## Likutei Moharan Torah 83

###### Likutei Moharan 83:1:1
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מַתָּן בַּסֵּתֶר יִכְפֶּה אַף (משלי כא).

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
“*Matan B’Seiter* (Charity Given in Secret) Subdues Anger.” (Proverbs 21:14)


###### Likutei Moharan 83:1:2
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דַּע, כִּי בְּהָאָלֶף־בֵּית יֵשׁ שִׁשָּׁה פֵּאִין. דְּהַיְנוּ: אָלֶף אִי אֶפְשָׁר לִקְרוֹת בְּלֹא פ'. גַּם כָּף ך"ף, פ', ף, וְקוּף, גַּם כֵּן אִי אֶפְשָׁר לִקְרֹא אוֹתָן בְּלֹא פ', נִמְצָא שֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּהָא"ב שִׁשָּׁה פֵּאִין.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
Behold, the letter *peh* appears six times in the Hebrew alphabet. That is, an *alePh* cannot be pronounced without a *Peh,* and it is also impossible to pronounce a *kaPh,* an end- *kaPh,* a *Peh*, an end- *Peh,* and a *kuPh* without a *Peh*. Thus the Hebrew alphabet contains six *pehs* .


###### Likutei Moharan 83:1:3
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וְשִׁשָּׁה פְּעָמִים פ', גִּימַטְרִיָּא ת"פ, כְּמִנְיַן לִילִית.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
The numerical value of six times the letter *peh* is four hundred and eighty, the same value as *LYLYT* (Lilith).


###### Likutei Moharan 83:1:4
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וְהִנֵּה חַס וְשָׁלוֹם, כְּשֶׁאֵרַע לָאָדָם מִקְרֶה בִּלְתִּי טָהוֹר, הוּא עַל־יְדֵי הַקְּלִפָּה הַנַּ"ל, כַּיָּדוּעַ. וְהִנֵּה הַקְּלִפָּה הַנַּ"ל יוֹנֶקֶת מִן הָאָלֶף־בֵּית כְּמִנְיַן שְׁמָהּ, הַיְנוּ מִן הַפֵּאִין הַנַּ"ל, וְנַעֲשֶׂה מִן פֵּא אַף.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
When, God forbid, a man experiences an emission that renders him spiritually impure, then the aforementioned *kelipah* (evil force) leeches sustenance from the alphabet—i.e., from the *pehs—* equal to the value of its name. This turns the *PÆh* into *APh* (anger).


###### Likutei Moharan 83:1:5
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לְפִיכָךְ אָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (סוטה יז): אִישׁ וְאִשָּׁה, זָכוּ – שְׁכִינָה שְׁרוּיָה בֵּינֵיהֶם, לֹא זָכוּ – הַיְנוּ שֶׁהוּא בִּלְתִּי טָהוֹר, אֵשׁ אוֹכַלְתּוֹ. כִּי דַּע וּרְאֵה, כִּי הָאוֹתִיּוֹת עַצְמָן שֶׁל הַפֵּאִין (הַיְנוּ א, כ, ך, פ, ף, ק, הַנַּ"ל), הֵם גִּימַטְרִיָּא "אֵשׁ", וְנוֹקְמִין בּוֹ.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
Therefore our Sages, of blessed memory, taught: If a man and a woman are worthy, the Divine Presence resides in their midst. If they are unworthy—that is, if he is spiritually impure—a fire consumes him (Sotah 17a). Know and see, these *peh* -letters themselves (i.e., *aleph, kaph,* end- *kaph, peh,* end- *peh, kuph*) have the same numerical value as *AiSh* (fire), and they exact punishment from him.


###### Likutei Moharan 83:1:6
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וּכְשֶׁנּוֹתֵן צְדָקָה בַּסֵּתֶר, פּוֹדֶה הַנִּיצוֹצוֹת הַקְּדוֹשׁוֹת מִן הַקְּלִפָּה, וְנַעֲשֶׂה מִן הָאַף פֵּא.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
But when a person gives charity anonymously, he redeems the sparks of holiness from the *kelipah*. The *APh* reverts to a *PÆh.*


###### Likutei Moharan 83:1:7
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וְזֶהוּ: מַתָּן בַּסֵּתֶר יִכְפֶּה אָף –

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
This is the meaning of: “Charity given in secret *yikhpeh aph* (subdues anger).”


###### Likutei Moharan 83:1:8
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מִלְּשׁוֹן כּוֹפֶה עָלָיו כְּלִי (שֶׁהוּא לְשׁוֹן הֲפִיכָה). וְזֶה: יִכְפֶּה אָף, שֶׁכּוֹפֶה וְהוֹפֵךְ הָ"אַף", וְנַעֲשֶׂה פֵּא, [וְהוּא פִּלְאִי]:

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
[The meaning of *yiKhPeH* is] as in “*KoPheH* a utensil over it” (Pesachim 6a) {which connotes *haPhiKhaH,* (inverting)}. This is “*yiKhPeH APh*”—he subdues and inverts the *APh,* so that it becomes *PÆh.* [This is wondrous.]