## Sichot HaRan Chapter 116

###### Sichot HaRan 116:1
[Sichot HaRan 116:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sichot%20HaRan/r/116:1)

אֶחָד הָיָה מְדַבֵּר עִמּוֹ, וְהָיָה מְשַׁבֵּחַ אֶת אִישׁ אֶחָד שֶׁמִּתְנַהֵג בְּיֹשֶׁר, וְאָמַר עָלָיו בִּלְשׁוֹן אַשְׁכְּנַז שֶׁהָאִישׁ הַזֶּה הוּא אָרִינְטְלִיךְ (אָדָם יָשָׁר).

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
A man was once speaking to the Rebbe, praising someone else for his good character. He said that the other was *arintlach* (ethical).


###### Sichot HaRan 116:2
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עָנָה הוּא ז"ל וְאָמַר: שֶׁעַל אִישׁ יִשְׂרְאֵלִי אֵין שַׁיָּךְ לוֹמַר אָרִינְטְלִיךְ. כִּי אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם יֵשׁ לָהֶם הַנְהָגוֹת נִימוּסִיּוּת, מַה שֶּׁהַשֵּׂכֶל וְהַיֹּשֶׁר מְחַיֵּב, שֶׁזֶּה נִקְרָא אָרִינְטְלִיךְ.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Rebbe replied that it is inapt to call a Jew ethical. The nations of the world, who may have a morality determined by common sense and fairness, which can be called ethical.


###### Sichot HaRan 116:3
[Sichot HaRan 116:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sichot%20HaRan/r/116:3)

אֲבָל יִשְׂרָאֵל עַם קָדוֹשׁ, אֲפִלּוּ אֵלּוּ הַמִּצְווֹת שֶׁהֵם מִצַּד דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ מַה שֶּׁהַיֹּשֶׁר וְהַשֵּׂכֶל מְחַיֵּב, אֲפִלּוּ אֵלּוּ הַמִּצְווֹת אֵין עוֹשִׂין מֵחֲמַת דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ מִצַּד חִיּוּב הַשֵּׂכֶל וְהַיֹּשֶׁר, רַק מִגְּזֵרַת הַמֶּלֶךְ הַבּוֹרֵא יִתְבָּרַךְ שְׁמוֹ שֶׁצִּוָּה עָלֵינוּ בְּתוֹרָתוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת כָּךְ.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
But the Jews are a holy people (Isaiah 62:12) and we keep moral commandments that are logical and fair, but do so not for reasons of ethics. Our Creator gave us a Torah. We keep the commandments because they were decreed by God and not for any logical or moral reasons.


###### Sichot HaRan 116:4
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וְזֶה שֶׁאָמַר דָּוִד הַמֶּלֶךְ ע"ה (תְּהִלִּים קיט): "דֶּרֶךְ מִצְווֹתֶיךָ אָרוּץ".

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
It is written in the words of King David, “*Derech mitzvotekha arutz* – The way of Your commandments I will run” (Psalms 119:32).


###### Sichot HaRan 116:5
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הַיְנוּ שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ הַמִּצְווֹת וְהַהַנְהָגוֹת שֶׁנִּקְרָאִים דֶּרֶךְ, דְּהַיְנוּ שֶׁהֵם מִדֶּרֶךְ הָאָרֶץ שֶׁמִּצַּד הַדֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ וְהַיֹּשֶׁר מְחֻיָּבִים לְהִתְנַהֵג כָּךְ, כְּגוֹן לִבְלִי לִגְזֹל אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּזֶה, וְאָמַר דָּוִד הַמֶּלֶךְ ע"ה: שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ אֵלּוּ הַמִּצְווֹת שֶׁהֵם בְּחִינַת דֶּרֶךְ כַּנַּ"ל – "מִצְווֹתֶיךָ אָרוּץ", הַיְנוּ שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְקַיֵּם מִצַּד דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ, כִּי־אִם מֵחֲמַת מִצְווֹת הַתּוֹרָה הַקְּדוֹשָׁה.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
There are commandments and customs that involve morality. These are a way of life. King David calls them “the way.” One would follow these ways on the basis of ethical fairness alone. For example, an ethical person would abstain from stealing, even without a Divine commandment. King David spoke of such commandments called “the way.” He said of them, “Of Your commandments I will run”: I will not keep these commandments because they are moral, but because they are “Your commandments.” It is for this reason that I run to keep them.


###### Sichot HaRan 116:6
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וְזֶהוּ "דֶּרֶךְ מִצְווֹתֶיךָ אָרוּץ" שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ הַמִּצְווֹת שֶׁהֵם בְּחִינַת דֶּרֶךְ שֶׁהֵם מִצַּד דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ וְכוּ' כַּנַּ"ל אַף־עַל־פִּי־כֵן "מִצְווֹתֶיךָ אָרוּץ" שֶׁאֵינִי מְקַיְּמָם ח"ו מִצַּד נִמּוּסִיּוּת וְדֶרֶךְ אֶרֶץ כִּי אִם "מִצְוֹתֶיךָ אָרוּץ", שֶׁאֲנִי רָץ לְקַיֵּם מִצְווֹתֶיךָ שֶׁגָּזַרְתָּ עָלֵינוּ בַּתּוֹרָה.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
“The way” includes commandments that are ethically logical. But I do not follow “the way” because it is proper and ethical. “The way of Your commandments I will run”: I run to keep them because You decreed them in Your Torah.


###### Sichot HaRan 116:7
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וְעַל־כֵּן אָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ ז"ל (יְבָמוֹת סא.): "יִשְׂרָאֵל קְרוּיִים אָדָם וְאֵין הָעַכּוּ"ם קְרוּיִים אָדָם".

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Talmud states, “Only the Jews are called ‘Adam’” and not the idolators (*Yebamot* 61a).


###### Sichot HaRan 116:8
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כִּי אָדָ"ם הוּא רָאשֵׁי־תֵּבוֹת דֶּ'רֶךְ מִ'צְווֹתֶיךָ אָ'רוּץ, כִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל עַם קָדוֹשׁ אֲפִלּוּ הַמִּצְווֹת שֶׁהֵם מִצַּד הַשֵּׂכֶל וְדֶרֶךְ אֶרֶץ, גַּם אוֹתָם הַמִּצְווֹת אֵינָם מְקַיְּמִים מִצַּד הַיֹּשֶׁר כִּי־אִם מֵחֲמַת מִצְווֹת הַתּוֹרָה הַקְּדוֹשָׁה כַּנַּ"ל. וְעַל־כֵּן הֵם קְרוּיִם אָדָ"ם בְּחִינַת דֶּ'רֶךְ מִ'צְווֹתֶיךָ אָ'רוּץ וְכוּ' כַּנַּ"ל.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
“*Derech Mitzvotecha Arutz* – The way of Your commandments I will run”: The first letters of the Hebrew words form spell out *ADaM*(man). Israel is a holy people and they are called *Adam*. They do not keep mitzvot because they may be logical or ethical, but because they are decreed by God. ¹⁸⁹, which incidentally was also called *Likutey Moharan*, was published together with the *Sipurey Ma'asiot* in 5576/1816 in Ostrog. It only went as far as this *sichah*. The rest was added on in the next edition. See *Alim LeTerufah* #17, where Reb Noson writes that a certain Reb Ber of Lipovitz had a number of the Rebbe's writings.

footnotes:
¹⁸⁹ The original edition of the Sichot