## Sichot HaRan Chapter 265

###### Sichot HaRan 265:1
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הִזְהִיר מְאֹד לִבְלִי לֶאֱכֹל בְּצָלִים חַיִּים כְּלָל. אֲפִלּוּ עִם שֶׁמֶן אוֹ שׁוּמָן וַאֲפִלּוּ עַל יְדֵי תַּעֲרוֹבוֹת כְּגוֹן עַל יְדֵי בֵּיצִים וְכַיּוֹצֵא, וַאֲפִלּוּ בְּשַׁבָּת.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Rebbe warned us very strongly not to eat raw onions.³⁵⁷ 29a; *Tosafot* ad loc. 29b, “*Mipnei*"; *Ta'anit* 30a, “*Erev*"; *Yad Chazakah*, *Dei'ot*4:9. It made no difference whether they were mixed with oil, fat or eggs, even for Shabbat.³⁵⁸, quoted in *Ta'amey HaMinhagim* #367, p. 169.

footnotes:
³⁵⁷ Cf. Eruvin
³⁵⁸ Many people had a custom of eating chopped eggs and onions on Shabbat. This custom is mentioned in Geulat Yisrael


###### Sichot HaRan 265:2
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וְהִלְעִיג עַל הָאוֹמְרִים שֶׁבְּשַׁבָּת מִצְוָה לֶאֱכֹל דָּבָר הַמַּזִּיק, שֶׁהֵם בְּצָלִים חַיִּים. וְאָמַר: שֶׁהֵם מַזִּיקִים מְאֹד לְכַמָּה דְּבָרִים.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Rebbe ridiculed this practice, saying, “How can they claim that it is a good custom to eat something as harmful as this?”


###### Sichot HaRan 265:3
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וְחָשַׁב אָז כַּמָּה עִנְיְנֵי חוֹלַאַת וּמַכְאוֹבִים וַחֲלִישׁוּת שֶׁגּוֹרְמִים, אַךְ שְׁכַחְתִּים בִּפְרָטִיּוּת. אַךְ הַכְּלָל שֶׁהֶחְמִיר מְאֹד וְהִזְהִיר מְאֹד לִבְלִי לְאָכְלָם חַיִּים כְּלָל אֲפִלּוּ עַל יְדֵי תַּעֲרוֹבוֹת וַאֲפִלּוּ בְּשַׁבָּת. רַק מְבֻשָּׁלִים מֻתָּר לֶאֱכֹל.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Rebbe said that onions are harmful in many ways and counted out numerous illnesses that can be caused by them. Although the details were not preserved, the main lesson was that onions should be avoided, even if they are mixed with something else on Shabbat. The only safe way to eat them is cooked.


###### Sichot HaRan 265:4
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וּבִתְחִלָּה שָׁאַלְנוּ אוֹתוֹ עַל זֶה מֵחֲמַת שֶׁשָּׁמַעְנוּ בְּשֵׁם הַבַּעַל־שֵׁם־טוֹב זֶה שֶׁהִזְהִיר מְאֹד לִבְלִי לֶאֱכֹל בְּצָלִים חַיִּים, וְאָמַר שֶׁבְּוַדַּאי כֵּן הוּא וְהִתְחִיל לַחֲשֹׁב לְכַמָּה דְּבָרִים הֵם מַזִּיקִים וְכוּ' כַּנַּ"ל וְאָז שָׁמַעְנוּ כָּל הנ"ל.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The entire conversation came about when we mentioned to the Rebbe that we had heard that the Baal Shem Tov had spoken very strongly against eating raw onions. The Rebbe agreed that this was true and began to reckon numerous reasons for it. It was at this time that we heard the above.