אות-יא

He loved very much the simple devotions of ordinary people, the simple kosher people. And he loved very much someone who could say a lot of entreaties and supplications from inside the large prayer books, as is the practice of the kosher common people. And he would admonish and exhort us many times to sing songs (zmiros) on Sabbath. And he held culpable and was very upset with someone who was wise in his own eyes and didn't make the extra effort to sing the songs (zmiros) on Sabbath and Saturday night (motzai Shabbos), or any of the other simple devotions. For the essential of Judaism is with simplicity and complete temimus (wholeheartedness, unfeigned, sincerity) without any contrivances, as delineated by us many times already (Likutay Moharan vol. 2; 12, 19, 44, 78. Words of Rabbi Nachman, articles 5, 15, 19, 32, 51, 101, 124, 235 and more). And he himself also, his whole life, before he was met with the severe illness through which he passed away, would sing a great deal of songs (zmiros) every single Sabbath and on Saturday night (motzai Shabbos). (Likutay Moharan vol. 2, Torah 104).