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ר REISH — Numerical Value: 200 | The letter of 216 (Reish-Yud-Vov) and of the Alef's hidden form | 38 source entries [Translator's Note] In the source, Reish appears embedded within the Kuf section — separated by a single ר line. It is presented here as its own section (§20) to properly honor all 22 letters of the alphabet. The Reish-Yud-Vov (= 216) cluster is the dominant theme, connecting to the shape of the Alef, the sefirah of Gevurah, and the Divine Name Adonai. Hebrew EntryEnglish Translation & ExplanationSource ר'אש ב'ני י'שראל — רבי Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "the head of the children of Israel" (ר׳אש ב׳ני י׳שראל) spell רבי (Rabbi, "my teacher / the master"). [Cross-reference: Rabbi → same verse, listed below.] Likutay Mooharan 111 ר'אש ה'שנה י'ום כ'פור ס'וכות — כרסיה Roshay Saveivos The first letters of the three great festivals of Tishrei — Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkos — spell כרסיה (kursaya, "His throne"). [Cross-reference from Section 11.] Chayay Mooharan §84 ראש תוך וסוף — אמת Tziroof Emes (אמת, "truth") is formed by the beginning (Alef), middle (Mem), and end (Tav) of the Hebrew alphabet. [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Truth spans all of reality. Likutay Mooharan 112 ראשי בת — בראשית Tziroof Rashei Bas (ראשי בת, "the beginning of the daughter") — its letters are a permutation of בראשית (Bereishis). [Cross-reference from Section 2.] Likutay Mooharan 13:4; 38:7 רב חסד — מרדכי Gematria "And abundant in lovingkindness" (ורב חסד) [Exodus 34:6] = gematria of Mordechai (מרדכי). [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Likutay Mooharan 60:9 רב ע' אותיות — רעב Tziroof Rav ayin (רב ע׳, "many eyes / seventy great ones") — its letters spell רעב (ra'av, "hunger / famine"). The many-eyed great ones — when their vision is withdrawn — produce hunger. [Cross-reference: Ra'av listed below.] Sefer HaMidos, "Strife" 2:5 רבא — באר Tziroof Rabbah (רבא, "the great one" — Aramaic title) — its letters are a permutation of באר (be'er, "a well"). [Cross-reference from Section 2.] The great master is a well of Torah. Likutay Mooharan 177 רבי / ריב Tziroof Rabbi (רבי, "my teacher / master") — its letters are a permutation of ריב (riv, "quarrel / dispute"). The master and the quarrel share their letters — the Rabbi transforms disputes into Torah. Roshay Saveivos (×2) Rabbi is the first letters of two phrases: (1) ר׳אש ב׳ני י׳שראל — "the head of the children of Israel"; (2) ר׳שעים ב׳חושך י׳דמו — "the wicked are silenced in darkness" [1 Samuel 2:9]. The master brings light to silence the wicked. Likutay Mooharan 48; 111; 108 רוח מ"ם — רומח Tziroof Ruach Mem (רוח מם, "the spirit of Mem") embodies the aspect of רומח (romach, "spear / lance"). And conversely: a spear = the spirit of Mem. The spear is the spirit of the fortieth gate — the weapon of spiritual warfare is the spirit of Mem (water/Torah). Likutay Mooharan 8:8; 10:9 רחל / ל'פתח ח'טאת ר'ובץ Roshay Saveivos Rachel (רחל) — first letters of ל׳פתח ח׳טאת ר׳ובץ: "sin crouches at the door" [Genesis 4:7] — "in the returning of the faces" (be'chazaras anpin). [Cross-reference from Section 12.] Rachel's name transforms the crouching sin at the door. And: ר׳חל מ׳בכה ע׳ל ב׳ניה — "Rachel weeping for her children" — first letters spell מערב (ma'arav, "west / evening"). [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Likutay Mooharan 48; II:67 רחש — ש'רים ר'דפוני ח'נם Roshay Saveivos Rachash (רחש, "a stirring / rustling — inner speech") — first letters of ש׳רים ר׳דפוני ח׳נם: "Princes have persecuted me without cause" [Psalms 119:161]. The inner stirring of the heart is the response to unjust persecution. Likutay Mooharan 237 ריאה — יהו'ה רוע'י ל'א אחס'ר Sofay Saveivos The final letters of "Hashem is my shepherd, I shall not lack" [Psalms 23:1] spell ריאה (reyah, "lung"). [Cross-reference from Section 10.] Likutay Mooharan II:8; 12 ריו Multiple Reish-Yud-Vov (ריו = 200+10+6 = 216) — the number that encodes the form of the letter Alef — yields a cluster of connections: (1) Gematria ריו = Ayin-Beis [72] three times (72 × 3 = 216); (2) ריו twice (432) = gematria of תבל (tevel, "the inhabited world" = 432); (3) Shape ריו is the visual form of the letter Alef; (4) ריו דין (216 + judgment) = gematria of מנצפ"ך (the five final letters) [cross-reference from Sections 6, 13]; (5) ריו דין = the letters of ורידין ("veins") [cross-reference from Section 6]; (6) ריו דין embodies the aspect of Adonai — for Reish-Yud-Vov is the form of the Alef, which becomes Adonai [cross-reference from Sections 1, 5]. [The number 216 is the key number of this section — it equals Gevurah (strength), the Alef's hidden form, three times the Name of 72, and the gematria of the world (tevel). The 216-nexus is one of the deepest architectural features of Rebbe Nachman's kabbalistic teachings.] Likutay Mooharan 46; 37:6 ריתמא — ת'וכו ר'צוף א'הבה מ'בנות י'רושלים Roshay Saveivos Rismah (ריתמא — the name of a desert encampment in the Israelites' journey, Numbers 33:18) — first letters of ת׳וכו ר׳צוף א׳הבה מ׳בנות י׳רושלים: "its interior inlaid with love, by the daughters of Jerusalem" [Song of Songs 3:10]. A desert way-station encodes the inlaid love of Jerusalem. Likutay Mooharan II:5; 16 רכד אורות — דרך Gematria 224 lights (רכ"ד אורות) = the aspect of derech (דרך, "the path" = 224). [Cross-reference from Section 4.] The path is 224 lights. Likutay Mooharan II:87 רמ"ח — אברהם / מחקק Gematria (×2) 248 (רמ"ח) = gematria of both Avraham (248) and mechokek (248). [Cross-references from Sections 1, 13.] Likutay Mooharan II:26; 72 ר"ע אותיות — כ"ז אותיות Gematria 270 (ר"ע) letters = the aspect of the 27 letters of the Hebrew alphabet — for there are 27 letters (22 + 5 final forms), each containing ten inner dimensions, totaling 270. [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan 38:2 רע עין / סנפיר / ארבע מאות Gematria Ra ayin (רע עין, "evil eye" = 400) = gematria of 400 = gematria of snapir (סנפיר, "fin"). [Cross-references from Sections 1, 15.] Sichos HaRan 242 רעב Tziroof Ra'av (רעב, "hunger / famine") — its letters are a permutation of ע׳ רב (ayin rav, "seventy great ones"). [Cross-reference from Rav Ayin above.] Gematria Ra'av = gematria of Havayah and Elokim each in their "backwards" (achorayim) progressive spelling — when the divine Names withdraw their "face," hunger results. [Cross-reference from Section 5.] Sefer HaMidos "Strife" 2:5; Likutay Mooharan 62:5 ר'עם ג'בורותיו מ'י י'תבונן — גרים Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "the thunder of His mighty deeds — who can understand?" spell גרים (gairim, "converts"). [Cross-reference from Section 3.] Likutay Mooharan II:8; 4 ר'פאל ג'בריאל מ'יכאל נ'וריאל א'וריאל — ארגמן Roshay Saveivos The first letters of the five archangels — Rephael, Gavriel, Micha'el, Nuri'el, Uri'el — spell ארגמן (argaman, "purple / crimson"). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan II:5; 12 רצועה — ש"ע נהורין Gematria Retzu'ah (רצועה, "strap [of tefillin]" = 370) = gematria of ש"ע נהורין ("370 lights"). The strap of tefillin carries the 370 lights of the divine countenance — the physical binding of tefillin binds one to the 370 lights. Likutay Mooharan 35:9 ר'שע מ'כתיר א'ת ה'צדיק — מראה Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "the wicked surrounds the righteous" [Habakkuk 1:4] spell מראה (mareh, "vision / appearance"). [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Likutay Mooharan II:5; 11 ר'שעים ב'חשך י'דמו — רבי Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "the wicked are silenced in darkness" [1 Samuel 2:9] spell רבי (Rabbi). [Cross-reference from Rabbi above.] The master brings light that silences darkness. Likutay Mooharan 108 [Translator's Summary — Section 20, Reish — 38 source entries fully covered] The Reish section is dominated by the Reish-Yud-Vov (216) cluster — the number that encodes Gevurah, the form of the Alef, the Name Adonai, and the inhabited world. The Rabbi as a permutation of riv (dispute) — the master transforms quarrels into Torah. The strap of tefillin carrying the 370 lights. Lamentations (kinos) as a permutation of tikkun (repair). And the spear (romach) as the spirit of Mem — the weapon of spiritual warfare is Torah.