## Sichot HaRan Chapter 145

###### Sichot HaRan 145:1
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כְּשֶׁדִּבֵּר עִמִּי, וְגִלָּה לִי הַדֶּרֶךְ – לַעֲשׂוֹת מֵהַתּוֹרוֹת תְּפִלּוֹת (כַּנִּדְפַּס בְּלִקּוּטֵי תִּנְיָנָא סִימָן כ"ה) אָמַר לִי: שֶׁטּוֹב לִכְתֹּב לְעַצְמוֹ הַתְּפִלּוֹת.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
*Likutey Moharan* II, 25 states that one should make every lesson he hears into a prayer. When the Rebbe revealed this lesson to me, he said, “It would be good to write the prayers for yourself.”


###### Sichot HaRan 145:2
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וְאָז רָאִיתִי וְהֵבַנְתִּי בִּתְנוּעוֹתָיו הַקְּדוֹשִׁים שֶׁהוּא דָּבָר נִפְלָא וְנוֹרָא מְאֹד מְאֹד לַעֲשׂוֹת מֵהַתּוֹרוֹת תְּפִלּוֹת. וּכְמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר: שֶׁנַּעֲשִׂין מִזֶּה שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים גְּדוֹלִים לְמַעְלָה וְכוּ'.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
From his gestures and the way he said it, I understood what a wonderful and awesome thing this was. The Rebbe said that it was responsible for great delight on High.


###### Sichot HaRan 145:3
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גַּם פַּעַם אַחַת הָיָה מְדַבֵּר עִם אֶחָד וְהָיָה מִתְגַּעְגֵּעַ מְאֹד שֶׁיַּעֲשׂוּ מֵהַתּוֹרוֹת תְּפִלּוֹת. וְאָמַר: אֲנִי חָפֵץ מְאֹד שֶׁיַּעֲשׂוּ מֵהַתּוֹרוֹת תְּפִלּוֹת, אַךְ אֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ לְמִי מוֹסְרִים זֹאת?.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
Another time, the Rebbe was speaking to someone who expressed his great desire regarding this. He said, “I very much want my lessons made into prayers, but I do not know to whom to entrust the task.”


###### Sichot HaRan 145:4
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וּפַעַם אֶחָד הֶרְאָה לִי בְּסֵפֶר אֶחָד שֶׁהָיָה אֶצְלוֹ, שֶׁנִּתְחַבֵּר בְּסָמוּךְ הַנִּקְרָא: "יַד הַקְּטַנָּה", וּבַסּוֹף מְבָאֵר שָׁם כַּמָּה עִנְיָנִים בִּלְשׁוֹן תְּפִלָּה, שֶׁמְּדַבֵּר לְהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ וּמַתְחִיל כָּל עִנְיָן אֱלֹקַי וְכוּ'. וְקָרָא אוֹתִי וְצִוָּה לְעַיֵּן בּוֹ בִּפְנִים, וְרָמַז לִי אָז כִּמְדַבֵּר: 'רְאֵה שֶׁזֶּה הַמְחַבֵּר מְדַבֵּר כַּמָּה עִנְיָנִים מִדְּרוּשָׁיו לְהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ בִּלְשׁוֹן תְּפִלָּה'. וְרָמַז לִי שֶׁתְּשׁוּקָתוֹ מְאֹד לַעֲשׂוֹת כֵּן מִתּוֹרוֹתָיו הַקְּדוֹשׁוֹת, לַעֲשׂוֹת מִכָּל הַתּוֹרוֹת תְּפִלּוֹת.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
On another occasion, the Rebbe showed me a recently published book called *Yad Ketanah*.²³² ("Song of Faith"), and discusses many basic principles in the form of prayers. At the end of this book, several concepts are explained in the form of prayers, each one beginning with the words, “O my God.” The Rebbe showed me the book and told me to read it. He was showing me, “See how this author makes many scholarly concepts into prayers.” He hinted that he would like the same done with his lessons.

footnotes:
²³² "Small Hand,” by Rabbi Ber ben Yaakov of Sieniava, published anonymously in Lemberg, 1800. The twelfth chapter of this book (p. 90 f.) is called Shir Emunah


###### Sichot HaRan 145:5
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כִּי כֵן הָיָה דַּרְכּוֹ, לְרַמֵּז עַל דְּבָרִים גְּבוֹהִים עַל־יְדֵי דְּבָרִים קְטַנִּים, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁהָיָה קָשֶׁה לוֹ לְבָאֵר דַּעְתּוֹ בְּפֵרוּשׁ מִגֹּדֶל הַקִּטְרוּגִים וְהַמְּנִיעוֹת וְעוֹד מִכַּמָּה טְעָמִים.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
As in the case of many other important things, the Rebbe never came out explicitly, but only hinted at what he wanted. He would hint at the weightiest matters in the most trivial manner. There are accusing forces on high that can set up many barriers. It was for this and other reasons that the Rebbe found it difficult to reveal his wishes directly.


###### Sichot HaRan 145:6
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עַל־כֵּן רָמַז בִּדְרָכִים נִפְלָאִים, כְּדֵי שֶׁהָאָדָם בְּעַצְמוֹ יָבִין דַּעְתּוֹ, מֵאֵלָיו, אִם יִרְצֶה. וְיֵשׁ בָּזֶה עִנְיָנִים נִפְלָאִים בְּהַנְהָגָתוֹ עִמִּי בְּכַמָּה עִנְיָנִים וְאִי אֶפְשָׁר לְבָאֲרָם.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
Therefore, he made use of wondrous allusions that a person could understand if he wanted to. This explains many of the Rebbe’s dealings with me, but this cannot be explained.


###### Sichot HaRan 145:7
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גַּם אָמַר: שֶׁכְּשֶׁעוֹשִׂן מֵהַתּוֹרוֹת תְּפִלּוֹת, נַעֲשִׂים מִזֶּה שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים גְּדוֹלִים לְמַעְלָה, שֶׁלֹּא עָלוּ לְפָנָיו יִתְבָּרַךְ שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים גְּדוֹלִים כָּאֵלֶּה מִימוֹת עוֹלָם. (כַּנִּדְפַּס כְּבָר בְּהַקְדָמַת הַתְּפִלּוֹת.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Rebbe said, “When you take a lesson and make it into a prayer, it causes great delight on high. Such delights have never ascended before God since the day of creation.” This is also quoted in the introduction to the prayers.²³³ ("Collected Prayers"), written by Reb Noson in accordance with the present lesson and first published by him in 5584/1824.

footnotes:
²³³ Likutey Tefilot


###### Sichot HaRan 145:8
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וְיוֹתֵר מִזֶּה חִזְּקָנוּ בָּזֶה עַל־יְדֵי הַשִּׂיחָה הַקְּדוֹשָׁה שֶׁסָּח עִמִּי אַחַר אֲמִירַת הַתּוֹרָה "בְּרֵאשִׁית לְעֵינֵי כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל" לִקּוּטֵי מוֹהֲרַ"ן – תִּנְיָנָא סז. כַּמְבֹאָר לְקַמָּן).

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Rebbe gave me further encouragement in a discussion following his lesson, “In the beginning … to the eyes of all Israel.”²³⁴ II, 67. These words are the first and last words of the Torah. See “*His Wisdom*” #196.

footnotes:
²³⁴ Likutey Moharan