## Sichot HaRan Chapter 158

###### Sichot HaRan 158:1
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סִפֵּר שֶׁפַּעַם אַחַת בִּימֵי נְעוּרָיו הָיָה אֵצֶל הָרַב וְכוּ'.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
**THE REBBE'S DEVOTION**
The Rebbe told us about his youth when he once visited Rabbi ….


###### Sichot HaRan 158:2
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וְאָמַר: שֶׁאָז עֲדַיִן לֹא הָיָה אוֹחֵז בְּמַדְרֵגָה זוֹ שֶׁל עַכְשָׁו – שֶׁיּוּכַל לְדַבֵּר עִם הָעוֹלָם וְאַף עַל פִּי כֵן יִהְיֶה דָּבוּק בְּהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ וְעוֹסֵק בַּתּוֹרָה מַמָּשׁ.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
He said, “I had not yet attained my present level, where I could speak to a group and still be literally involved in the Torah and attached to God.


###### Sichot HaRan 158:3
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כִּי אַתָּה סָבוּר שֶׁבְּפַעַם אַחַת בָּאִין לְכָל הַמַּעֲלוֹת?! כִּי לֹא כֵן הוּא, רַק צְרִיכִין לְהִתְיַּגֵּעַ וְלִטְרֹחַ בַּעֲבוֹדָתוֹ מְאֹד (שֶׁקּוֹרִין הָארִיוֶוין) קֹדֶם שֶׁבָּאִין לְאֵיזֶה מַעֲלֶה טוֹבָה.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
“You think that everything comes at once. This is far from the truth. You must work and toil before you can achieve any good quality [devotion].”


###### Sichot HaRan 158:4
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וְאָז הָיָה קָשֶׁה לִי לִהְיוֹת בְּיַחַד עִם הָעוֹלָם, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁהָיָה רוֹצֶה לַעֲסֹק בַּעֲבוֹדַת ה'.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
At this point in his youth, it was very difficult for the Rebbe to spend time with others because he always wished to be involved in his devotions.²⁶⁷, p. 98).

footnotes:
²⁶⁷ This was also true of the Baal Shem Tov (Shevachey HaBaal Shem Tov


###### Sichot HaRan 158:5
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וְכֵן כַּמָּה פְּעָמִים בְּעֵת שֶׁסִּפֵּר מֵעִנְיַן הַפְלָגַת מַעֲלָתוֹ וְכוּ' הָיָה רָגִיל לוֹמַר אִיךְ הָאבּ אָבֶּער זֵייעֶר גִּיהָארִווֶיט אִיךְ הָאבּ אַסַךְ גִּיפַאסְט (אֲבָל מְאֹד הִתְיַגַּעְתִּי, הִתְעַנֵּיתִי הַרְבֵּה וְכוּ').

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
Many times when his unique qualities were mentioned, the Rebbe would say, “*Ich hab aber zeir geharivit. Ich hab asach gefast* – But I struggled very much for it. I fasted very much” (see “*His Wisdom*” #165).