The officers approached Moshe… and said, ‘We therefore want to bring an offering to God… to atone for our souls before God.’” And our Sages expounded (Shabbat 64a): This is what they said: “Even though we avoided sinning, we did not avoid evil thoughts.”