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נ NUN — Numerical Value: 50 | The letter of the fifty gates, of falling and rising | 22 source entries [Translator's Note] The Nun is famously absent from Psalm 145 (Ashrei) — the Sages explain this is because Nun connotes nefilah (falling). Yet Rebbe Nachman taught that the 50th gate of understanding, which the Nun represents, is the gate of total renewal. Source lines 11–12 are cross-references of each other; lines 16 and 18 are cross-references of each other. Hebrew EntryEnglish Translation & ExplanationSource נא רפא — מרים יוכבד Gematria "Please heal" (נא רפא) [Numbers 12:13 — Moshe's five-word prayer for his sister Miriam] = gematria of מרים יוכבד (Miriam and Yocheved — Moshe's sister and mother). The prayer Moshe offered for Miriam numerically contains the names of the two women who saved his life. [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Likutay Mooharan 174 נאף Roshay Saveivos Na'af (נאף, "licentiousness / adultery") — first letters of א׳שרי נ׳שוי פ׳שע: "Fortunate is one whose transgression is forgiven" [Psalms 32:1]. [Cross-reference from Section 1.] The supreme blessing of forgiveness encodes within it the very sin most in need of it. Likutay Mooharan 205 נביא Roshay Saveivos (×4) Navi (נביא, "prophet") yields four first-letter sources: (1) ב׳דבר י׳י ש׳מים נ׳עשו — "By the word of Hashem the heavens were made" [Psalms 33:6] — because the Alef [the silent letter] is the firmament [cross-reference from Section 2]; (2) ב׳שבעים נ׳פש י׳רדו א׳בותיך — "with seventy souls your fathers went down" [Deut. 10:22] [cross-reference from Section 2]; (3) ב׳שם י׳י א׳לקינו נ׳זכיר — "In the Name of Hashem our G-d we will call out" [Psalms 20:8] [cross-reference from Section 2]; (4) י׳בוא ב׳רנה נ׳ושא א׳לומותיו — "He shall come with joyful song, bearing his sheaves" [Psalms 126:6] [cross-reference from Section 10]. [Four distinct biblical verses all encode the word prophet in their first letters — a remarkable convergence that reveals how deeply embedded the concept of prophecy is in Scripture. The prophet is the bearer of divine speech (bdavar Hashem), of the community of souls, of the divine Name, and of joyful harvest.] Likutay Mooharan II:1; 9; II:8; 5; Sefer HaMidos "Prayer" 2:14; 5:2 נבל Roshay Saveivos Naval (נבל, "harp / lute") — first letters of ל"ב נ׳תיבות: the 32 paths of Wisdom. [Cross-reference from Section 12.] The harp is the musical form of the 32 paths. Likutay Mooharan 123 נ'דיבי ע'מים נ'אספו Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "The nobles of the peoples have gathered" (נ׳דיבי ע׳מים נ׳אספו) [Psalms 47:10] spell ענן (anan, "cloud"). The gathering of noble souls rises as a cloud before G-d. [The cloud (anan) in the Torah represents the divine presence — the pillar of cloud that led Israel through the desert. The gathering of noble souls (nedivei amim) generates its own divine cloud.] Likutay Mooharan II:5; 15 נדה Gematria Nidah (נדה, "a menstruant / state of separation") = gematria of חותם (chosom, "a seal") [cross-reference from Section 8] and also = gematria of yad (יד, "hand") in its full spelling [cross-reference from Section 10]. The seal, the hand, and the state of separation share a numerical identity — all relate to the boundary between states of holiness and their renewal. Likutay Mooharan 22:1; 22:2 נהרדעי — נהורי דעה Notarikon Nehardea (נהרדעי — the great Babylonian academy-city of Talmudic times) is read as נהורי דעה (nahorei de'ah, "lights of knowledge / luminaries of wisdom"). And conversely: nahorei de'ah = Nehardea. The ancient city of Torah is defined by its illumination of knowledge. [Nehardea was one of the two great Babylonian academies (with Sura). Its name, decoded, reveals its essence: it is the city of those who illuminate knowledge — the true talmidei chachamim (Torah scholars).] Likutay Mooharan 31:1 נואף — קבלה Gematria No'af (נואף, "one who commits licentiousness" = 137) = gematria of קבלה (Kabbalah, "mystical tradition / receiving" = 137). The force of licentiousness and the tradition of mystical reception share a numerical identity — what one corrupts, the other sanctifies through the same channel. [This is one of the most striking gematrias in the entire work. Licentiousness and Kabbalah are numerically one — for the holy channel of divine reception (kabbalah) and its profane inversion (no'af) both operate through the same faculty of yesod (foundation/procreation). To rectify one is to sanctify the other.] Chayay Mooharan §526 נון וחית — ת׳ Shape / Form When a Nun (נ) and a Ches (ח) are joined together, they form the letter Tav (ת). [Cross-reference: this is the source for the reverse entry in Section 1 — the Tav is formed from Nun and Ches.] [The final letter of the alphabet (Tav) is composed of the 14th letter (Nun) and the 8th letter (Ches). The end contains both the number of the covenant (8) and the number of eternity (50 = Nun).] Likutay Mooharan 1 נון מלא — חנוכה Tziroof "A Nun filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moshe laid his hands upon him" (נון מלא רו׳ח חכמ׳ה כי סמ׳ך משה את ידי׳ו עליו) [Numbers 27:18 — G-d's description of Yehoshua] — the highlighted letters of key words in this verse form the permutation חנוכה (Chanukah). [Cross-reference from Section 8.] The transmission of wisdom from Moshe to Yehoshua encodes Chanukah — the festival of the light of wisdom transmitted. Likutay Mooharan II:7; 13 נחמן / נחל נובע מקור חכמה Roshay Saveivos The name Nachman (נחמן) — first letters of נ׳חל נ׳ובע מ׳קור ח׳כמה: "a flowing stream, a source of wisdom." And conversely: the phrase נחל נובע מקור חכמה — first letters spell נחמן. The name of Rebbe Nachman is the flowing wellspring of wisdom itself. [The phrase "a flowing stream, source of wisdom" — from Proverbs 18:4 — encodes the Rebbe's name in its first letters. This is cited in Chayay Mooharan as a verse that "sweetens" the Rebbe's name — a verse that, when recited, carries the blessing of his name and mission.] Chayay Mooharan §189 נחמו נחמו — קדקד Gematria "Comfort, comfort [My people]" (נחמו נחמו) [Isaiah 40:1 — the great opening of consolation, read as the haftarah on the Shabbos after Tisha B'Av] = gematria of קדקד (kodkod, "the crown of the head"). Consolation rises to the crown — the highest point of the human soul. Likutay Mooharan II:85 נחת — חן ת׳ Tziroof Nachas (נחת, "gratification / descent") — its letters are חן ת׳ (chen-tav, "grace-Tav"). [Cross-reference from Section 8.] Gratification is grace descending to its final letter. Likutay Mooharan 1 נמלה Sofay Saveivos Nemalah (נמלה, "ant") — final letters of משם רועה אבן ישראל: "from there is the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel". [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Sefer HaMidos: Introduction; "Pride" 2:4; "Diligence" 1 נער Gematria (×2) Na'ar (נער, "a youth / lad" = 320): (1) = din (דין, "judgment") five times (5 × 64 = 320); (2) = ש"ך דינים (Shin-Chaf judgments = 320) — the 320 harsh judgments. [Cross-reference from Section 4.] Youth and the 320 judgments are numerically one — the unrefined energy of youth contains all the harsh sparks awaiting sweetening. Likutay Mooharan 32 [Translator's Summary — Section 14, Nun — 22 source entries fully covered] The Nun section is anchored by three remarkable teachings: the four biblical verses all encoding navi (prophet) in their first letters; the stunning gematria of no'af (licentiousness) = Kabbalah (mystical reception) — same channel, opposite uses; and the name Nachman as the first letters of "a flowing stream, a source of wisdom." The consolation of Nachamu Nachamu rising to the crown of the head, and the city of Nehardea decoded as "luminaries of wisdom," round out a section rich with both mystical depth and personal warmth toward the Rebbe.