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

###### Shivchei HaRan, An Account of His Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 5:1
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בְּעֶרֶב חַג הַפֶּסַח יָצָא אֲדוֹנֵנוּ מוֹרֵנוּ וְרַבֵּנוּ ז"ל מֵהַמִּקְוֶה, וְאָמַר לְזֶה שֶׁהָלַךְ עִמּוֹ: שֶׁבְּזֹאת הַשָּׁנָה יִהְיֶה בְּוַדַּאי בָּאָרֶץ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
On the day before Pesach 5558 (March 31, 1798), the Rebbe emerged from the *mikvah* and told his attendant, “This year I will definitely be in the Holy Land.”


###### Shivchei HaRan, An Account of His Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 5:2
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וּבְחַג הַפֶּסַח אָמַר תּוֹרָה עַל פָּסוּק: "וּשְׁבִילְךָ בְּמַיִם רַבִּים וְעִקְּבוֹתֶיךָ לֹא נוֹדָעוּ" (וְהִקְשָׁה מֵרֵישָׁא לְסֵיפָא וְאָמַר תּוֹרָה עַל זֶה בְּתֵרוּץ קֻשְׁיָא זוֹ). וּמִתּוֹךְ דִּבְרֵי תּוֹרָתוֹ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה נִתְוַדַּע לְכָל בָּאֵי אֵלָיו – שֶׁבְּוַדַּאי יִסַּע לְאֶרֶץ־יִשְׂרָאֵל.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
During Pesach, the Rebbe spoke on the verse, “Your path was in the great waters, and Your footsteps were not known” (Psalms 77:20). He pointed out the apparent contradiction between the two parts of this verse and gave a lesson reconciling them. In the course of his words, it became apparent that he had definite plans to travel to the Holy Land.