## Likutei Moharan Torah 71

###### Likutei Moharan 71:1:1
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דַּע, שֶׁקָּשֶׁה מְאֹד לִהְיוֹת מְפֻרְסָם, כִּי מַה שֶּׁהוּא מְפֻרְסָם, הוּא מַזִּיק לוֹ מְאֹד, כִּי לִפְעָמִים צָרִיךְ לִסְבֹּל יִסּוּרִין בִּשְׁבִיל רַבִּים, כְּמָה שֶׁכָּתוּב (ישעיהו נ״ג:ה׳): וּבַחֲבֻרָתוֹ נִרְפָּא לָנוּ. כִּי מֵאַחַר שֶׁהוּא מְפֻרְסָם, עַל־כֵּן הוּא בִּבְחִינוֹת (שם): לָכֵן אֲחַלֶּק לוֹ בָרַבִּים, עַל־כֵּן צָרִיךְ לִסְבֹּל יִסּוּרִין בִּשְׁבִיל רַבִּים, כִּי עָלָיו נֶאֱמַר: וּבַחֲבֻרָתוֹ נִרְפָּא לָנוּ. רַק שֶׁיֵּשׁ כַּמָּה בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁצְּרִיכִין לִהְיוֹת מְפֻרְסָמִים, וְעוֹשִׂים אוֹתָם דַּוְקָא מְפֻרְסָמִים.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
Know, ***Sh’kasheh Me’od Lihiyot Mefursam*** (It is Very Difficult to be Famous). Being widely known causes a person great harm. There are times when it requires that he suffer on behalf of the masses, as it is written (Isaiah 53:5), “and through his wounds we were healed.” On account of his fame, he is in the category of “Therefore, I will give him a portion from the many” (ibid. 53:12). He therefore has to suffer on behalf of the many, since it is said of him: “and through his wounds we were healed.” Nevertheless, some people are meant to be famous, and [Heaven] makes them, in particular, widely known.


###### Likutei Moharan 71:1:2
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אֲבָל יֵשׁ צַדִּיקִים, שֶׁמְּקַבְּלִים מֵעַצְמָם יִסּוּרִים עֲלֵיהֶם בִּשְׁבִיל יִשְׂרָאֵל, וּבָזֶה מַחֲלִיפִין הַשֶּׁפַע. כַּמְבֹאָר לְמַעְלָה בְּסִימָן ס"ג עַל פָּסוּק: וּבִשְׁתַּיִם יְכַסֶּה פָנָיו, עַיֵּן שָׁם:

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
However, there are certain tzaddikim who accept suffering upon themselves of their own accord, for the sake of the Jewish people. By doing so, they exchange the spiritual influx; as explained above, in Lesson #63:3, concerning the verse “with two it would conceal its face.” See there.