Shivchei HaRan Chapter 2
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גַּם בִּהְיוֹתוֹ יוֹשֵׁב לִפְנֵי רַבּוֹ לִלְמֹד בִּימֵי קַטְנוּתוֹ, הָיָה רוֹצֶה תָּמִיד לְקַיֵּם: "שִׁוִּיתִי ה' לְנֶגְדִּי תָמִיד" וְהָיָה מִתְיַגֵּעַ לְצַיֵּר נֶגֶד עֵינָיו שֵׁם: "הוי"ה" בָּרוּךְ הוּא, וּמֵחֲמַת שֶׁהָיְתָה מַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ טְרוּדָה בָּזֶה לֹא הָיָה יוֹדֵעַ מַה שֶּׁלּוֹמֵד וְהָיָה רַבּוֹ כּוֹעֵס עָלָיו.
As a young child, the Rebbe wanted to literally fulfill the verse, “I have set God before me constantly” (Psalms 16:8). He continually tried to depict God’s Ineffable Name². before his eyes, even while studying with his tutor. His thoughts were so occupied that he often did not know his lessons, making his teacher very angry.
footnotes: ² The four letters of the Tetragrammaton, YHVH
וְאַף־עַל־פִּי־כֵן, כָּל יְמֵי יַלְדוּתוֹ הָיָה עוֹשֶׂה עִנְיְנֵי מַעֲשֵׂה נַעֲרוּת הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד, דְּהַיְנוּ עִנְיְנֵי שְׂחוֹק וּקְפִיצוֹת וְטִיּוּל (שֶׁקּוֹרִין פַאר שַׁייט) וְהָיָה רָגִיל בָּזֶה מְאֹד.
Despite this, the Rebbe acted like a normal child his age – playing, jumping and taking walks. He behaved this way constantly.