## Shivchei HaRan Chapter 2

###### Shivchei HaRan 2:1
[Shivchei HaRan 2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shivchei%20HaRan/r/2:1)

גַּם בִּהְיוֹתוֹ יוֹשֵׁב לִפְנֵי רַבּוֹ לִלְמֹד בִּימֵי קַטְנוּתוֹ, הָיָה רוֹצֶה תָּמִיד לְקַיֵּם: "שִׁוִּיתִי ה' לְנֶגְדִּי תָמִיד" וְהָיָה מִתְיַגֵּעַ לְצַיֵּר נֶגֶד עֵינָיו שֵׁם: "הוי"ה" בָּרוּךְ הוּא, וּמֵחֲמַת שֶׁהָיְתָה מַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ טְרוּדָה בָּזֶה לֹא הָיָה יוֹדֵעַ מַה שֶּׁלּוֹמֵד וְהָיָה רַבּוֹ כּוֹעֵס עָלָיו.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
As a young child, the Rebbe wanted to literally fulfill the verse, “I have set God before me constantly” (Psalms 16:8). He continually tried to depict God’s Ineffable Name². before his eyes, even while studying with his tutor. His thoughts were so occupied that he often did not know his lessons, making his teacher very angry.

footnotes:
² The four letters of the Tetragrammaton, YHVH


###### Shivchei HaRan 2:2
[Shivchei HaRan 2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shivchei%20HaRan/r/2:2)

וְאַף־עַל־פִּי־כֵן, כָּל יְמֵי יַלְדוּתוֹ הָיָה עוֹשֶׂה עִנְיְנֵי מַעֲשֵׂה נַעֲרוּת הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד, דְּהַיְנוּ עִנְיְנֵי שְׂחוֹק וּקְפִיצוֹת וְטִיּוּל (שֶׁקּוֹרִין פַאר שַׁייט) וְהָיָה רָגִיל בָּזֶה מְאֹד.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
Despite this, the Rebbe acted like a normal child his age – playing, jumping and taking walks. He behaved this way constantly.