## Likutei Moharan, Part II

###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 28:1:1
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דַּע, שֶׁיֵּשׁ חִלּוּקִים בֵּין הַתּוֹרוֹת, כִּי יֵשׁ תּוֹרָה שֶׁלֹּא נִתְּנָה אֲפִלּוּ לִדְרֹשׁ, וְיֵשׁ תּוֹרָה שֶׁנִּתְּנָה לִדְרֹשׁ וְלֹא נִתְּנָה לִכְתֹּב. וְיֵשׁ שֶׁנִּתְּנָה לִכְתֹּב, וּכְמוֹ שֶׁמָּצִינוּ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (גיטין ס:): דְּבָרִים שֶׁבְּעַל־פֶּה אִי אַתָּה רַשַּׁאי לְאָמְרָם בִּכְתָב וְכוּ'.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
Know! there are differences between Torah lessons. There is Torah which was not given even to be expounded. There is also Torah which was given to be expounded, but was not given to be written down. And there is [Torah] which was given to be written down. This is as the Sages, of blessed memory, taught (Gittin 60b) : Teachings communicated orally may not be transmitted in writing….


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 28:1:2
[Likutei Moharan, Part II 28:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Likutei%20Moharan/s/Part%20II/r/28:1:2)

וּמִי שֶׁיּוֹדֵעַ לְהַבְחִין וּלְהַכִּיר בֵּין הַתּוֹרוֹת, אֵיזֶהוּ נִתְּנָה לִכְתֹּב, וְאֵיזֶהוּ לֹא נִתְּנָה לִכְתֹּב – הוּא יָכוֹל לְהַכִּיר אֶת אִישׁ יִשְׂרְאֵלִי בֵּין הָאֻמּוֹת, וַאֲפִלּוּ אִם אֶחָד מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל עוֹמֵד בֵּין כַּמָּה אֻמּוֹת, יָכוֹל לְהַכִּירוֹ.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
Anyone who knows how to distinguish and discern between the Torah lessons—which was given to be written down and which was not given to be written down—has the ability to discern the Jew among the gentiles. Even if a single Jew is standing among many gentiles, he is able to recognize him.


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 28:1:3
[Likutei Moharan, Part II 28:1:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Likutei%20Moharan/s/Part%20II/r/28:1:3)

וְסוֹד זֶה מְרֻמָּז בַּפָּסוּק (הושע ח׳:י״ב): אֶכְתָּב לוֹ רֻבֵּי תּוֹרָתִי כְּמוֹ זָר נֶחֱשָׁבוּ; הַיְנוּ כְּשֶׁכּוֹתְבִין רֻבֵּי תּוֹרָתִי, הַיְנוּ רַב יוֹתֵר מֵהָרָאוּי, דְּהַיְנוּ שֶׁכּוֹתְבִין מַה שֶּׁלֹּא נִתָּן לִכְתֹּב כַּנַּ"ל, אֲזַי כְּמוֹ זָר נֶחֱשָׁבוּ, הַיְנוּ שֶׁאֵין יוּכַל לְהַכִּיר אֶת הַיִּשְׂרָאֵל, וּכְמוֹ זָר נֶחֱשָׁב אֶצְלוֹ, שֶׁנִּדְמֶה לוֹ לְזָר וּלְנָכְרִי, וְכֵן לְהֵפֶךְ, שֶׁיּוּכַל לִטְעוֹת עַל הַנָּכְרִי שֶׁהוּא יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּנַּ"ל.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
This mystery is hinted at in the verse (Hosea 8:12), “Many of My Torah teachings I have written for him; they have been regarded as something alien.” In other words, when one writes down “Many of My Torah teachings”—many more than is fitting, i.e., that which ought not be written down—then, “they have been regarded as something alien.” In other words, he is unable to recognize the Jew. He regards him as alien, because he appears to him to be a stranger and a gentile. And conversely, he might mistake the gentile for a Jew.


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 28:1:4
[Likutei Moharan, Part II 28:1:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Likutei%20Moharan/s/Part%20II/r/28:1:4)

כִּי עִקָּר הַהֶבְדֵּל שֶׁבֵּין יִשְׂרָאֵל לָאֻמּוֹת הוּא בִּבְחִינַת מַה שֶּׁלֹּא נִתָּן לִכְתֹּב, בְּחִינַת תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל־פֶּה. כְּמוֹ דְּאִיתָא, שֶׁבִּשְׁבִיל זֶה נִתְּנָה תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל־פֶּה, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁצָּפָה שֶׁיִּהְיוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּגָּלוּת, וְיַעְתִּיקוּ הָאֻמּוֹת לְעַצְמָן תּוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְתָב, עַל־כֵּן נָתַן לָנוּ תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל־פֶּה, שֶׁזֶּה אֵינָם יְכוֹלִים לְהַעְתִּיק, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁהוּא בְּעַל־פֶּה.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
For that which mainly separates Jew from gentile is an aspect of that which was given not to be written down, the concept of the Oral Torah. As it is brought: This is why the Oral Torah was given. It was because [God] foresaw that the Jewish people would be in exile, and that the nations would reproduce the Written Torah for themselves. He therefore gave us the Oral Torah, which they cannot reproduce because it is oral.


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 28:1:5
[Likutei Moharan, Part II 28:1:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Likutei%20Moharan/s/Part%20II/r/28:1:5)

נִמְצָא שֶׁעִקָּר הַהֶבְדֵּל וְהַיִּתְרוֹן שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל הָאֻמּוֹת הוּא בִּבְחִינַת תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל־פֶּה, שֶׁלֹּא נִתַּן לִכְתֹּב. וְיֵשׁ בְּכָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל חֵלֶק מִבְּחִינַת תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל־פֶּה שֶׁלֹּא נִתַּן לִכְתֹּב. וְעַל־כֵּן מִי שֶׁמַּכִּיר בֵּין הַתּוֹרוֹת שֶׁנִּתְּנוּ לִכְתֹּב וְשֶׁלֹּא נִתְּנוּ לִכְתֹּב, הוּא יָכוֹל לְהַכִּיר בֵּין יִשְׂרָאֵל לָאֻמּוֹת, כִּי זֶה עִקָּר הֶבְדֵּלָם כַּנַּ"ל:

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
It follows, that the main difference and advantage which the Jewish people has over the nations is in the aspect of the Oral Torah, which was not given to be written. And every single Jew has a portion in the Oral Torah, which was not meant to be written. Therefore, someone who can discern the Torah lessons given to be written down from those which were not given to be written down, is able to discern Jew from gentile—since this is their main difference.