## Sichot HaRan Chapter 37

###### Sichot HaRan 37:1
[Sichot HaRan 37:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sichot%20HaRan/r/37:1)

אֶפִּיקוֹרְסוּת נִקְרֵאת "מַשָּׂא" כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתַב רַשִׁ"י (דְּבָרִים א) עַל "מַשָּׂאֲכֶם" – 'מְלַמֵּד שֶׁהָיוּ בָּהֶם אֶפִּיקוֹרְסִים'.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
Atheism is called a burden. On the verse, “How can I alone bear your encumbrance and your burden?” (Deuteronomy 1:12), *Rashi* explains that “burden” refers to the fact that there were nonbelievers among the Jews in the wilderness.


###### Sichot HaRan 37:2
[Sichot HaRan 37:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sichot%20HaRan/r/37:2)

עַל־כֵּן כְּשֶׁנּוֹסֵעַ לְהַצַּדִּיק, הוּא מַשְׁלִיךְ מֵעָלָיו מַשּׂוֹי גְדוֹלָה, כִּי מֵאַחַר שֶׁנּוֹסֵעַ כְּבָר יֵשׁ לוֹ אֱמוּנָה, שֶׁהוּא הֵפֶךְ הָאֶפִּיקוֹרְסוּת.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
When a person travels to a tzaddik, he casts aside this heavy burden, because traveling to a tzaddik is an act of faith, the opposite of unbelief (see *Likutey Halakhot*, *Chalukat Shutfin* 2:3, 4:5, 5:7).