Chasidut · Breslov
Likutei Moharan 58:9/ליקוטי מוהר"ן נ״ח:ט׳
אט וּכְשֶׁהַכְּשֵׁרֵי דּוֹר נִתְיַפִּים וְנִתְכַּבְּדִים בְּעֵינֵי כֹּל, אֲזַי כָּל אֶחָד לְפִי כַּשְׁרוּתוֹ יָכוֹל לְהָבִין, שֶׁכְּבָר הִשְׁפִּיעַ חֲכַם הַדּוֹר בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת לֶחֶם מִשְׁנֶה הַנַּ"ל, כִּי כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד לְפִי כַּשְׁרוּתוֹ, כֵּן מְקַבֵּל יֹפִי וְהָדָר וְנִתְגַּדֵּל כֵּן בְּעֵינֵי הַבְּרִיּוֹת.
19. And when everyone shows admiration for the generation’s devout individuals and considers them comely, then each one [of these individuals], commensurate with his devoutness, can understand that the generation’s sage has already supplied the aforementioned bounty of “double bread” on the day of Shabbat. The reason for this is that each one of them, commensurate with his devoutness, acquires comeliness and beauty and gains prominence in the eyes of the people.
בוְהַיֹּפִי וְהַגְּדֻלָּה הִיא צִיּוּן וְסִימָן וּרְשִׁימָה עַל מִשְׁנֵה תּוֹרָה הַנַּ"ל, בִּבְחִינַת (תהילים מ״ח:ג׳): הַר צִיּוֹן יַרְכְּתֵי צָפוֹן. הַר זֶה בְּחִינַת גְּדֻלָּה, כְּמַאֲמַר חֲכָמֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (סנהדרין קז): עַל נוּדִי הַרְכֶם צִפּוֹר – זֶה מַלְכוּת וּגְדֻלָּה, שֶׁהַגְּדֻלָּה הוּא צִיּוּן וְסִימָן עַל יַרְכְּתֵי צָפוֹן, עַל חַמּוּקֵי יְרֵכַיִךְ, תּוֹרָה הַצְּפוּנָה.
2This comeliness and prominence are a mark and a sign and a hint to the aforementioned Mishneh Torah, in the aspect of “Mount Zion (TZiYON) on the northern side” (Psalms 48:3). “Mount” is the aspect of prominence, as in the teaching of the Sages, of blessed memory, concerning [the verse]: “Flee from your mountain like a bird” (Psalms 11:1)—this is kingship and prominence (Sanhedrin 107a). Prominence is a TZiYUN (mark) and a sign of “YaRKesei TZaFoNe (the northern side),” of “The roundness of YeReiKhayikh (your thighs)” (Song of Songs 7:2)—Torah haTZeFuNah (that is hidden).
גוְזֶהוּ (ישעיהו נ״ח:י״ג): אִם תָּשׁוּב מִשַּׁבָּת רַגְלֶךָ; עַל־יְדֵי תְּשׁוּבָה הַבָּאָה מִבְּחִינַת שַׁבָּת, נִמְשָׁךְ יַרְכְּתֵי צָפוֹן, וְזֶהוּ: רַגְלֶךָ.
3{“If you tashiv (turn back) your foot on account of Shabbat, from pursuing your affairs on My holy day; if you call the Shabbat ‘delight’…; if you honor it by not doing your business… or speaking of [mundane] matters” (Isaiah 58:13).} This is the explanation of “If you TaShiV your foot on account of Shabbat”: the TeShuVah that stems from the aspect of Shabbat elicits “yarkesei tzafone”—i.e., “your foot.”
דוְכָל אֶחָד לְפִי כַּשְׁרוּתוֹ, כֵּן נִתְצַיֵּן וְנִתְסַמֵּן אֶצְלוֹ, כְּדֵי לְקַבֵּל אַחַר־כָּךְ בְּתוֹךְ הַצִּיּוּנִים שֶׁל הַגְּדֻלָּה, אֶת יַרְכְּתֵי צָפוֹן הַנַּ"ל, כִּי הַגְּדֻלָּה שֶׁל הַכְּשֵׁרֵי דּוֹר, הִיא בְּחִינַת כְּלִי אֶל הִתְחַדְּשׁוּת הַתּוֹרָה, בִּבְחִינַת*)*:
4And each [devout individual] receives the mark and the sign commensurate with his devoutness, so that afterwards he receives the aforementioned “yarkesei tzafone” within the markings of prominence. This is because the prominence of the generation’s devout individuals is the aspect of a vessel for original Torah insights, in the aspect of…