## Sichot HaRan Chapter 143

###### Sichot HaRan 143:1
[Sichot HaRan 143:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sichot%20HaRan/r/143:1)

(כְּתַב יַד הַחֲבֵרִים וְהוּא שַׁיָּךְ לְסִימָן רס"ג בְּחֵלֶק רִאשׁוֹן):

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
[A manuscript from one of our group relating to the lesson in *Likutey Moharan* I, 263.]


###### Sichot HaRan 143:2
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כִּי יֵשׁ שְׁנֵי מִינֵי אֲכִילַת הַבַּהֲמִיּוּת.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
There are two ways that one can eat like an animal.


###### Sichot HaRan 143:3
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דְּהַיְנוּ שֶׁיֵּשׁ אָדָם שֶׁאוֹכֵל בְּתַאֲוָה גְּדוֹלָה כִּבְהֵמָה וְהַמַּאֲכָל הוּא מַאֲכַל אָדָם.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
Some eat human food with an animal’s appetite.


###### Sichot HaRan 143:4
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וְיֵשׁ אָדָם שֶׁאוֹכֵל כְּאָדָם אֲבָל הַמַּאֲכָל אֵינוֹ מַאֲכַל אָדָם, דְּהַיְנוּ שֶׁהַנִּיצוֹצוֹת לֹא נִתְבָּרְרוּ כָּל־כָּךְ שֶׁרָאוּי לְאָדָם, אֶלָּא הוּא מַאֲכַל בְּהֵמָה.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
Others eat like humans, but their food is is only fit for a beast. Sparks of holiness reside in food. If these sparks have not been sufficiently purified, the food is only fit for a beast and man.


###### Sichot HaRan 143:5
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וְהָאוֹכֵל מִשְּׁנֵי הַמַּאֲכָלִים הָאֵלּוּ בָּא לִידֵי חֳלִי הַקַּדַּחַת.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
Eating like an animal in either of the two ways leads to fevers.


###### Sichot HaRan 143:6
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וְזֶה שֶׁכָּתוּב (תְּהִלִּים סו־יב): "הִרְכַּבְתָּ אֱנוֹשׁ לְרֹאשֵׁנוּ" דְּהַיְנוּ כְּשֶׁאָנוּ בְּמַדְרֵגָה קְטַנָּה, שֶׁאָדָם גָּדוֹל מִמֶּנּוּ שֶׁאָנוּ אוֹכְלִים מִשְּׁנֵי הַמַּאֲכָלִים הַנַּ"ל, אֲזַי "בָּאנוּ בָּאֵשׁ וּבַמַּיִם" הַיְנוּ קַר וְחַם דְּהַיְנוּ קַדַּחַת.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
It is written, “You have caused men to ride over our heads; we have gone through fire and water” (Psalms 66:12). When we eat like an animal, we are on a low, subhuman plane. This is when “men ride over our heads.” As a result, we “go through fire and water” — with the heat and chills of fever.


###### Sichot HaRan 143:7
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וַאֲפִלּוּ הָרוֹפְאִים אוֹמְרִים גַּם־כֵּן כָּךְ, שֶׁקַּדַּחַת בָּא מִן מַאֲכָל יוֹתֵר.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
Physicians say that fevers come from overeating.


###### Sichot HaRan 143:8
[Sichot HaRan 143:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sichot%20HaRan/r/143:8)

וְזֶה בְּגַשְׁמִיּוּת, וּבְרוּחָנִיּוּת גַּם־כֵּן כָּךְ, כִּי כְּשֶׁאָדָם הוּא בִּבְחִינַת דַּעַתף אֲזַי יֵשׁ בּוֹ אַהֲבָה וְיִרְאָה דִּקְדֻשָּׁה.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
This is on the physical plane. It is also true on a spiritual level. When man has holy knowledge, he then has holy love and fear.


###### Sichot HaRan 143:9
[Sichot HaRan 143:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sichot%20HaRan/r/143:9)

וּכְשֶׁנּוֹפֵל ח"ו, מִבְּחִינַת דַּעַת אֲזַי נוֹפֵל לְאַהֲבָה וְיִרְאָה הַנְּפוּלָה.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
When he falls from this knowledge, he drops to fallen love and fear.


###### Sichot HaRan 143:10
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וּכְשֶׁאָדָם אוֹכֵל אֶחָד מִשְּׁנֵי הַמַּאֲכָלִים הַנַּ"ל, הוּא נוֹפֵל מִבְּחִינַת דַּעַת, כִּי (קֹהֶלֶת ג): "מוֹתַר הָאָדָם מִן הַבְּהֵמָה אָיִן" הַיְנוּ בְּחִינַת דַּעַת בְּחִינַת (אִיּוֹב כח): "הַחָכְמָה מֵאַיִן תִּמָּצֵא".

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
It is written, “The superiority of man over beast is *Nothing*” (Ecclesiastes 3:19). It is further written, “And holy wisdom comes from *Nothing*” (Job 28:12). This holy wisdom emanates from the ultimate Gogly Nothingness.


###### Sichot HaRan 143:11
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נִמְצָא כְּשֶׁאוֹכֵל מַאֲכָלִים כָּאֵלּוּ הוּא בְּחִינַת בְּהֵמָה וְנוֹפֵל מִבְּחִינַת דַּעַת וְנוֹפֵל בָּאַהֲבָה וְיִרְאָה הַנְּפוּלָה.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
When one eats like an animal in either way, one falls from the level of holy knowledge. One falls away to a subhuman level. One then descends to the level of the fallen love and fear.


###### Sichot HaRan 143:12
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וְזֶה שֶׁכָּתוּב "הִרְכַּבְתָּ אֱנוֹשׁ לְרֹאשֵׁנוּ" הַיְנוּ כַּנַּ"ל, אֲזַי "בָּאנוּ בָּאֵשׁ וּבַמַּיִם" דְּהַיְנוּ בָּאַהֲבָה וְיִרְאָה הַנְּפוּלָה.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
“You have caused men to ride over our heads” refers to a subhuman level, as explained earlier; we then “went through fire and water” — the fallen love and fear.