## Sichot HaRan Chapter 58

###### Sichot HaRan 58:1
[Sichot HaRan 58:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sichot%20HaRan/r/58:1)

כְּשֶׁחוֹשְׁבִין תּוֹרָה, צָרִיךְ לִהְיוֹת חוֹשֵׁב הַדְּבַר תּוֹרָה שֶׁרוֹצֶה לְחַדֵּשׁ בָּהּ – לַחֲשֹׁב וְלַחֲזֹר בְּמַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ אוֹתוֹ הַפָּסוּק אוֹ אוֹתוֹ הָעִנְיָן כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה פְּעָמִים הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד, וְלִהְיוֹת נוֹקֵשׁ וְדוֹפֵק עַל הַפֶּתַח עַד שֶׁיִּפְתְּחוּ לוֹ.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
When you want to come up with new ideas in the Torah, you must concentrate on one particular subject. Take a verse or a matter and review it many times, hammering on the door until it is opened for you.


###### Sichot HaRan 58:2
[Sichot HaRan 58:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sichot%20HaRan/r/58:2)

יֵשׁ דָּבָר שֶׁפּוֹרֵחַ בַּמַּחֲשָׁבָה, כְּמוֹ זְרִיקָה. וְאַחַר־כָּךְ פּוֹרֵחַ מֵהַמַּחֲשָׁבָה, וְצָרִיךְ שֶׁיִּהְיֶה לָזֶה בְּרִיָּה וְאִישׁ חַיִל כַּנַּ"ל, לִרְדֹּף וְלָרוּץ אַחֲרֶיהָ לְהַשִּׂיגָהּ.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
Sometimes a thought flashes through your mind and then it escapes. You must be a man of valor, pursuing it until it is recaptured.⁸⁵. The lesson delivered on that Shabbat is cited in *Likutey Moharan* I, 192. Assuming that the lessons follow some chronological order, the year can be given as 5565/1805. The exact date of *Shabbat Shirah* was 12 Shevat 5565 (January 12, 1805).

footnotes:
⁸⁵ This was said on the coach on the way to Tcherin for Shabbat Shirah