Pertaining to the essay "Patach Rabbi Shimon" (Likutei Moharan #60): After Rabbeinu of blessed memory said this speech he said plainly, "Today I have said three things contrary to what the world says: 1) The world says that telling stories induces sleep; but I said that by story tales we awaken people from their sleep. 2) The world says that from talking words no one conceives [a child]; but I said that by the Tzadik’s telling of words, through which he arouses people from their sleep, conception comes to barren women. 3) The world says that the true Tzadik of towering stature does not need much money, because why should he need money? But I said that there is such a contemplative understanding [of the Torah] for which one needs all the fortune of the world." [Copyist's note:] I heard from one prominent follower of Rabbeinu, of blessed memory, that he heard from his holy mouth regarding his will being that they print the Story Tales also in the Yiddish language that we speak; and he said at that time that it can easily happen that a woman who is barren would read some story from them and thereby conceive for goodly offspring and be privileged to have children; this is the extent of what I heard. [And there is support for this from what is explained in that aforementioned essay, that via these story tales a barren woman becomes impregnated.]
(כה) שַׁיָּךְ לַמַּאֲמָר פָּתַח רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן (סִימָן ס') אַחַר שֶׁאָמַר רַבֵּנוּ זִכְרוֹנוֹ לִבְרָכָה מַאֲמָר זֶה הַנַּ"ל אָמַר בְּדֶרֶךְ צַחוּת. הַיּוֹם אָמַרְתִּי שְׁלשָׁה דְּבָרִים שֶׁלֹּא כְּדִבְרֵי הָעוֹלָם. א) הָעוֹלָם אוֹמְרִים שֶׁסִּפּוּרֵי מַעֲשִׂיּוֹת מְסֻגָּל לְשֵׁנָה. וַאֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי סִפּוּרֵי מַעֲשִׂיּוֹת מְעוֹרְרִין בְּנֵי אָדָם מִשְּׁנָתָם. ב) הָעוֹלָם אוֹמְרִים שֶׁמִּסִּפּוּרֵי דְבָרִים אֵינָם בָּאִים לִידֵי הֵרָיוֹן "פוּן זָאגִין וֶוערְט מֶען נִיט טְרָאגִין" וַאֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי שֶׁמִּסִּפּוּרֵי דְבָרִים שֶׁל הַצַּדִּיק שֶׁמְּעוֹרֵר עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה בְּנֵי אָדָם מִשְּׁנָתָם עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה בָּא פְּקִידַת עֲקָרוֹת. ג) הָעוֹלָם אוֹמְרִים כִּי הַצַּדִּיק הָאֱמֶת הַמֻּפְלָג בְּמַעֲלָה אֵין צָרִיךְ לְמָעוֹת הַרְבֵּה כִּי לָמָּה לוֹ מָעוֹת, וַאֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי שֶׁיֵּשׁ הִתְבּוֹנְנוּת כָּזֶה שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לָזֶה כָּל הוֹן דְּעָלְמָא: (אָמַר הַמַּעְתִּיק שָׁמַעְתִּי בְּשֵׁם אִישׁ אֶחָד מֵאַנְשֵׁי רַבֵּנוּ זִכְרוֹנוֹ לִבְרָכָה שֶׁשָּׁמַע מִפִּיו הַקָּדוֹשׁ לְעִנְיַן מַה שֶּׁרְצוֹנוֹ הָיָה שֶׁיֻּדְפְּסוּ הַסִּפּוּרֵי מַעֲשִׂיּוֹת גַּם בִּלְשׁוֹן טַייטְשׁ שֶׁאָנוּ מְדַבְּרִים בּוֹ וְאָמַר אָז שֶׁיָּכוֹל לִהְיוֹת בְּנָקֵל שֶׁאִשָּׁה שֶׁהִיא עֲקָרָה תִּקְרָא בָּהֶם אֵיזֶה מַעֲשֶׂה וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה תִּפָּקֵד לְטוֹבָה וְתִזְכֶּה לְבָנִים, עַד־כַּאן שָׁמַעְתִּי. וְיֵשׁ סְמִיכוּת לָזֶה מִמַּה שֶּׁמְּבֹאָר בַּמַּאֲמָר הַנַּ"ל שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי סִפּוּרֵי מַעֲשִׂיּוֹת אֵלּוּ נַעֲשֶׂה פְּקִידַת עֲקָרוֹת):
Pertaining to the essay "Patach Rabbi Shimon" (Likutei Moharan #60): After Rabbeinu of blessed memory said this speech he said plainly, "Today I have said three things contrary to what the world says:
1) The world says that telling stories induces sleep; but I said that by story tales we awaken people from their sleep.
2) The world says that from talking words no one conceives [a child]; but I said that by the Tzadik’s telling of words, through which he arouses people from their sleep, conception comes to barren women.
3) The world says that the true Tzadik of towering stature does not need much money, because why should he need money? But I said that there is such a contemplative understanding [of the Torah] for which one needs all the fortune of the world."
[Copyist's note:] I heard from one prominent follower of Rabbeinu, of blessed memory, that he heard from his holy mouth regarding his will being that they print the Story Tales also in the Yiddish language that we speak; and he said at that time that it can easily happen that a woman who is barren would read some story from them and thereby conceive for goodly offspring and be privileged to have children; this is the extent of what I heard. [And there is support for this from what is explained in that aforementioned essay, that via these story tales a barren woman becomes impregnated.]