## Sichot HaRan Chapter 256

###### Sichot HaRan 256:1
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שִׁבַּח אֶת אַקְדָּמוּת (פיוט לשבועות) מְאֹד מְאֹד.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Rebbe highly praised the *piyut* of *Akdamut*, which is chanted before the Torah reading on Shavuot.³⁴⁹ ("In Introduction to the Words"), written by Rabbi Meir ben Yitzchak of Worms, Germany, in the eleventh century.

footnotes:
³⁴⁹ Akdamut Milin


###### Sichot HaRan 256:2
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וְאָמַר: שֶׁיִּשְׂרָאֵל מֵחֲמַת שֶׁהֵם מְשֻׁקָּעִים וּרְגִילִים כָּל כָּךְ בְּטוֹב, עַל כֵּן אֵין מַרְגִּישִׁין כָּל כָּךְ אֶת שֶׁבַח מַעֲלַת גְּדֻלַּת הַשֶּׁבַח הַקָּדוֹשׁ הַזֶּה שֶׁל אַקְדָּמוּת שֶׁאוֹמְרִים בְּשָׁבוּעוֹת. וְאָמַר: מִי שֶׁיּוֹדֵעַ מַעֲלַת הַשִּׁיר שֶׁל אַקְדָּמוּת עִם הַנִּגּוּן שֶׁלּוֹ כְּמוֹ שֶׁרְגִילִין הָעוֹלָם לְזַמֵּר אוֹתוֹ בְּנִגּוּן הַיָּדוּעַ, הוּא דָּבָר נִפְלָא וְחִדּוּשׁ גָּדוֹל מְאֹד.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
He said, “People are so accustomed and steeped in good things that they do not realize the greatness of the praise of God in the *Akdamut*. If you were to know the high level of the *Akdamut* together with its customary melody, then you would know how wondrously unique it is.”


###### Sichot HaRan 256:3
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וְהִתְחִיל לוֹמַר קְצָת אֵיזֶה תֵּבוֹת מֵאַקְדָּמוּת עִם הַנִּגּוּן.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Rebbe then chanted a few lines of the *Akdamut*.


###### Sichot HaRan 256:4
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וְאָמַר שֶׁאַקְדָּמוּת הוּא שִׁיר שֶׁל חֵשֶׁק (עַיֵּן בְּהַמַּעֲשֶּׂה שֶׁל הַבֶּערְגֶיר שָׁם מְדַבֵּר מִשִּׁיר שֶׁל חֵשֶׁק).

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
He then said, “*Akdamut* is a song of *cheshek* – of love and devotion.” [See the story of “The Burgher and Pauper” (*Rabbi Nachman’s Stories* #10), which also discusses the song of *cheshek*.]


###### Sichot HaRan 256:5
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כָּל זֶה סִפֵּר בְּשָׁבוּעוֹת אַחַר תְּפִלַּת שַׁחֲרִית בַּבֹּקֶר הַשְׁכֵּם כַּנָּהוּג בְּשָׁבוּעוֹת, וְהָיָה יוֹשֵׁב אֵצֶל הַסְּעֻדָּה שֶׁל מַאַכְלֵי חָלָב. וּכְבָר הִתְפַּלְּלוּ בְּבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת פַּעַם שֵׁנִי, וְזִמֵּר הַחַזָּן אַקְדָּמוּת, וְאָז דִּבֵּר עִמָּנוּ מִמַּעֲלַת הַשִּׁיר הַקָּדוֹשׁ הַזֶּה וְהִפְלִיג בְּמַעֲלָתוֹ מְאֹד.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Rebbe spoke of this on Shavuot during the dairy meal.³⁵⁰ 494:3 in *Hagah*). He had prayed early with his group, as was his custom, and had begun his meal while the second service was in progress. When he heard the *chazan* chant the *Akdamut*, the Rebbe spoke of the high level of this holy song.

footnotes:
³⁵⁰ It is customary to eat a dairy meal on Shavuot morning, before the noon dinner (Orach Chaim