## Sichot HaRan Chapter 242

###### Sichot HaRan 242:1
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אָמַר: עִנְיַן עַיִן הָרָע הוּא: כִּי יֵשׁ כֹּחַ מַמָּשׁ בְּהָרְאִיָּה.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Rebbe spoke of the concept of the evil eye:³⁴⁴ 2b; *Eruvin* 64b; *Rashi* ad loc., “*Ba'al*"; *Pesachim* 26b, 50b; *Bava Metzia* 30a; *Zohar* III, 211b. Also see *Avot* 2:11, 5:19. There is power in a glance. It can reach another and harm him.

footnotes:
³⁴⁴ See Bava Batra


###### Sichot HaRan 242:2
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כִּי כֹּחַ הָרְאוּת הוֹלֵךְ לַחֲבֵרוֹ וּמַזִּיקוֹ כְּשֶׁעֵינוֹ רָעָה. כִּי הָרְאִיָּה הִוא כֹּחַ מַמָּשׁ שֶׁהוֹלֵךְ כֹּחַ הָרְאוּת וּפוֹגֵעַ בְּהַדָּבָר הַנִּרְאֶה. וּכְשֶׁעֵינוֹ רָעָה, מַזִּיק בִּרְאִיָּתוֹ מַמָּשׁ כַּנַּ"ל.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The power of sight actually exists and can touch the visualized object. When the eye is evil, this glance can do actual damage.


###### Sichot HaRan 242:3
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וְעַל כֵּן, נִדָּה כְּשֶׁתִּסְתַּכֵּל בַּמַּרְאָה, יִמָּצֵא שָׁם רֹשֶׁם דָּם (כַּמּוּבָא).

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
It is for this reason that the look of a menstruating woman can cause a mark of blood to appear on a mirror (*Ramban* on Leviticus 18:19).


###### Sichot HaRan 242:4
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וְדַע שֶׁסְּגֻלָּה לְעַיִן הָרָע: סְנַפִּיר שֶׁל דָּג, לְעַשֵּׁן בוֹ.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The specific remedy for an evil eye is to smoke the fin of a fish.


###### Sichot HaRan 242:5
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וְסִימָן סְנַפִּיר בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא רַע עַיִן. וּבְיוֹתֵר מְסֻגָּל סְנַפִּיר שֶׁל מִן דָּגִים שֶׁקּוֹרִין אוֹתוֹ שְׁלְעַיֶין. לָשׁוֹן נוֹפֵל עַל לָשׁוֹן, שֶׁל עַיִן.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Hebrew word for fin is *SNaPIR*. Turn the letters into numbers and the *gematria* gives you *RA AYiN* – the evil eye.³⁴⁵ is spelled *Samekh* (60), *Nun* (50), *Pei* (80), *Yod* (10), *Resh* (200), which has the numerical value of 400. *RA AYiN* is spelled *Resh* (200), *Ayin* (70), *Ayin* (70), *Yod* (10), *Nun* (50), which also has the numerical value of 400. Especially good for this is a fish called the *Shelein*. *Shelein* sounds like *Shel Ayin* ("of the eye"), and the similarity of pronunciation indicates a deeper relationship.

footnotes:
³⁴⁵ SNaPIR


###### Sichot HaRan 242:6
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עוֹד שָׁמַעְתִּי בִּשְׁמוֹ ז"ל, נֹסַּח אַחֵר: לִתְלוֹת הַסְּנַפִּיר הַנַּ"ל עַל הָאָדָם אוֹ תִּינוֹק שֶׁמֻּרְגָּל שֶׁיִּהְיֶה לוֹ לִפְעָמִים עַיִן הָרָע, יִתְלוּ עָלָיו סְנַפִּיר הַנַּ"ל וְיִנָּצֵל כַּנַּ"ל.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
I also heard that the Rebbe said that the fin of a *Shelein* fish should be worn by an adult or child who may be affected by an evil eye. This will protect him.


###### Sichot HaRan 242:7
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וְסִפֵּר לִי עוֹד: שֶׁאָז אָמַר שֶׁעַיִן הָרָע נִמְשָׁךְ מֵהָאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת אִישׁ שֶׁהָלְכוּ עִם עֵשָׂו לְהִלָּחֵם עִם יַעֲקֹב, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (בְּרֵאשִׁית לב) "וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת אִישׁ עִמּוֹ".

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
I heard the following from the same source in the name of the Rebbe: The evil eye’s power comes from the four hundred men that Esau brought with him to fight against Jacob. It is written that Esau had “four hundred men with him” (Genesis 32:7).


###### Sichot HaRan 242:8
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וְאִיתָא: שֶׁהָלְכוּ לְהָטִיל עַיִן רָעָה ח"ו, בַּמַּחֲנֶה שֶׁל יַעֲקֹב. וּסְנַפִּיר הוּא מִסְפַּר אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת, שֶׁהוּא מִסְפַּר רַע עַיִן בִּמְכֻוָּן כַּנַּ"ל. וְכָל זֶה הוּא כְּנֶגֶד הָאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת אִישׁ שֶׁל עֵשָׂו הַנַּ"ל שֶׁמֵּהֶם נִמְשָׁךְ הָרַע עַיִן כַּנַּ"ל, וְעַל כֵּן סְנַפִּיר מַצִּיל מִזֶּה כַּנַּ"ל.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
These four hundred came to place an evil eye on Jacob’s camp. Four hundred is the *gematria* of *RA AYiN* – the evil eye.³⁴⁶ The four hundred men are the source of the evil eye. Four hundred is also the *gematria* of *SNaPIR*, the fin of a fish. This opposes the four hundred men of Esau and protects against the evil eye.

footnotes:
³⁴⁶ See previous note.


###### Sichot HaRan 242:9
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וְעוֹד חָשַׁב אָז כַּמָּה דְבָרִים שֶׁעוֹלִים אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שֶׁהֵם שַׁיָּכִים לְעִנְיָן זֶה.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Rebbe also mentioned a number of other things that add up to four hundred.