## Sichot HaRan Chapter 15

###### Sichot HaRan 15:1
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אָמַר: שֶׁהוּא חָכְמָה וּמְלָאכָה גְּדוֹלָה לִהְיוֹת כְּמוֹ בְּהֵמָה. וְזֶה בְּחִינַת (שְׁמוֹת לו): "כָּל אֲשֶׁר נָתַן ה' חָכְמָה בָּהֵמָה". הַיְנוּ שֶׁהוּא חָכְמָה לַעֲשׂוֹת עַצְמוֹ כִּבְהֵמָה.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Rebbe said that it takes both wisdom and great effort to be like an animal (cf. *Shabbat* 117b). The wisdom one needs to be like a beast is alluded to in the verse, “Every wise-hearted man whom God bestowed wisdom is a beast”²⁰ (*BaHeiMah*).” *BaHeiMaH* can also be read, *BeHeiMaH* ("is a beast"). (Exodus 36:1).

footnotes:
²⁰ Usually translated, “Every wise-hearted man whom God bestowed wisdom in them


###### Sichot HaRan 15:2
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וּכְמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ ז"ל (חֻלִּין ה:): עַל פָּסוּק (תְּהִלִּים לו): "אָדָם וּבְהֵמָה תּוֹשִׁיעַ ה'" – אֵלּוּ בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁעֲרוּמִים בְּדַעַת וּמְשִׂימִין עַצְמָן כִּבְהֵמָה. וּכְמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר אָסָף (תְּהִלִּים עג): "וַאֲנִי בַּעַר וְלֹא אֵדָע בֶּהֱמוֹת הָיִיתִי עִמָּךְ", (וְעַיֵּן בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר מִזֶּה).

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
It is also written, “God saves man and beast” (Psalms 36:7). Our Sages say this refers to “people who are wise and clever, and conduct themselves humbly like an animal” (*Chulin* 5b). This is also the meaning of Asaf’s words, “I was a fool, I did not know, I was like an animal before You” (Psalms 73:22).