The Fundamental and Foundation of Everything
The Fundamental and the Foundation That Everything is Contingent Upon We know of the Likutay Moharan – do you remember Torah 123?! Where the holy Rebbe says like this: Hu-eekar <the fundamental> viha-yisoad <and the foundation> shehakol <that everything> tuloy <is contingent> boa <on it>… (to bind himself to the tzaddik of the generation)” Nu, one can traverse and say this, and learn it, and - - yeah. “And to accept his words on everything he says that it is so” - when learning this Torah one must give heart well (-pay good attention), and look good upon every word, this is not stam (-plain, ordinary) a chidush (-novel concept), this is for us - - that the holy Rebbe says, “The fundamental and the foundation that everything is contingent upon” … - - “To bind himself to the tzaddik of the generation!” And this we know that the “tzaddik of the generation” - - the world, when they learn this – this one runs to the Rebbe of Gur, this one runs to Slunim… the tzaddik of the generation! Go tell him… but the Breslover Chasidim know however - - a person looks here - “the tzaddik of the generation” - go figure, there is some sort of tzaddik of the generation – but this is referring and denotes the holy Rebbe'n! Like he said (*Life of Our Leader Rabbi Nachman, article 258)– that he is the manhig (-leader-conducter) of the generation! - He is the tzaddik of the generation! Yeah. And he knew how much we need him, so he had mercy on us, and let us know that the fundamental and the foundation of that everything is contingent upon – what we are missing – everything is here! Everything is contingent on him! “To bind oneself to the tzaddik of the generation, and to accept his words on everything he says that it is so! - A small matter” - - he speaks out explicitly, and this is all hints for us - “A small matter and a big matter! And not to veer to the right or left, like our Rabbis o.b.m. said (Sifrey, Torah portion of Shoftim), even if he says to you of the right: left” - that is, according to our perception it appears to us - - even if it seems to us that it isn't - - for example, hisbodidus, by the world this is considered – he goes to have hisbodidus?! What will be with Torah?! When will he learn (-study)?! Upon this place he will learn! What will you have from this?! This is “even if he says to you of the right: left!”… And similar things, and similar things, and similar things…. * [Returning to speak of R' Nussun Bitalmacher o.b.m.] And R' Nussun (Bitalmacher – mentioned above) I saw his motions, and his countenance, and his speech – I saw - - so when I traveled away returning to Tiberius, his words rested inside my heart, what I saw, the facial expressions, how he yearned for the true tachlis (-purpose, end), how he yearned to rectify, to do, to serve Hashem Yisburach! He passed out! And his avoada (-devotions) was also as was the custom – hidden! He would sit in a shteibel (-small homey synagogue, or simply as the - Hebrew: room), which from the shteibel there was a door which led out to the roof, he would go out by night, midnight - - Gittelleh told me! And he traded, he bought and sold old things – R' Nussun, yeah. But with faith! With such a type of faith, and with joy. He – certainly he was in pain – however; absolutely nothing! He was always - - I remember, I saw times that he didn't have for a piece of bread! He was happy! I gave him – I had something by me – ten pennies, so I gave them to him… The sweetness, the sweetness - - Rabbi Nussun said, “Our beauty and our greatness will be revealed in the future! There was in the world a R' Nussun Bitalmacher!…. And it was something else altogether! Something else entirely! He sat in the world, bought, sold. However the mind with his heart were – with the power of the holy Rebbe'n – he was completely something else! * Oy, and similarly in every Torah, in every Torah, in every prayer. When one gives heart, one sees that we need to spend out years in this! And eating – bread with cucumbers!…. (*see Life of Our Leader Rabbi Nachman, article 528, mentioned above). And to make do with what there is, so that we don't need to spend time on - - the less one's expenses the more he has time – he is spared confusions. * R' Nussun did not have any children, and he married Gittelleh. Gittelleh nebach (pitifully, unfortunately) had five children with R' Yisroel'n (Karduner, her husband from her first marriage), four girls and an only son, this only son was a first-born, the oldest child – Mordichai'la. He had a Mordechai and Esther. This Esther – they called her Esther'ka, she was eight years old, when I knew [her, she was eight years old. And R' Yisroel brought them up with such modesty, such. (Someone asks: Did any children remain?) No, none. This Gittelleh - - she had such a husband, with five children, and remained (-was left) empty. And afterwards she married R' Nussun'en. And R' Nussun didn't have any children, and she didn't have any children, then she had two children (with R' Nussun), he had a son with her, and he named him Pinchas Yehoshua, after his father, and he was already a child of five years. And a girl, he also had, after the boy, he had a girl. And he delighted nebach with this boy, with this girl. And he had a good head, and he learned. I delighted with him as though he was my child, when I came to Jerusalem - -my main lodging was by Gittell'en, by R' Nussun'en. She was a host of guests, by her there was place, not just for me - - * And R' Nussun was not like R' Shlomo Wexler, R' Nussun was not a great “ben Torah” (-fellow of the Torah), R' Nussun was “knowledgeable of books.” However, his traits, with his righteousness which he received from the holy Rebbe'n, was a novelty! Gittell'e told over to me, that when he got up for midnight he was careful that she shouldn't hear, and he would go out to the roof for hisbodidus, he had a door to the roof. And R' Shlomo would go to R' Nussun'en on Shabbos! He learned by him there in his house “Legendary Tales” - R' Shlomo! The sweetness of our men! For example, R' Shlomo was such a – R' Shlomo! So R' Nussun needed to go to him?! He was a man that engaged in the world, he traded, he bought, he sold, so he needed to go to him?! (but) He (R' Shlomo) was going every Shabbos to R' Nussun'en!… And I sat there and I saw!…. * And so it was – the children, the boy was five years old, not upon us, he suddenly got sick and passed away. And this girl also passed away. They remained nebach like that, without children. However, from not having children all the years, and having two children, and such a child five years old - - he accepted this with love! - - *