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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 EntryEnglish Translation & ExplanationSource 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.] 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 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

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 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 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 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)

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 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 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];

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.] (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

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

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 שושנה — אסתר Gematria Shoshana (שושנה, "rose / lily" = 661) = gematria of Esther (אסתר = 661). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan II:74 שחרית — ח'כם ר'שע ת'ם ש'אינו י'ודע Roshay Saveivos 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 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

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 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 שמחה — אל אלקים ה' דבר Gematria

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 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 שילה — משה Gematria Shiloh (שילה = 345) = gematria of Moshe (345). [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Likutay Mooharan 7; 9:4; 118 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 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 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 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.] 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 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 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 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

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.] 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];

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 (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 שפה — ש'כר פ'רי ה'בטן 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]. 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

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]. 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.