## Shivchei HaRan, An Account of His Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

###### Shivchei HaRan, An Account of His Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 32:1
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גַּם תֵּכֶף כְּשֶׁבָּא לְשָׁם לִטְבֶרְיָה, שָׁלַח אֵלָיו הָרַב הֶחָסִיד הַמְפֻרְסָם הַגְּבִיר מוֹרֵנוּ הָרַב מֹשֶׁה ז"ל (בֶּן הָרַב הַקָּדוֹשׁ הַמְפֻרְסָם מוֹרֵנוּ הָרַב מְנַחֵם מֶנְדִּיל זצ"ל וִויטֶפְּסְקֶר) שֶׁרוֹצֶה לְהִתְחַתֵּן עִמּוֹ.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
When the Rebbe first came to Tiberias, the renowned chassid and philanthropist, Rabbi Moshe, son of the holy Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk,⁷¹mentions that his son, Moshe, had a son named Shmuel. Most probably, Shmuel was the one matched with Rebbe Nachman’s daughter, Miriam. sent to the Rebbe, announcing that he would like to make a match between their children.

footnotes:
⁷¹ Rabbi Menachem Mendel (1730-1788) was a leading disciple of Rabbi Dov Ber, the Maggid of Mezeritch. He led a massive pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1777 and settled in Tiberias, becoming the leader of the Chassidic community in Israel (see above, n.46). A biography published together with his Likutey Amarim


###### Shivchei HaRan, An Account of His Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 32:2
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וְהֵשִׁיב רַבֵּנוּ ז"ל: "הַאֵיךְ יְכוֹלִים לְמָאֵן בְּשִׁדּוּךְ? מִן הַסְּתָם מֵהַשֵּׁם יָצָא הַדָּבָר שֶׁתִּהְיֶה בִּתִּי בָּאָרֶץ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה" וְלֹא דִּבֵּר יוֹתֵר.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Rebbe replied, “How can one refuse such a match? It is certainly God’s will that my daughter live in the Holy Land.”


###### Shivchei HaRan, An Account of His Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 32:3
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וּמִיָּד הָלַךְ הַשַּׁדְכָן וְהֵשִׁיב לְהָרַב רַבִּי מֹשֶׁה הַנַּ"ל שֶׁרַבֵּנוּ ז"ל מְרֻצֶּה. וְתֵכֶף עָשָׂה סְעֻדָּה גְּדוֹלָה.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Rebbe said nothing else, and the matchmaker immediately went and told Rabbi Moshe that the Rebbe had agreed. They immediately planned a great feast to celebrate the match.


###### Shivchei HaRan, An Account of His Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 32:4
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וְהָיוּ עַל הַסְּעֻדָּה כָּל גְּדוֹלֵי אֶרֶץ־יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵן מִמְּדִינַת לִיטָא וְהֵן מִמְּדִינַת פּוֹלִין, כֻּלָּם כְּאֶחָד גְּדוֹלִים וּקְטַנִּים. וְהָיָה לָהֶם שִׂמְחָה גְּדוֹלָה. וּבְתוֹךְ הַסְּעֻדָּה דִּבְּרוּ דִּבְרֵי־תּוֹרָה בֵּינֵיהֶם.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
All the leaders of the Holy Land, from Lithuania and Poland, great and small alike, were assembled at the feast. It was a most joyous gathering, and the meal was accompanied by a flowing conversation covering the length and breadth of the sacred literature.


###### Shivchei HaRan, An Account of His Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 32:5
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וְרֹאשׁ הַמְדַבְּרִים הָיָה זֶה הַגָּדוֹל הַנַּ"ל שֶׁרָצָה שֶׁרַבֵּנוּ יְגַלֶּה לוֹ הַנְּקֻדָּה וְכוּ'. בְּתוֹךְ דִּבְרֵיהֶם נִשְׁכַּח מֵהֶם אֵיזֶה רַשִׁ"י אַיֵּה אֵפוֹא מְקוֹמָהּ?. וְרָצוּ לְהַעֲלוֹתָהּ עַל זִכְרוֹנָם כִּי הָיָה מֻכְרָח לָהֶם מְאֹד לְעִנְיָנָם. וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לָזוּז מִשָּׁם מֵחֲמַת זֶה, וְהָיָה לָהֶם לְפֶלֶא. כִּי כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד מֵהֶם סִיֵּם בְּסָמוּךְ כָּל הַשַּׁ"ס וְאֵין אֶחָד מֵהֶם יוֹדֵעַ מְקוֹם הָרַשִׁ"י הַנַּ"ל אֵיפֹה הִיא נִשְׁנֵית.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The leading speaker was the one mentioned earlier, who had asked the Rebbe his intentions in the Holy Land. The conversation led them to a discussion of a quotation from *Rashi*,⁷² (1040-1105), leading commentator on the Talmud and *Tanakh* (Hebrew Bible). but nobody could remember its location. The conversation stopped, frustrated by the lack of this key quotation. Try as they did, no one could recall it. This in itself was a wonder, for here were the foremost sages, each one having recently reviewed the entire Talmud. Still, not one of them could locate this particular quotation.

footnotes:
⁷² Acronym for Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki


###### Shivchei HaRan, An Account of His Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 32:6
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וְרַבֵּנוּ הָיָה דּוּמָם כְּמוֹ שֶׁאֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ גַּם־כֵּן, אַךְ בִּרְאוֹתוֹ שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהֶם צַעַר גָּדוֹל מִזֶּה, וְהֵם הִפְצִירוּ בּוֹ עַד בּוֹשׁ, נַעֲנָה וְאָמַר לָהֶם: 'הֲלֹא רַשִׁ"י זוֹ מְקוֹמָהּ בְּמַסֶּכֶת זְבָחִים בְּדַף זֶה עַל רֹאשׁ הָעַמּוּד', וְכֵן הָיָה. וְהָיָה לָהֶם לְשָׂשׂוֹן וּלְשִׂמְחָה.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
Throughout this discussion, the Rebbe sat quietly as if he had nothing to contribute. But he realized how distressed they were, and when they urged him until he could no longer refuse, he said, “Is it not a quotation from *Rashi’s* commentary to *Zevachim*,⁷³.” at the very top of this page?” They realized that this was what they were seeking, and rejoiced immensely.

footnotes:
⁷³ The Talmudic tractate dealing with sacrificial offerings. There is a tradition that this quotation appeared on page 45a, “hilkhata liMashicha


###### Shivchei HaRan, An Account of His Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 32:7
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וְנִמְשְׁכָה סְעֻדָּה זוֹ מִזְּמַן מִנְחָה גְּדוֹלָה עַד אוֹר הַיּוֹם, וְנַעֲשָׂה הִתְקַשְּׁרוּת בֵּינֵיהֶם.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The feast lasted from early noon until dawn the next day, and the match was formalized.


###### Shivchei HaRan, An Account of His Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 32:8
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אַךְ אַחַר כֵּן, כְּשֶׁיָּצָא רַבֵּנוּ מִשָּׁם מֵאֶרֶץ־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְחוּץ־לָאָרֶץ, נִפְטַר הֶחָתָן בְּנוֹ שֶׁל הָרַב מוֹרֵנוּ הָרַב רַבִּי מֹשֶׁה הַנַּ"ל, וְרַבֵּנוּ ז"ל נִשְׁתַּדֵּךְ עִם בִּתּוֹ שֶׁהָיְתָה הַכַּלָּה שֶׁל בֶּן הָרַב מוֹרֵנוּ רַבִּי מֹשֶׁה הַנַּ"ל, עִם כְּבוֹד הַגָּאוֹן הַמְפֻרְסָם הָרַב דִּקְהִלַּת קֹדֶשׁ וָלִיטְשִׁיסְק. וְנִתְגַּלְגֵּל אַחַר־כָּךְ מֵאֵת ה' שֶׁנָּסַע הָרַב הַגָּאוֹן הַנַּ"ל לָאָרֶץ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה, וְלָקַח אֶת בְּנוֹ חֲתַן רַבֵּנוּ ז"ל עִמּוֹ לְשָׁם כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּלְמַד אֶצְלוֹ שָׁם. וְאַחַר־כָּךְ נָסְעָה בַּת רַבֵּנוּ ז"ל, גַּם כֵּן לְשָׁם.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
Soon after the Rebbe returned home, Rabbi Moshe’s son died. The Rebbe’s daughter [then] married the son of the renowned Rabbi of Volochisk.⁷⁴, L-15). His son, Rabbi Pinchas, was engaged to Rebbe Nachman’s third daughter, Miriam, in Elul 5560/1800, fifteen months after his return from the Holy Land. They were married four years later, in Cheshvan 5565/1804 (*Tzaddik* *#*114, #117). God willed that the Rabbi of Volochisk would then settle in the Holy Land, taking along his son, the Rebbe’s son-in-law, to study with him. Not too long after that, the Rebbe’s daughter also settled there.⁷⁵ #36; *Tzaddik* #142; *Alim LeTerufah* (Jerusalem, 5728), unnumbered letter dated 12 Av 5569).

footnotes:
⁷⁴ Rabbi Aryeh Leib of Volochisk, a leading disciple of Rabbi Dov Ber, the Maggid of Mezeritch (Shem HaGedolim HeChadash
⁷⁵ Rabbi Aryeh Leib and his son Pinchas left for Israel in the summer of 1805, just a few months after the latter was married. Miriam joined them in the summer of 1809 together with Rabbi Aryeh Leib’s other children (Yemey Moharnat


###### Shivchei HaRan, An Account of His Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 32:9
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וְנִתְקַיְּמוּ דִּבְרֵי רַבֵּנוּ ז"ל, שֶׁאָמַר שֶׁמֵּאֵת הַשֵּׁם הוּא שֶׁבִּתּוֹ תִּהְיֶה בָּאָרֶץ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה. וְדָבָר אֶחָד מִדְּבָרָיו אָחוֹר לֹא יָשׁוּב רֵיקָם.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
Thus, the Rebbe’s words were fulfilled, for he had said that it was God’s will that his daughter settle in the Holy Land. For not one word that he spoke returned in vain.⁷⁶blessings, from Isaiah 55:11.

footnotes:
⁷⁶ Haftarah