## Sichot HaRan Chapter 44

###### Sichot HaRan 44:1
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בְּעִנְיַן הַשֵּׁם שֶׁל אָדָם: הַשֵּׁם הוּא דָּבָר גָּדוֹל מְאֹד. וְדִבֵּר הַרְבֵּה מִזֶּה. גַּם דִּבֵּר עִמָּנוּ מֵעִנְיַן הַפְּסוּקִים שֶׁנּוֹהֲגִין לוֹמַר קֹדֶם "יִהְיוּ לְרָצוֹן", הַמַּתְחִילִין וּמְסַיְּמִין בָּאוֹתִיּוֹת שֶׁל שְׁמוֹ.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Rebbe often spoke about the importance of names. He also discussed the biblical verses beginning and ending with the same letter as one’s name, which are customarily said before the line, “*Yehiyu leratzon*,”⁶⁵ at the end of the *Amidah*.⁶⁶, quoting *Shnei Luchot HaBrit*; also see *Rashi* on Micah 7:9).

footnotes:
⁶⁵ "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable …” (Psalms 19:15).
⁶⁶ This connects with the previous discussion, since this verse is customarily said to prevent one from forgetting his name after death (see Siddur Rav Yaakov Emden


###### Sichot HaRan 44:2
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וְאָמַר: שֶׁיּוֹדֵעַ לְבָאֵר כָּל הַשֵּׁמוֹת שֶׁל אוֹתָן שֶׁעָמְדוּ סְבִיבוֹ הֵיכָן הֵם רוֹמְזִים. וּבְיוֹתֵר מֵרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן (תלמידו ושמשו) דִּבֵּר הַרְבֵּה. שִׁמְעוֹן הִיא צֵרוּף: עָוֹ"ן מָ"שׁ, וְלֹא רָצָה לְבָאֵר בֵּאוּר הַדָּבָר, וְאָמַר שֶׁצֵּרוּף הַנַּ"ל זֶהוּ מַמָּשׁ כָּל עִנְיָנוֹ וּבְחִינָתוֹ שֶׁל רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן. (זֶה רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, הָיָה אֶחָד מִתַּלְמִידָיו הַחֲשׁוּבִים).

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
He once said that he could explain the mystical meaning of the names of all those standing around him And he spoke most about R' Shimon.⁶⁷ #2; *Avenehah Barzel* 37a, #51; “*His Wisdom*” #173). He said, “Take the letters *Shin*, *Mem*, *Ayin*, *Vav*, *Nun* (*ShiMON*), and rearrange them. You then have *AVoN MaSh* – away with sin” (Zechariah 3:9). The Rebbe would not discuss this further. R' Shimon was one of his favorite disciples, and the Rebbe said that this rearrangement literally described his essence.

footnotes:
⁶⁷ R' Shimon ben Ber, Rebbe Nachman's first follower. At the time of the Rebbe's marriage, shortly after his thirteenth birthday, R' Shimon became his disciple (see Tzaddik


###### Sichot HaRan 44:3
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וְאָמַר, שֶׁאַל תִּטְעֶה 'אִם אֹמַר לְךָ הֵיכָן אַתָּה מְרֻמָּז, שֶׁגַּם אָדָם אַחֵר שֶׁשְּׁמוֹ כְּשִׁמְךָ אֲחִיזָתוֹ גַּם כֵּן שָׁם', אַל תֹּאמַר כֵּן.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
He also said, “Do not be led astray by questions of how a name can contain the secret of a person’s existence when so many people share the same name. Do not even refer to such things.”⁶⁸, p. 103, note 3). Cf. *Likutey Halakhot*, *Devarim HaNohagim BeSeudah*4:6.

footnotes:
⁶⁸ This was said to R' Shimon himself (Kokhavey Or


###### Sichot HaRan 44:4
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וּמִכְּלָל דְּבָרָיו הֵבַנּוּ: שֶׁכָּל אֶחָד כְּפִי עִנְיָנוֹ וּמַדְרֵגָתוֹ וּבְחִינָתוֹ כֵּן יֵשׁ לוֹ אֵיזֶה צֵרוּף וְרֶמֶז. וְהוּא יוֹדֵעַ כָּל זֶה הֵיטֵב לַאֲמִתּוֹ.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
From what the Rebbe said, we understood that every aspect of a person’s essence is defined by some combination of the letters of his name. We also were able to realize that the Rebbe himself had complete knowledge of this.


###### Sichot HaRan 44:5
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אָמַר: שֶׁצֵּרוּפֵי אוֹתִיּוֹת, גָּדוֹל מְאֹד. וְאָמַר: שֶׁהַתּוֹרָה שֶׁלּוֹ גְּדוֹלָה. אַךְ בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁהוּא צָרִיךְ לְהִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ עִם צֵרוּפֵי אוֹתִיּוֹת הוּא גָּדוֹל בְּיוֹתֵר.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
The Rebbe said, “The permutation of letters can teach us great lessons. My teachings are very great, but where they involve these permutations of letters, they are even greater” (see “*His Wisdom*” #203).