## Sichot HaRan Chapter 113

###### Sichot HaRan 113:1
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הָעוֹלָם אוֹמְרִים: מִי שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא רוֹצֶה לַעֲשׂוֹתוֹ נַעַר הוּא לוֹקֵחַ אִשְׁתּוֹ מִמֶּנּוּ.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
People say that when God wants to make a man a fool, He takes away his wife.


###### Sichot HaRan 113:2
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כִּי אִשָּׁה כְּשֵׁרָה הִיא בְּחִינַת (מִשְׁלֵי יב): "אֵשֶׁת חַיִל עֲטֶרֶת בַּעְלָהּ".

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
It is written, “A woman of valor is the crown of her husband” (Proverbs 12:4). This is a good wife.


###### Sichot HaRan 113:3
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וּכְשֶׁמֵּתָה ח"ו, הוּא בְּחִינַת (אֵיכָה ה): "נָ'פְלָה עֲ'טֶרֶת רֹ'אשֵׁנוּ" רָאשֵׁי־תֵּבוֹת נַעַר.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
It is also written, “*Nafla ateret rosheinu* – The crown has fallen from our head” (Lamentations 5:16). This is the death of such a wife. *Nafla Ateret Rosheinu* forms the acrostic, *NaAR* (a fool) (also see “*His Wisdom*” #87).