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Likutei Moharan Torah 89

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וַתְּחַסְּרֵהוּ מְעַט מֵאֱלֹקִים, וְכָבוֹד וְהָדָר תְּעַטְּרֵהוּ (תהילים ח׳:ו׳):

Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012

“But You made him slightly wanting from elohim (divinity), and with glory and majesty teatreihu (You crown him).” (Psalms 8:6)

הִנֵּה יָדוּעַ, כִּי כָּל מַה שֶּׁחָסֵר לָאָדָם, הֵן בְּרוּחָנִי הֵן בְּגַשְׁמִי, הַחִסָּרוֹן הוּא בְּהַשְּׁכִינָה, שֶׁהוּא בְּחִינַת אֱלֹקִים.

Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012

Behold, it is known that whatever a person lacks, whether spiritually or physically—that want is in the Divine Presence, which is the aspect of Elohim (the Lord).

וְזֶהוּ וַתְּחַסְּרֵהוּ – בְּוַדַּאי מְעַט מֵאֱלֹקִים; הַיְנוּ הַחִסָּרוֹן בְּוַדַּאי מֵאֱלֹקִים, הַיְנוּ בְּהַשְּׁכִינָה.

Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012

This is: But You made him wanting—[This want] is certainly “slightly [wanting] from elohim.” In other words, the want is certainly “from Elohim”—i.e., in the Divine Presence.

אַךְ כְּשֶׁיֵּדַע זֹאת, שֶׁהַחִסָּרוֹן הוּא לְמַעְלָה וּלְמַטָּה, בְּוַדַּאי יִהְיֶה לוֹ צַעַר גָּדוֹל וְעַצְבוּת, וְלֹא יוּכַל לַעֲבֹד הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ בְּשִׂמְחָה. לְכָךְ צָרִיךְ לְהָשִׁיב לְעַצְמוֹ: מָה אֲנִי וּמֶה חַיַּי, כִּי הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּעַצְמוֹ מְסַפֵּר לִי הַחִסָּרוֹן שֶׁלּוֹ, וְכִי יֵשׁ כָּבוֹד גָּדוֹל מִזֶּה. מִתּוֹךְ כָּךְ בָּא לְשִׂמְחָה גְּדוֹלָה, וְנִתְחַדְּשׁוּ הַמֹּחִין שֶׁלּוֹ. וְזֶהוּ:

Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012

But when a person knows this, that the want is above and below, he will certainly feel great sorrow and sadness, and so will not be able to worship God with joy. He will therefore have to answer for himself: “What am I, and what is my life? For the King Himself informs me of His want. Is there any greater glory than this?” This brings him to great joy, and his intellect is restored. This is:

וְכָבוֹד וְהָדָר תְּעַטְּרֵהוּ – הַיְנוּ עַל־יְדֵי כָּבוֹד וְהָדָר שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ, שֶׁהַמֶּלֶךְ בְּעַצְמוֹ מְסַפֵּר לוֹ הַחִסָּרוֹן,

Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012

**and with glory and majesty teatreihu—**In other words, on account of his “glory and majesty,” that the King Himself informs him of the want. And as a result:

תְּעַטְּרֵהוּ בְּמֹחִין חֲדָשִׁים:

Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012

teATReihu— This refers to a crown, as in (1 Samuel 23:26), “Shaul and his men oATRim (were encircling) David”—i.e., new intellect.

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