## Likutei Moharan, Part II

###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 118:1:1
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לְעִנְיַן חִדּוּשֵׁי־תוֹרָה, שֶׁיֵּשׁ גְּדוֹלִים שֶׁהָיוּ מְשַׁבְּחִים אוֹתָם שֶׁאוֹמְרִים תּוֹרָה בְּלִי מַחֲשָׁבָה וְעִיּוּן מִקֹּדֶם, אָמַר שֶׁאֵין זֶה מַעֲלָה כָּל־כָּךְ, כִּי בְּוַדַּאי יְכוֹלִים לוֹמַר תּוֹרָה בְּלִי מַחֲשָׁבָה וְעִיּוּן, כִּי יְכוֹלִין לְקַשֵּׁר הַמַּחֲשָׁבָה וְהַדִּבּוּר לְהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ וְלוֹמַר תּוֹרָה בְּלִי מַחֲשָׁבָה וְעִיּוּן מִקֹּדֶם,

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
On the topic of original Torah insights: There are prominent individuals who are praised for their ability to deliver a Torah lesson without prior contemplation or study. Rebbe Nachman said that this did not make them so exceptional. A person can certainly deliver a Torah lesson extemporaneously, because it is possible to bind one’s thought and speech to God and then deliver a Torah lesson without prior contemplation and study.


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 118:1:2
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אֲבָל טוֹב יוֹתֵר כְּשֶׁחוֹשְׁבִין תּוֹרָה. וַהֲלֹא אֲפִלּוּ אֵצֶל הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ מָצִינוּ בַּמִּדְרָשׁ (ב"ר פ' כי תשא פ"מ), שֶׁהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ כְּשֶׁרוֹצֶה לְגַלּוֹת תּוֹרָה, הוּא חוֹזְרָהּ אַרְבַּע פְּעָמִים קֹדֶם שֶׁאוֹמְרָהּ. וְלָמְדוּ מִפָּסוּק: אָז רָאָה וַיְסַפְּרָהּ, הֱכִינָהּ וְגַם חֲקָרָהּ, שֶׁנִּכְתַּב בְּכָאן אַרְבַּע בְּחִינוֹת: רָאָה וַיְסַפְּרָהּ וְכוּ', שֶׁהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ, כִּבְיָכוֹל, רוֹאֶה וְסוֹפֵר וּמֵכִין וְחוֹקֵר דִּבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָה אַרְבַּע פְּעָמִים קֹדֶם שֶׁאוֹמְרָהּ, וְאַחַר־כָּךְ מְגַלֶּה אוֹתָהּ לְהָעוֹלָם. מִכָּל־שֶׁכֵּן בֶּן־אָדָם שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לַחֲשֹׁב וּלְעַיֵּן וְלַחֲקֹר וּלְבָרֵר הַדִּבְרֵי־תוֹרָה בְּמַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ תְּחִלָּה הֵיטֵב קֹדֶם שֶׁאוֹמְרָהּ:

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
However, it is better when one contemplates Torah. Is this not what even God does? We find in the Midrash (Bereishit Rabbah 24:5 ; Shemot Rabbah 40:1) that when God wants to reveal Torah, He reviews it four times before speaking it. They derived this from the verse “Then He saw it and told it; He prepared it and also explored it” (Job 28:27). Four aspects are recorded here: “He saw it and told it….” God sees, tells, prepares and explores the words of Torah, as it were; four times before speaking. Then, afterwards, He reveals it to the world. All the more so a human being; he first has to contemplate, study, research and clarify well in his mind the words of Torah, before he speaks.


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 118:2:1
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וְאָמַר, שֶׁעַכְשָׁו בְּנָקֵל מְאֹד לְחַדֵּשׁ בַּתּוֹרָה, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁכְּבָר נִתְפַּשְּׁטוּ חִבּוּרִים קְדוֹשִׁים הַרְבֵּה מִצַּדִּיקִים שֶׁבְּדוֹרוֹתֵינוּ. וּכְפִי הַשִּׂיחוֹת וְהַהִתְגַּלּוּת שֶׁנִּתְפַּשֵּׁט בְּיָמֵינוּ, בְּנָקֵל מְאֹד לְחַדֵּשׁ בַּתּוֹרָה.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
**2.** Rebbe Nachman also said that, nowadays, it is easy to produce new Torah insights, on account of the wide circulation of many holy works of the tzaddikim of our era. In accordance with the parlance and revelations that have spread widely in our times, it is very easy to originate in Torah.


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 118:2:2
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גַּם אָמַר עַל מַה שֶּׁמּוּבָא בַּזֹּהַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ: פָּתַח רַבִּי יִצְחָק וְאָמַר וְכוּ', וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּזֶה בִּשְׁאָר הַחֶבְרַיָּא קַדִּישָׁא, אָמַר: פָּתַח רַבִּי יִצְחָק – כְּשֶׁהָיָה רַק פּוֹתֵחַ אֶת פִּיו, תֵּכֶף וּמִיָּד הָיָה אוֹמֵר וּמְגַלֶּה תּוֹרָה. וְאַף־עַל־פִּי־כֵן כְּבָר מְבֹאָר, שֶׁטּוֹב יוֹתֵר לְעַיֵּן וְלַחֲשֹׁב (שֶׁקּוֹרִין טְרַאכְטִין) תּוֹרָה:

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
The Rebbe also spoke about that which the holy *Zohar* brings: “Rabbi Yitzchak opened by saying…,” and similar statements about others of the holy fellowship. He said: “Rabbi Yitzchak opened”—all he did was open his mouth, and immediately he began speaking and revealing Torah. Nevertheless, it has already been explained that better still is to study and contemplate (called *trakhtin*) Torah.