## Sichot HaRan Chapter 95

###### Sichot HaRan 95:1
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דַּע, שֶׁהַשֵּׁם שֶׁנּוֹתְנִין לוֹ לָאָדָם הוּא לְפִי הַפְּעֻלָּה שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ לָאָדָם לַעֲשׂוֹת בָּעוֹלָם.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
A person’s name is determined according to his mission in life (*Berakhot* 7b; *The Aleph-Bet Book*, *Children* A68).


###### Sichot HaRan 95:2
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וְיֵשׁ אֶחָד שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה הַפְּעֻלָּה שֶׁלּוֹ בַּחֲצִי שָׁנִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ וְצָרִיךְ לִקְרֹא לוֹ שֵׁם אַחֵר, דְּהַיְנוּ שֵׁם חָדָשׁ.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
Sometimes a man completes his mission before his destined time to die. He must then be given a new name.


###### Sichot HaRan 95:3
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כִּי הַשֵּׁם שֶׁנּוֹתְנִין לָאָדָם הוּא לְאַחַר מוֹתוֹ לְבוּשִׁין שֶׁלּוֹ.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
A person’s name is the garment of his soul after death.


###### Sichot HaRan 95:4
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כִּי הַשֵּׁם הוּא בְּחִינַת לְבוּשִׁין, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (יְשַׁעְיָה מב): "אֲנִי ה' הוּא שְׁמִי וּכְבוֹדִי" וְכוּ' 'כְּבוֹדִי' – זֶה בְּחִינַת לְבוּשִׁין כִּי 'רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן קָרָא לְמָאנֵהּ מְכַבְּדוּתָא' [ללבושו – כבודו] (שַׁבָּת קיג:).

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
A name is a garment. It is written, “I am God; that is My name and My glory” (Isaiah 42:8). Glory is a garment. Thus, Rabbi Yochanan would call his clothing, “My glory” (*Shabbat* 113b).


###### Sichot HaRan 95:5
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כִּי הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא נִקְרָא הֲוָיָ"ה, כִּי בְּשֵׁם הֲוָיָ"ה נִתְהַוָּה כָּל הָעוֹלָמוֹת, אֲבָל לְמַעְלָה מִכָּל הָעוֹלָמוֹת – אֵין לוֹ שֵׁם, כִּי לְמַעְלָה מִכָּל הָעוֹלָמוֹת אִי אֶפְשָׁר לְהַשִּׂיג אוֹתוֹ וְזֶהוּ (תְּהִלִּים קלח־ב): "כִּי הִגְדַּלְתָּ עַל כָּל שִׁמְךָ אִמְרָתֶךָ". 'אִמְרָתֶךָ' זוֹ הַפְּעֻלָּה, כִּי 'בְּמַאֲמָר נִבְרָא הָעוֹלָם' (אָבוֹת ה־א) דְּהַיְנוּ הַפְּעֻלָּה.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
God is called by the Tetragrammaton, *YHVH*. This Name comes from a root meaning existence.¹⁶³(to be), and its present tense, *hoveh* (see *Orach Chaim* 5:1; *Rashbam* on Exodus 3:14; *Chayey Nefesh* 56). It is this Name that gives existence to all creation. However, above all worlds, God has no name. This is a realm where He cannot be grasped at all. It is written, “For greater than Your Name is Your word” (Psalms 138:2). God’s action is the saying with which He created the world (cf. *Avot* 5:1). “Your word” is therefore God’s action.

footnotes:
¹⁶³ The Tetragrammaton comes from the root hayah


###### Sichot HaRan 95:6
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הַיְנוּ לְפִי הַפְּעֻלּוֹת שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא לְמַעְלָה מִכָּל הָעוֹלָמוֹת הוּא גָּדוֹל מִכָּל הַשֵּׁמוֹת שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ יִתְבָּרַךְ.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
God has actions that are above all worlds. These are greater than all His Names.


###### Sichot HaRan 95:7
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כִּי לְמַעְלָה מִכָּל הָעוֹלָמוֹת אֵין לוֹ שֵׁם כְּלָל, וְזֶהוּ: "כִּי הִגְדַּלְתָּ עַל כָּל שִׁמְךָ אִמְרָתֶךָ".

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
There is a realm above all worlds where there is absolutely no concept of name. Regarding God’s word in such realms, the verse says, “For greater than Your Name is Your word.”


###### Sichot HaRan 95:8
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וְזֶהוּ שֶׁכָּתוּב לֶעָתִיד לָבוֹא (יְשַׁעְיָה סב): "וְרָאוּ כָל הָעַמִּים צִדְקֵךְ וְכוּ' וְקוֹרֵא לָךְ שֵׁם חָדָשׁ".

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
It is written that in the World to Come, “Nations will see your righteousness … and they will call you by a new name” (Isaiah 62:2).


###### Sichot HaRan 95:9
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כִּי הָאֻמּוֹת יִהְיוּ רוֹאִים הַפְּעֻלָּה שֶׁיִּהְיֶה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִקְרְאוּ לָהֶם שֵׁם חָדָשׁ.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
At that time, the nations will perceive the true mission of the Jews and will therefore give them a new name.


###### Sichot HaRan 95:10
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כְּמוֹ כֵן יֵשׁ אֶחָד שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה הַפְּעֻלָּה שֶׁלּוֹ לְפִי הַשֵּׁם שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ בַּחֲצִי שָׁנָיו וְעוֹשֶׂה אַחַר־כָּךְ פְּעֻלּוֹת חֲדָשׁוֹת וְצָרִיךְ לִקְרֹא לוֹ שֵׁם חָדָשׁ. וְיֵשׁ בָּזֶה סוֹדוֹת גְּדוֹלִים וְנוֹרָאִים מְאֹד מְאֹד.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
There are people who complete the mission associated with their name in the middle of their lifetime. They are then given a new mission, and hence, a new name. This concept contains many deep and awesome secrets.


###### Sichot HaRan 95:11
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וְזֶהוּ שֶׁקּוֹרִין לְחוֹלֶה שֵׁם אַחֵר, כִּי הַשֵּׁם שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ מִקֹּדֶם כְּבָר עָשָׂה הַפְּעֻלָּה שֶׁלּוֹ כְּפִי אוֹתוֹ הַשֵּׁם שֶׁהָיָה לוֹ, וְהָיָה רָאוּי לוֹ לָמוּת, לְפִיכָךְ קוֹרְאִין לוֹ שֵׁם אַחֵר שֶׁיִּהְיֶה לוֹ פְּעֻלָּה אַחֶרֶת וְיוּכַל לִחְיוֹת עוֹד כַּמָּה שָׁנִים עַל־יְדֵי שֶׁקּוֹרְאִין לוֹ שֵׁם אַחֵר כְּדֵי לַעֲשׂוֹת הַפְּעֻלָּה כְּפִי אוֹתוֹ הַשֵּׁם.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
It is customary to give a new name to a dangerously ill person.¹⁶⁴ 335:10 in *Hagah*;*Even HaEzer* 129:18. The sick person has already fulfilled his destiny according to his original name and is therefore ready to die. We then give him a new name, thereby also giving him a new mission. The sick person can now continue to live and to complete the mission associated with his new name.

footnotes:
¹⁶⁴ Yoreh Dei'ah


###### Sichot HaRan 95:12
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וְעַל־כֵּן מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ, ע"ה, הָיָה לוֹ כַּמָּה שֵׁמוֹת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ ז"ל (סַנְהֶדְרִין יט:), כִּי בְּכָל פַּעַם עָשָׂה הַפְּעֻלָּה שֶׁלּוֹ כְּבָר לְפִי הַשֵּׁם וְהָיָה צָרִיךְ בְּכָל פַּעַם שֵׁם אַחֵר לַעֲשׂוֹת פְּעֻלּוֹת אֲחֵרוֹת כַּנַּ"ל.

**Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973:**
Our Sages say that Moses had many names.¹⁶⁵ 19b, the verse in I Chronicles 4:18 is interpreted to refer to the names of Moses, giving us Jered, Avigdor, Heber, Avi Sokho, Yekutiel and Avi Zanoah as his names (cf. *Targum*; *Radak* ad loc.). In *Sotah* 12a, the name Toviah is also given. In *Vayikra Rabbah* 1:3, all these names are mentioned, as well as Shemayah ben Netanel, from I Chronicles 24:6 (cf. *Targum* ad loc.). See also *Yalkut Shemoni* on Exodus 2:10 (#166); *Seder HaDorot*, Year 2368. Moses had many missions in life. He therefore required a different name for each one of his great tasks.

footnotes:
¹⁶⁵ In Sanhedrin