## Sichot HaRan Chapter 21

###### Sichot HaRan 21:1
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בְּרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה צְרִיכִין לִהְיוֹת חָכָם שֶׁיַּחֲשֹׁב רַק מַחֲשָׁבוֹת טוֹבוֹת, שֶׁיֵּיטִיב הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ עִמָּנוּ וְכוּ'.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
On Rosh HaShanah, one should be wise and think only good thoughts. We should keep in mind only that God will be good to us.²⁸” #8; *Likutey Halakhot*, *Rosh HaShanah* 4:2.

footnotes:
²⁸ See “His Wisdom


###### Sichot HaRan 21:2
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וּצְרִיכִין לִהְיוֹת שָׂמֵחַ בְּרֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה. גַּם צְרִיכִין לִבְכּוֹת בְּרֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
One must be happy on Rosh HaShanah, and yet one must cry (see “*His Wisdom*” #87).


###### Sichot HaRan 21:3
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בְּרֹאשׁ־הַשָּׁנָה בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן, צְרִיכִין לְמַעֵט בְּדִבּוּר מְאֹד מְאֹד. וְאָמַר: שֶׁאָדָם גָּדוֹל צָרִיךְ לְדַקְדֵּק בָּזֶה בְּיוֹתֵר.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
On the first day of Rosh HaShanah, one should speak as little as possible. The Rebbe said that a great leader must be even more careful about this.


###### Sichot HaRan 21:4
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וְעַל־כֵּן הוּא אֵינוֹ אוֹמֵר בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן אֲפִלּוּ הַפַּיִט [פיוטים] רַק מַה שֶּׁיָּסַד רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר הַקָּלִיר, אֲבָל שְׁאָר הַפַּיִט אֵינוֹ אֹמֵר, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁאָדָם גָּדוֹל צָרִיךְ לְדַקְדֵּק אָז בְּיוֹתֵר לִבְלִי לְדַבֵּר שׁוּם דִּבּוּר שֶׁאֵינוֹ מֻכְרָח.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Rebbe himself would not even say most of the *piyutim* on Rosh HaShanah. He only said that which was written by Rabbi Eliezer HaKalir.²⁹, and wrote with Divine inspiration (*Tosafot*, *Chagigah*13a, “*VeRagley*,” from *Pesikta deRabbi Kahana* #28, 179a; cf. *Rosh*, *Berakhot*5:21; *Ma'adaney Yom Tov* ad loc., #5). *Piyutim* are poems and prayers added to the service of the holidays. He would omit the rest, because as a leader, he was extremely careful not to say a single unnecessary word.

footnotes:
²⁹ According to tradition, Rabbi Eliezer HaKalir was the son of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, author of the Zohar