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הסתכלות פני הצדיקים לבד הוא
No shiur on this Torah yet. R’ Moshe’s shiurim so far cover Torahs 1–34.
English translation by Moshe Mykoff © Breslov Research Institute, from Sefaria, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.
Merely seeing the face of the tzaddik is also a very great thing. For our Sages, of blessed memory, said that a Torah sage is greater than the Torah, as they taught: How foolish are those other people. They stand up for a Torah scroll but not for a great person (Makkot 22b). It follows, that a Torah sage is greater than the Torah.
Regarding the Torah, we find that our Sages, of blessed memory, taught: The light it contains betters him (Eikhah Rabbah, Introduction 2). All the more so the light of the tzaddik. Merely gazing at him greatly enhances holiness. Of course, being privileged to speak with him is better still. But even just gazing at him is also a great thing.