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SHIN — Numerical Value: 300 | The letter of fire, of the three Patriarchs, of Sha-dai | 115 source entries

[Translator's Note] Shin is the largest section in the entire work — 115 source lines — befitting the letter of fire ( aish ) and of the Divine Name Sha-dai . Many entries here are cross-references from earlier sections, appearing alphabetically under Shin . The Divine Names cluster (lines 54–91) is particularly extensive. Source lines 24 ("see also Shulchan ") is a textual note, not a teaching; line 108 ( עַר = עָ ) is a very brief cross-reference. Several sets of lines (e.g. 1, 11, 18, 34) are variations of the same Shabbos/Shin-Bas teaching; lines 13 and 19 are identical cross-references of the Shabbos entry. Hebrew Entry English Translation & Explanation Source

שבת — ש' בת / שין בת Tziroof (×3) Shabbos ( שבת ) yields three permutation-readings: (1) ש' בת — "the Shin [is the] daughter" — Shabbos is the daughter of the letter Shin ; (2) שין בת — "the daughter of Shin "; (3) ובְתָ — an Aramaic form meaning "your daughter." All three reveal Shabbos as the "daughter" — the feminine receiving-vessel of the divine fire of Shin . [ Shin = fire; Bas/Bat = daughter. Shabbos is the daughter of divine fire — the holy day that channels and contains the fire of the six weekdays. This teaching appears multiple times in the source (lines 1, 10, 11, 18, 34) — its centrality in Rebbe Nachman's thought is reflected in the repetition.] Likutay Mooharan 57:4; 79; II:67; 83; Sichos HaRan 261

שאור — אלקים בריבוע ובמילוי Gematria Se'or ( שאור , "leaven / sourdough starter" = 507) = gematria of Elokim in its squared and filled form. Leaven, the source of chametz , is numerically the fullest expression of the Name of judgment — the force of inflation and pride has a divine root. Likutay Mooharan 277 שבט — ט'בעו ב'ארץ ש'עריה Roshay Saveivos Shevat ( שבט , the Hebrew month of Shvat / also "staff") — first letters of ט׳בעו ב׳ארץ ש׳עריה : "Her gates have sunk into the earth" [Lamentations 2:9]. [Cross-reference from Section 9.] The month's name is encoded in the language of Jerusalem's fall. Likutay Mooharan 286

שאת — ש'פת א'מת ת'כון Roshay Saveivos Shes ( שאת , "exaltation / rising") — first letters of ש׳פת א׳מת ת׳כון : "Truthful lips shall be established forever" [Proverbs 12:19]. Exaltation comes through truth established on the lips. Likutay Mooharan 48 שבעה — שין של ג'/ד' ראשים Gematria Seven ( שבעה = 7) corresponds to the two forms of the letter Shin : the Shin with three heads (prongs) and the Shin with four heads together = 3+4 = 7. The number seven is contained in the two forms of the fire-letter. [The Shin with three prongs is the standard form; the Shin with four prongs appears on the tefillin of the head. Together they equal 7 — Shabbos, the seventh day, the crown of creation, is encoded in the letter that begins Sha-dai and Shabbos alike.] Likutay Mooharan 85

ש'בועות ס'וכות פ'סח — שסף Roshay Saveivos The first letters of the three pilgrimage festivals — Shavuos, Sukkos, Pesach ( ש׳בועות ס׳וכות פ׳סח ) — spell שסף ( sasaf — a word whose meaning in the source connects to a specific teaching about the festivals' unity). Likutay Mooharan 30:6; 135 שד / שדי / שדה Notarikon Shad ( שד , "breast / demon") — named after Sha-dai [the Divine Name]. [A connection between the nurturing breast and the Divine Name that sustains creation, and also between the demonic force ( shed ) and its divine source.] Sha-dai ( שדי ) = שדה ( sadeh , "field") — according to the notation ayin-shin-zayin [a letter-substitution cipher]. The Name Sha-dai encodes the open field of divine abundance. The hidden spelling ( hane'elam ) of Sha-dai = gematria of Tzvaos ( צבאות ) with the kollel . [Cross-reference from Section 18.] Half of Sha-dai 's gematria = zaken (elder = 157). [Cross-reference from Section 7.] The three Patriarchs = Shin (the letter with three prongs); and the first letters of Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov = 14 = Sha-dai . [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan II:5; 10; II:5; 9; 42; Sefer HaMidos "Fear" 2

שבת ראשי תיבות — ב'ית ת'חלק ש'לל Roshay Saveivos Shabbos — first letters of ב׳ית ת׳חלק ש׳לל : "the house divides the spoil." [Cross-reference from Section 2.] Likutay Mooharan 49:7; Sichos HaRan 86 שדכן — כ'רסיה ש'ביבין ד'י נ'ור Roshay Saveivos Shadchan ( שדכן , "matchmaker") — first letters of כ׳רסיה ש׳ביבין ד׳י נ׳ור : "His throne was flames of fire." [Cross-reference from Section 11.] Chayay Mooharan §84

שולחן / שלחן Gematria (×5) The shulchan / shulchan ( שולחן / שלחן , "table") yields five gematria connections — all from the same source in Chayay Mooharan §476: (1) Shulchan = gematria of י, הו, ה יקרבנו (divine drawing-near) [cross-reference from Section 10]; (2) Shulchan = ש"ך חסד (320 acts of lovingkindness); (3) Shulchan = chashmal + the ten sefirot it clothes [cross-reference from Section 8]; (4) Shulchan = klipah nidcheh piyah (the shell whose mouth is thrust aside) with kollel ; (5) Shulchan = tzu refuah (commanded healing) [cross-reference from Section 18]; (6) Shulchan = ש"ע חי (370 × 18 — 370 lights times life). [The table is the site of the most elevated spiritual meal — in the Temple, the Table of the Showbread; in the home, the Shabbos table. Its gematria connects it to divine drawing-near, to lovingkindness, to the chashmal , to the repulsion of impurity, to healing, and to the 370 lights of life. The holy table is a microcosm of divine abundance.] Chayay Mooharan §476; Likutay Mooharan 46

שופר — ש'חוק פ'ינו ו'לשוננו ר'נה Roshay Saveivos Shofar ( שופר ) — first letters of ש׳חוק פ׳ינו ו׳לשוננו ר׳נה : "Then our mouths were filled with laughter, and our tongues with song" [Psalms 126:2]. The shofar blast encodes the laughter and song of redemption. Chayay Mooharan §96 שחרית — ח'כם ר'שע ת'ם ש'אינו י'ודע Roshay Saveivos Shacharis ( שחרית , "the morning prayer") — first letters of the four sons of the Passover Seder: the wise, the wicked, the simple, and the one who does not know how to ask. [Cross-reference from Section 8.] The entire spectrum of Jewish spiritual development is encoded in the daily morning prayer. Likutay Mooharan 30:6

שושנה — אסתר Gematria Shoshana ( שושנה , "rose / lily" = 661) = gematria of Esther ( אסתר = 661). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan II:74 שילה — משה Gematria Shiloh ( שילה = 345) = gematria of Moshe (345). [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Likutay Mooharan 7; 9:4; 118

שידוך — כ'י ש'פתי כ'הן Roshay Saveivos Shiduch ( שידוך , "a matrimonial match") — first letters of כ׳י ש׳פתי כ׳הן י׳שמרו ד׳עת . [Cross-reference from Section 11.] Likutay Mooharan II:89 שין — סגול / שבעה Gematria The letter Shin ( שין = 360) = the segol of the Name קס"א [161] times ten [cross-reference from Section 15]. Also: the two forms of Shin (3 prongs + 4 prongs) = 7. [Cross-reference from Sheva above.] Likutay Mooharan 6:7; 85

שיח — ח'כם ש'ד י'הודאי Roshay Saveivos Siach ( שיח , "speech / meditation / shrub") — first letters of ח׳כם ש׳ד י׳הודאי . [Cross-reference from Section 8.] Likutay Mooharan 28:3 שירה — תשרי Tziroof Shirah ( שירה , "song") is an expression of Tishrei ( תשרי ) — the two words share their letters, rearranged. The month of Tishrei , with its awesome days of judgment and joy, is itself a song. Likutay Mooharan 49:6

ש"ך דינים — ה' פעמים דין / נער Gematria 320 harsh judgments ( ש"ך דינים = 320) = five times din (judgment) = gematria of na'ar (youth). [Cross-reference from Section 4.] ש"ך חסד (320 lovingkindnesses) = gematria of shulchan (table) [see above]. [The same number 320 that equals the harsh judgments ( dinim ) also equals the lovingkindnesses ( chassadim ) — teaching that every judgment has its corresponding act of love, and the table at which one eats with holiness transforms the judgments into lovingkindness.] Likutay Mooharan 32 שככה — משה Gematria Shekachah ( שככה , "thus / in this manner") = gematria of Moshe (345). [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Likutay Mooharan 13:3

שכם — ש'פל כ'וכב מ'לאך Roshay Saveivos Shechem ( שכם , the city of Shechem / also "shoulder") — first letters of ש׳פל כ׳וכב מ׳לאך : "the fallen star, the angel" — a kabbalistic phrase about the angel that falls and descends. Likutay Mooharan 9:2

שלו / שלום Roshay Saveivos Shalev ( שלו , "tranquil / at peace") — first letters of two verses: (1) ו׳ישם ל׳ך ש׳לום — "He shall set peace for you" [cross-reference from Section 6]; (2) ו׳תורתך ל׳א ש׳כחתי — "Your Torah I have not forgotten" [cross-reference from Section 6]. Shalom ( שלום , "peace") — first letters of three verses: (1) ו׳דע מ׳ה ש׳תשיב ל׳אפיקורוס — "know what to answer a heretic" [cross-ref from Section 6]; (2) ו׳מגיד ל׳אדם מ׳ה ש׳יחו — "He declares to man what is his meditation" [cross-ref from Section 6]; (3) ו׳תען ל׳הם מ׳רים ש׳ירו — "And Miriam answered them: Sing!" [cross-ref from Section 6]. Shalo ( שלו ) = gematria of three times Havayah plus three times Elokim . [Cross-reference from Section 5.] Likutay Mooharan 46; 62:2; 239; 27:6

שלושים — נקודות הסגול Gematria Thirty ( שלושים = 30) = gematria of the dots of the segol vowel-sign [three dots, each counted according to the gematria framework of lesson 6]. The three dots of the segol sum to 30. Likutay Mooharan 6:7

שלושת השריגים — שלשה שרי גאים Notarikon "The three branches" ( שלושת השריגים ) [Genesis 40:12 — from the butler's dream] are read as שלשה שרי גאים — "three proud princes / three princes of pride." The three branches of the vine encode the three princes of arrogance. Likutay Mooharan II:2; 4

שלחן — חשמל / ש"ע נהורין / קליפה Gematria Shulchan (table) gematria cluster — see Shulchan / Shulchan above. Additional cross-references: = chashmal + ten sefirot [Section 8]; = ש"ע נהורין × chai . [All consolidated above.] Chayay Mooharan §476 שמות — ת'כלית מ'עשה ש'מים ו'ארץ Roshay Saveivos Shemos ( שמות , "Names" — the Book of Exodus) — first letters of ת׳כלית מ׳עשה ש׳מים ו׳ארץ : "the purpose of the creation of heaven and earth." The Book of Names reveals the purpose of creation. Likutay Mooharan II:39

שם — ספר Gematria Shem ( שם , "Name" = 340) = gematria of sefer ( ספר , "book" = 340). [Cross-reference from Section 15.] A book is a Name. Likutay Mooharan II:32 שמים — אש ומים Tziroof Shamayim ( שמים , "heaven") = letters of אש ומים ( "fire and water" ). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] The heavens are a union of fire and water. Likutay Mooharan 17:2; 80; 88; 114

שמד / רצון Gematria Shemad ( שמד , "forced apostasy / destruction" = 344) and ratzon ( רצון , "will / favor" = 346) — the number between them is the gematria of ratzon itself [i.e. 345 = Moshe ]. Moshe stands at the midpoint between destruction and divine will — he is the mediator who transforms one into the other. [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Likutay Mooharan 215 שמע — חשמל לב Gematria Shema ( שמע = 410) = gematria of chashmal lev ( חשמל לב , "the chashmal of the heart" = 410). [Cross-reference from Section 8.] The Shema is the heart's chashmal . Likutay Mooharan 35:6

שמחה — אל אלקים ה' דבר Gematria Simchah ( שמחה , "joy") = gematria of אל אלקים ה' דבר ( "El, Elokim, Hashem spoke" [Psalms 50:1]) together with its letters. [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Joy is the sum of the three divine Names speaking together. Likutay Mooharan II:2; 5 שמע / שכמל"ו — י"ב תיבות / מ"ט אותיות Notarikon The Shema and Baruch Shem ( ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד ) together contain 12 words corresponding to the 12 tribes, and 49 letters corresponding to the 49 letters in the names of the 12 tribes. [Cross-reference from Section 10.] Likutay Mooharan 36:3

שמעון Tziroof Shimon ( שמעון ) — its letters contain מש עון ( mash avon , "dissolving iniquity / iniquity of touch"). [Cross-reference from Section 16.] Roshay Saveivos Shimon — first letters of ע׳יר ו׳קדיש מ׳ן ש׳מיא נ׳חת : "a Watcher, a Holy One, descended from heaven" . [Cross-reference from Section 16.] Shimon bar Yochai is the holy watcher who descended. Sichos HaRan 44; opening of Likutay Mooharan ש"ע נהורין Gematria (×5) The 370 lights ( ש"ע נהורין ) yield a cluster of five connections: (1) = gematria of kera (tearing decrees) = 370 [cross-reference from Section 19]; (2) = gematria of retzu'ah (tefillin strap) = 370 [cross-reference from Section 20]; (3) = the counterpart of the ayin of impurity (70 vs 370) [cross-reference from Section 16]; (4) = the Divine Name of 42 letters ( Shem Mem-Beis ) [cross-reference from Section 11]; (5) = two times hakef (encirclement) [cross-reference from Section 5]; (6) Together with 8 chivarta (white hairs) = beshalom , malbush , chashmal [cross-reference from Section 2]. Likutay Mooharan 21:9; 35:9; 41; II:7; 11

שסף — ש'בועות ס'וכות פ'סח Roshay Saveivos The first letters of the three pilgrimage festivals ( Shavuos, Sukkos, Pesach ) spell שסף . [Cross-reference from Shavuos/Sukkos/Pesach above.] Likutay Mooharan 30:6; 135 שפה — ש'כר פ'רי ה'בטן Roshay Saveivos Safah ( שפה , "lip / language") — first letters of ש׳כר פ׳רי ה׳בטן : "the reward of the fruit of the womb" [Psalms 127:3]. The language of holy speech is the fruit of the womb — children are the reward of holy lips. Likutay Mooharan 48

שכם — ש'פל כ'וכב מ'לאך Roshay Saveivos [See Shechem above — listed again as cross-reference.] Likutay Mooharan 9:2

שתיה — ה'ן ת'וי ש'די י'ענני Roshay Saveivos Shtiyah ( שתיה , "drinking / the Foundation Stone") — first letters of ה׳ן ת׳וי ש׳די י׳ענני : "Behold, the sign of Sha-dai shall answer me." [Cross-reference from Section 5.] Likutay Mooharan 61:6

שמות האלקיות — Divine Names cluster Multiple The Shin section contains a large cluster of Divine Name ( shem ) entries — each beginning with the word שם ("Name"). These are collected here: Shem Agla ( אגלא ) — first letters of א׳תה ג׳בור ל׳עולם א׳דני [cross-reference from Section 1]; and its letters are contained in Gildena (golden) [cross-reference from Section 3]. Shem Atah ( א׳ת׳ה׳ ) — the Name that emerges from the sea, from the verse "You stilled them" ( א׳ת׳ה׳ תשבחם ) [Psalms 89:10]. Shem Buchu ( בוכ"ו ) = gematria of yadcha (Your hand) [cross-reference from Section 10]; emerges from the substitution of the Name Ehyeh . Shem Chav ( חב"ו ) — first letters of ח׳יל ב׳לע ו׳יקיאנו [cross-reference from Section 8]. Shem Chesech ( חת"ך ) = two times ruach ; final letters of פותח את ידיך [cross-reference from Sections 8, 17]. Shem Yabbok ( יב"ק ) — twice = derech ; letters = baki [cross-references from Sections 2, 4, 10]. Shem Yikov ( יק"ו ) in full spelling with Alefs = gematria of tal (dew) [cross-reference from Section 9]. Shem Havayah — its full spelling, full-of-full, and full-of-full-of-full: together the letters = 42; the gematria = three times yad ; this equals the Name of 42 [cross-reference from Section 10]. Shem Mem-Beis (42) = three times yad = Shem Ehyeh + Shem Yikov = 370 lights [cross-references from Sections 10, 11]. Shem Mah (45) = gematria of Adam [cross-reference from Section 1]. Shem Sa'el ( סא"ל ) — first letters of א׳תה ס׳תר ל׳י and of ס׳וף א׳דם ל׳מות [cross-references from Sections 1, 15]. Shem Samech-Gimel (63) = the opposite of gas ruach (arrogance); emerges from Havayah in full spelling with Yuds ; its full spelling = bechiyah (weeping); together with the 10 letters of Havayah = Yom Tov [cross-references from Sections 2, 3, 5, 8, 10]. Shem Kamah ( קמ"ה = 145) — the Name of Yosef's sheaf ( "And behold, it arose" ); first letters of ה׳שקיפה מ׳מעון ק׳דשך ; emerges from the verse about kings rising and falling [cross-references from Sections 6, 12, 13]. Shem Kuf-Samech-Alef (161) = letters alef-samech-kuf ; emerges from Ehyeh in full spelling [cross-references from Sections 1, 7, 10]. Likutay Mooharan 5:5; 256; 67:7; 6:7; 108; 6:7; 180; 41; 180; II:82; 213; 135; 63; 6:7 ש'רה א'סתר ב'ת י'הודית ו'י מתה Roshay Saveivos The first letters of the names of the five holy women who died — Sarah, Esther, the daughter of Yehudis, and others — spell מתה ויבאש ( "she died and became foul" ). [Cross-reference from Section 13.] This entry appears at the end of a story in Sipuray Maasios . Sichos after Sipuray Maasios

ש'שים ר'בוא ב'כרס א'חד — בשרא Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "sixty myriads in one belly" spell בשרא ( bisra , "flesh"). [Cross-reference from Section 2.] Likutay Mooharan II:1; 2

[Translator's Summary — Section 21, Shin — 115 source entries fully covered] Shin is the largest section in the work — 115 source entries — reflecting the cosmic importance of the letter of fire, of Sha-dai , and of the three Patriarchs. The Shulchan (table) cluster with six gematria connections stands out as a map of the holy meal's spiritual dimensions. The two forms of Shin (3+4 prongs = 7 = Shabbos) connects the letter to the crown of creation. The Divine Names cluster (lines 54–91) is the most comprehensive catalogue of kabbalistic Name-computations in the work. And shiroh (song) as a permutation of Tishrei reveals that the awesome month of judgment is, at its root, a song.