קלז

Nussun of Breslov.

Overview: Isru Chag Shavuos — written before sleep while guests depart. About the kaftan Yitzchok wished to provide: *heitivota ki haya im levavecha* (I Melachim 8:18) — Hashem's words to David about the Temple intention: honoured for the intention even when the act cannot be completed. Prayer for *bigdei yesha me'il tzedaka* (Yeshayahu 61:10). *Sham'ti sham'ti* — doubled hearing as double inwardness. The vision: bring longings out from potential into actuality — speak the yearnings with the mouth — *k'ayal ta'arog al afike mayim* (Tehillim 42:2) — until coming to great joy through the broken heart. *Chedvas Hashem hi ma'uzenu* (Nechemiah 8:10).

[Hebrew: אֲהוּבִי בְּנִי חֲבִיבִי....]

To: My beloved son, my dear one. [Yitzchok] Today I sent you a letter through the above-mentioned distinguished leader

from Lvov — who is a close relative of mine — and certainly it has reached

your hand. And now I received your letter together with the letters enclosed there — and I do not know what to write you now — and there is no available time — for until midday I was occupied receiving the face of the above- mentioned guest. And behold — my beloved son — regarding the above-mentioned guest — it is fitting for you to revive yourself greatly — for even though we still do not know what will sprout from this — even so — for now — it is to me a great wonder: from Hashem was this — it is wondrous in our eyes [מֵאֵת ה' הָיְתָה זֹאת הִיא נִפְלָאוֹת בְּעֵינֵינוּ — Tehillim 118:23: "from Hashem was this — it is wondrous in our eyes." The verse immediately following *even ma'asu habonim haysah l'rosh pinah* — "the stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone." The Hallel verse of unexpected divine reversal: what appeared to be nothing — rejected by the builders — becomes the cornerstone. Here the coincidental visit of the Lvov relative is precisely such a stone: what seemed to be a casual encounter has become a potential cornerstone for the spreading of the Rebbe's books. Sung at Pesach and Shavuos — particularly resonant in this season immediately following Pesach] [Tehillim 118:23]. For every book that goes out from my domain to the domain of another person is a very precious matter — for I know that it is a very great thing which cannot be explained — how much more so when it goes out to distant places. And behold — for now he purchased from me the *Tefillas* — and gave me one coin — and I also made an arrangement with him so that we can send letters to him and receive a reply. And according to his words — with ease we can print there — with the help of Hashem — if we have money. And to Hashem is the salvation — for everything that we have merited until now to complete his holy affairs has been through a very wondrous way — therefore I believe that also this matter which Hashem arranged for us today is the sprouting of the horn of salvation [צְמִיחַת קֶרֶן יְשׁוּעָה — the Amidah's *matzmia'ch keren yeshuah* — recurring throughout the collection as the first budding of any new sign of redemption-work] — and certainly it is not for nothing — G-d forbid — that we bless three times each day the One who causes the horn of salvation to sprout [מַצְמִיחַ קֶרֶן יְשׁוּעָה — the closing formula of the Amidah's blessing: recited morning, afternoon, and evening — an active daily affirmation of ongoing divine salvation-sprouting]. And something of this we have already seen with our own eyes many times. And it is impossible to explain all that is in my heart on this matter — but be strong and resolute and gladden your soul — that you merited to be numbered among this holy gathering — called by his holy and awesome name — of blessed memory. And I hope to Hashem that also in this world we will yet see great wonders and awesome salvations in his holy affairs — how much more so to length of good days and years — in the eternal world — where each person will see the wonders of the salvations and eternal kindnesses in wondrous and exalted ways that Hashem Yisborach arranged with us — in general and in particular — with each and every person — every day and at every time and at every hour. How great are the deeds of Hashem — very deep are His thoughts [מַה גָּדְלוּ מַעֲשֵׂי ה' מְאֹד עָמְקוּ מַחְשְׁבוֹתָיו — Tehillim 92:6: the Psalm of Shabbos — sung at the entrance of every Shabbos. The deeds are vast; the thoughts behind them are even deeper] [Tehillim 92:6]. And then we will give Him a new song [שִׁיר חָדָשׁ — Tehillim 96:1, 98:1, 149:1: *shiru laHashem shir chadash* — "sing to Hashem a new song." The *shir chadash* is the song of the Messianic era — the song that can only be sung after the full revelation of divine salvation, which no present song can contain. In the eternal world — after seeing all the wonders and salvations — we will finally be able to sing this new song: the one that the present era, however full of wonder, cannot yet fully hold] and so forth — and say in joy: what shall I return to Hashem [מָה אָשִׁיב לַה' — Tehillim 116:12: "what shall I return to Hashem for all His benefits to me?" — the question of overwhelmed gratitude, arising when divine kindness is recognized as beyond all adequate response] and so forth. For now it is fitting for us to strengthen our souls in every place through this hope — for praised be G-d we have someone to lean upon — very much indeed. And behold — the holy days of Shavuos are imminent and coming. May the Master of Mercy have compassion on us — that we merit to complete the days of the Omer in holiness and purity — that we merit at any rate from now to prepare ourselves for receiving the holy Torah on this coming holy festival. And although we must still greatly break the heart about this — and petition and plead before Him, Yisborach, very much about this — and weep before Him with tears of the third [בִּדְמָעוֹת שָׁלִישׁ — an echo of Yechezkel 4:11, where *shalishis* refers to a precisely measured third-portion. Applied to weeping: tears poured out in a fullness measured by thirds — not merely many tears but weeping of deliberate, complete intentionality — filling the vessel of the heart entirely with measured fullness, holding nothing back. The third portion is the portion that fills to capacity] — like a child crying before his father — that He bring us also among the worthy people of Israel who merit receiving the Torah at Shavuos — even so — one must strengthen oneself in joy each day more and more. For the essential vessel for receiving the Torah is joy [עִקַּר הַכְּלִי לְקַבָּלַת הַתּוֹרָה הוּא שִׂמְחָה — Likutay Moharan I:65 — the Torah of *Vayyomer Boaz el Rus*: the self-nullification before the Infinite until the *reshimu* illuminates the *da'as* — and from this state Torah is drawn through the great joy that becomes its vessel] — as is explained in the Torah *Vayyomer Boaz el Rus* [Likutay Moharan I:65] — on the saying of our sages: the Holy One Blessed be He will make a circle-dance for the righteous in the World to Come and so forth. In the midst of writing this — I remembered the pleasantness of the flickering in my heart from this holy Torah — and I do not know what more to write you — from the multitude of the longing in my heart — my flesh and my heart grow faint [כָּלְתָה שְׁאֵרִי וּלְבָבִי — Tehillim 73:26: the ecstatic dissolution of a soul overwhelmed by longing for the divine — the *bitul* of one who has arrived at the single enduring reality: G-d forever] [Tehillim 73:26] and so forth. For there it speaks of the flickering of divinity and the self-nullification before the Infinite — until the impression illuminates the *da'as* — and from there to draw the Torah — through the greatness of the joy that becomes the vessel for receiving the Torah. For all of this is the secret of Shavuos — the season of the giving of our Torah. What shall we say and what shall we speak — were it not that we came into the world for anything — it would be enough just to hear this alone — enough and enough and more [אִלְמָלֵא לָא אָתֵינָן לְעָלְמָא אֶלָּא לְמַשְׁמָע דָּא דַּי וְדַי וְהוֹתֵר — Aramaic: the hearing of a single holy teaching justifies an entire lifetime. *Dai v'dai v'hoser* — enough and enough and surplus — expands the sufficiency of *dayenu* into superabundance] — and so with every single Torah. Blessed be the Master of Mercy who does wondrous kindnesses in every generation. The words of your father — who is grateful for the past and who awaits for the future — great salvations — we shall be glad and rejoice in His salvation. Nussun of Breslov. [Translator's Note: Overview: Sunday, Parshas Naso — second letter of the day. *Me'eis Hashem haysah zos*: now identified as Tehillim 118:23 — the Hallel verse of unexpected divine reversal: the rejected stone becomes the cornerstone. *Tzmichas keren yeshuah* / *matzmia'ch*. *Mah gadlu ma'asei Hashem* (Tehillim 92:6). *Shir chadash*: now identified as the Messianic song of Tehillim 96/98/149 — the song that the present era cannot yet fully hold, which will be sung only after the full revelation of divine salvation. *Dimeos shalish*: now identified as tears of deliberate full intentionality — measured and complete. The Shavuos passage: joy as the vessel — LM I:65. *Kalah sh'eri v'levavi* (Tehillim 73:26). *Ilmalay la osina*. Key Themes Me'eis Hashem Haysah Zos — Tehillim 118:23 / Hallel "From Hashem was this — it is wondrous in our eyes." The Hallel verse of unexpected divine reversal: the rejected stone becomes the cornerstone. Sung at Pesach and Shavuos — the coincidental visit becomes a potential cornerstone for the spreading of the Rebbe's books.]

[Hebrew: נָתָן מִבְּרֶסְלֶב...]