## Likutei Moharan, Part II

###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 62:1:1
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אֵלֶּה מַסְעֵי בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל (במדבר ל״ג:א׳).

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
“These are the journeys of the Children of Israel.” (Numbers 33:1)


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 62:1:2
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אִיתָא בַּמִּדְרָשׁ, שֶׁמַּסְעֵי בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, דְּהַיְנוּ הַנְּסִיעוֹת שֶׁבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נוֹסְעִין מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם, הֵם מְכַפְּרִין עַל אֵלֶּה אֱלֹקֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל, הַיְנוּ עַל פְּגַם עֲבוֹדָה־זָרָה.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
The Midrash teaches: The “journeys of the Children of Israel”—i.e., the travels which the Jews take from place to place—atone for “These are your gods, O Israel” (Exodus 32:4)—i.e., for the blemish of idolatry.


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 62:1:3
[Likutei Moharan, Part II 62:1:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Likutei%20Moharan/s/Part%20II/r/62:1:3)

כִּי אֲפִלּוּ כְּשֶׁאֵין עוֹבְדִין עֲבוֹדָה־זָרָה, יֵשׁ פְּגַם עֲבוֹדָה־זָרָה, כִּי קִלְקוּל הָאֱמוּנָה הִיא גַם־כֵּן בְּחִינַת עֲבוֹדָה־זָרָה, וּכְמוֹ שֶׁמּוּבָא (בְּשֵׁם הַבַּעַל־שֵׁם־טוֹב) עַל פָּסוּק (דברים י״א:ט״ז): וְסַרְתֶּם וַעֲבַדְתֶּם אֱלֹקִים אֲחֵרִים, שֶׁתֵּכֶף כְּשֶׁסָּרִים מֵהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ הוּא בְּחִינַת עֲבוֹדָה־זָרָה, וְעַל־יְדֵי הַנְּסִיעוֹת שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל נִתְכַּפֵּר.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
For even if there is no actual worshiping of idolatry, there is the blemish of idolatry. This is because a marring of faith is also the concept of idolatry. This is as is brought (in the name of the Baal Shem Tov) on the verse “you will stray and worship other gods” (Deuteronomy 11:16)—as soon as one turns from God, it is the concept of idolatry. But through the travels of the Jews it is atoned.


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 62:1:4
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וְכָל זְמַן שֶׁיֵּשׁ עֲבוֹדָה־זָרָה בָּעוֹלָם, חֲרוֹן־אַף בָּעוֹלָם (ספרי פ' ראה והובא בפירש"י שם). נִמְצָא כְּשֶׁנִּתְכַּפֵּר פְּגַם עֲבוֹדָה־זָרָה כַּנַּ"ל, נִמְתָּק הַחֲרוֹן־אַף, וְנִמְשָׁךְ רַחֲמָנוּת.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
And “as long as there is idol worship in the world, there is Divine wrath in the world” (Sifri, Deuteronomy 13:18). It follows, that when the blemish of idolatry is atoned, Divine wrath is mitigated and compassion is evoked.


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 62:1:5
[Likutei Moharan, Part II 62:1:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Likutei%20Moharan/s/Part%20II/r/62:1:5)

וְעִקָּר רַחֲמָנוּת הוּא בִּבְחִינַת (בראשית מ״ג:י״ד): וְאֵל שַׁדַּי יִתֵּן לָכֶם רַחֲמִים – לָכֶם דַּיְקָא. הַיְנוּ שֶׁהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ יִתֵּן לָנוּ הָרַחֲמָנוּת, שֶׁיִּמְסֹר אֶת הָרַחֲמָנוּת בְּיָדֵינוּ. כִּי אֶצְלוֹ יִתְבָּרַךְ יָכוֹל לִהְיוֹת, שֶׁגַּם הַחוֹלַאַת הַקָּשָׁה וְכָל הַיִּסּוּרִין הֵם הָרַחֲמָנוּת שֶׁלּוֹ, כִּי בְּוַדַּאי כָּל מַה שֶּׁהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ עוֹשֶׂה לְהָאָדָם, אֲפִלּוּ יִסּוּרִין קָשִׁים, הַכֹּל הוּא רַק רַחֲמָנוּת,

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
And the main compassion is when “God Almighty will give to you compassion” (Genesis 43:14)—specifically, “to you.” In other words, that God will give us the compassion; He will put it in our hands. From God’s perspective, it can be that even the most serious illness and all [other kinds of] affliction are His compassion, since certainly everything which God sends a person, even terrible suffering, is nothing but compassion.


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 62:1:6
[Likutei Moharan, Part II 62:1:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Likutei%20Moharan/s/Part%20II/r/62:1:6)

אֲבָל אָנוּ מְבַקְּשִׁים, שֶׁיִּתֵּן וְיִמְסֹר בְּיָדֵינוּ אֶת הָרַחֲמָנוּת, כִּי אֵין אָנוּ מְבִינִים הָרַחֲמָנוּת שֶׁלּוֹ, וְגַם אֵין אָנוּ יְכוֹלִין לְקַבֵּל אוֹתוֹ הָרַחֲמָנוּת שֶׁלּוֹ הַנַּ"ל, רַק שֶׁהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ יִתֵּן בְּיָדֵינוּ אֶת הָרַחֲמָנוּת, שֶׁאֲנַחְנוּ בְּעַצְמֵנוּ נְרַחֵם עָלֵינוּ, וְאֶצְלֵנוּ הָרַחֲמָנוּת בִּפְשִׁיטוּת, לְהִתְרַפֵּא מִן הַחֹלִי וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּזֶה.

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
We, however, request that He give and put the compassion in our hands, because we cannot comprehend His compassion and are unable to bear it [when] His compassion [is in the form of suffering]. Rather, [we ask] that God put the compassion in our hands so that we ourselves might show ourselves compassion. And for us, the compassion is straightforward: to be healed of the illness and the like.


###### Likutei Moharan, Part II 62:1:7
[Likutei Moharan, Part II 62:1:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Likutei%20Moharan/s/Part%20II/r/62:1:7)

וְזֶהוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל – רָאשֵׁי־תֵבוֹת: אֵל שַׁדַּי יִתֵּן לָכֶם רַחֲמִים, כַּנַּ"ל, כִּי הָרַחֲמָנוּת נַעֲשָׂה עַל־יְדֵי מַסְעֵי בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּנַּ"ל:

**Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012:**
Thus, YiSRaEL is an acronym for “*El Shadai Yitein Lakhem Rachamim* (God Almighty will give to you compassion),” because the compassion comes about through the journeys of the Children of Yisrael,” as mentioned above.