## Sichot HaRan Chapter 29

###### Sichot HaRan 29:1
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וְעַל לִמּוּד הַפּוֹסְקִים הִזְהִיר מְאֹד מְאֹד בְּיוֹתֵר מִכָּל הַלִּמּוּדִים.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Rebbe constantly stressed for us the importance of studying the codes of religious law. He emphasized this more than any other study (cf. *Niddah* 73a; *Likutey Moharan* II, 2:2).


###### Sichot HaRan 29:2
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וְרָאוּי לִלְמֹד כָּל הָאַרְבָּעָה "שֻׁלְחָן־עָרוּךְ" כֻּלָּם מֵרֹאשָׁם עַד סוֹפָם כַּסֵּדֶר. אִם יָכוֹל לִלְמֹד כָּל הָאַרְבָּעָה שֻׁלְחָן־עָרוּךְ עִם כָּל הַפֵּרוּשִׁים הַגְּדוֹלִים מַה טוֹב. וְאִם לָאו עַל־כָּל־פָּנִים יִלְמַד כָּל הָאַרְבָּעָה "שֻׁלְחָן־עָרוּךְ" הַקְּטַנִּים.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
It is best to study all four sections of the *Shulchan Arukh*³⁶ ("Path of Life"), on prayer and the holy days; *Yoreh Dei'ah* ("Teacher of Knowledge"), on *kashrut*and other ritual laws; *Even HaEzer* ("The Helping Stone"), on marriage and divorce; and *Choshen Mishpat* ("Breastplate of Judgment"), on judicial law. in order, from beginning to end (see *Alim LeTerufah* #6). If you can also study its major commentaries, all the better. If not, you should at least cover the codes with the shorter commentaries.

footnotes:
³⁶ "The Prepared Table,” the universally-accepted code of Jewish law written by Rabbi Joseph Caro (1488-1575), with additions for the Ashkenazic community by Rabbi Moses Isserles (1520-1572). It consists of four parts: Orach Chaim


###### Sichot HaRan 29:3
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וְהוּא תִּקּוּן גָּדוֹל מְאֹד מְאֹד. כִּי עַל־יְדֵי חֲטָאִים נִתְעָרֵב טוֹב וָרַע, וְעַל־יְדֵי לִמּוּד פּוֹסֵק שֶׁמְּבָרֵר הַכָּשֵׁר וְהַפָּסוּל הַמֻּתָּר וְהָאָסוּר הַטָּהוֹר וְהַטָּמֵא עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה נִתְבָּרֵר וְנִפְרַשׁ הַטּוֹב מִן הָרָע (וְכַמְבֹאָר בְּמַאֲמָר "רָאִיתִי מְנוֹרַת זָהָב" וּבִשְׁאָר מַאֲמָרִים מַעֲלַת לִמּוּד הַפּוֹסְקִים).

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
This study is a great spiritual remedy. Through sin, good and evil become mixed up. A legal opinion provides for a clear separation between the valid and invalid, the permitted and the forbidden, the clean and the unclean. When you study religious law, good is purified and once again separated from evil (cf. *Likutey Moharan* I, 8:6, 62:2).


###### Sichot HaRan 29:4
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וְאָמַר: שֶׁכָּל אִישׁ יִשְׂרְאֵלִי מְחֻיָּב לִלְמֹד בְּכָל יוֹם וָיוֹם פּוֹסְקִים, וְלֹא יַעֲבֹר.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Rebbe said that everyone must study the codes each day, without fail.


###### Sichot HaRan 29:5
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וְאַף אִם הוּא אָנוּס וְאֵין לוֹ פְּנַאי, יִלְמַד עַל־כָּל־פָּנִים אֵיזֶה סְעִיף "שֻׁלְחָן־עָרוּךְ" בְּאֵיזֶה מָקוֹם שֶׁהוּא, אֲפִלּוּ שֶׁלֹּא בִּמְקוֹמוֹ שֶׁהוּא עוֹמֵד עַתָּה בְּשֻׁלְחָן־עָרוּךְ.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
If you are under duress and have no time, you may study any law in the *Shulchan Arukh*, even if it does not follow your regular course of study.³⁷, p. 73, #11).

footnotes:
³⁷ This must be a paragraph dealing with a legal decision (Kokhavey Or


###### Sichot HaRan 29:6
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כִּי צָרִיךְ לִלְמֹד אֵיזֶה דִּין בְּ"שֻׁלְחָן־עָרוּךְ" בְּכָל יוֹם וָיוֹם כָּל יְמֵי חַיָּיו. וּכְשֶׁאֵינוֹ אָנוּס יִלְמַד כְּסֵדֶר כָּל הָאַרְבָּעָה "שֻׁלְחָן־עָרוּךְ" מִדֵּי יוֹם בְּיוֹמוֹ וּכְשֶׁיִּגְמֹר וִיסַיֵּם הָאַרְבָּעָה "שֻׁלְחָן־עָרוּךְ" יַחֲזֹר וְיַתְחִיל לְלָמְדָם כְּסֵדֶר. וְכֵן יִנְהַג כָּל יְמֵי חַיָּיו.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
You should go through at least one law every day of your life. Under normal circumstances, you should have a fixed practice of studying the *Shulchan Arukh* in order, a given amount each day. Continue until all four sections are completed and then start again at the beginning. Continue this way all the days of your life.