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Likutei Moharan, Part II

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כְּשֶׁבָּא סֵפֶר חָדָשׁ לָעוֹלָם, וְזֶה מְבֹאָר אֶצְלֵנוּ, שֶׁיֵּשׁ חִדּוּשִׁים שֶׁנַּעֲשִׂין עַל־יְדֵי דְּמָעוֹת (כַּמּוּבָא בְּסִימָן רסב), אֲזַי אֵלּוּ הַדְּמָעוֹת שֶׁל הַחִדּוּשִׁים, שֶׁמֵּהֶם נַעֲשָׂה הַסֵּפֶר הֶחָדָשׁ, הֵם עוֹמְדִים כְּנֶגֶד גְּזֵרוֹת הָאֻמּוֹת, וּמְבַטְּלָן:

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

When a new book comes into the world—and it is explained in our teachings that there are original insights which are produced through tears (as is brought in Likutey Moharan I, 262)—then the tears of the original insights which form this new work counter the evil decrees of the nations and eliminate them.

וְהַדָּבָר מְבֹאָר, כִּי כָל כֹּחָם הִיא מִן הַדְּמָעוֹת שֶׁל עֵשָׂו, וְעַל־כֵּן כְּשֶׁיֵּשׁ אֵלּוּ הַדְּמָעוֹת הַנַּ"ל, הֵם עוֹמְדִים כְּנֶגְדָּם וּמְבַטְּלָן.

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

This matter is clear, because all their strength derives from the tears of Esav. Therefore, where there are these aforementioned tears, they counter them and cancel them out.

וְזֶה אוֹתִיּוֹת בְּכִיָּה – רָאשֵׁי־תֵבוֹת: בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּחוֹל הַיָּם (הוֹשֵׁעַ ב) – מַה חוֹל הַיָּם מֵגֵן מִן גַּלֵּי הַיָּם, שֶׁלֹּא יִשְׁטְפוּ הָעוֹלָם, כֵּן בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵגֵן עֲלֵיהֶם הַבְּכִיָּה וְהַדְּמָעוֹת כְּנֶגֶד גְּזֵרוֹת הָאֻמּוֹת כַּנַּ"ל.

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

This is alluded to in the letters that spell B’ KhiYaH (crying), which are the first letters of “B’nei Yisrael K’chol Hayam.” Just as the sand protects against the waves and prevents them from flooding the world, crying and tears protect Israel from the evil decrees of the nations.

וְזֶה: וְהָיָה מִסְפַּר בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּחוֹל הַיָּם – מִסְפַּר הַיְנוּ מִסֵּפֶר הַנַּ"ל, מִשָּׁם בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּחוֹל הַיָּם, הַיְנוּ בְּכִיָּה וּדְמָעוֹת שֶׁל הַחִדּוּשִׁין שֶׁבַּסֵּפֶר, שֶׁמֵּגֵן עֲלֵיהֶם כַּנַּ"ל:

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

This is “The mispar (number) of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea.” MiSPaR alludes to MiSePheR (from the book), which was mentioned previously. Because of it—i.e., the crying and tears of the original insights in the book, which protect them—“the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea.”