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To: My beloved son. [Yitzchok] At this hour I received your letter — but the letter which you sent yesterday

My beloved son.

has not reached my hand — and I do not know whom to ask about it.

And you did not do well in not mentioning in your letter through whom you sent it yesterday — and it distresses me — especially the letter from Petersburg. Inform me immediately through whom you sent it — and by implication it will reach my hand. And now I have nothing to write — for it is close since you were here — and I also wrote you a letter here on the past Sunday. And when I receive the letter you sent yesterday — I will see to reply to you further — if Hashem wills. And now — be strong and resolute — and rejoice and exult in His holy salvation — that we merited to draw water with joy from the wellsprings of salvation [לִשְׁאֹב מַיִם בְּשָׂשׂוֹן מִמַּעְיְנֵי הַיְשׁוּעָה — Yeshayahu 12:3: the great verse of the post-Messianic rejoicing: ush'avtem mayim b'sason mima'aynei hayeshuah — "and you shall draw water in joy

from the wellsprings of salvation." The prophecy of the day when Hashem's anger has turned — when the people will draw not from ordinary wells but from the *ma'aynei hayeshuah* — the wellsprings of salvation itself. Applied to the Rebbe's teachings: they are those very wellsprings — and the community of Breslov disciples has already begun to draw from them in joy. The verse is the basis of the Simchas Beis HaSho'evah — the Water-Drawing ceremony at Sukkos — connecting this to the season of ultimate joy] [Yeshayahu 12:3] — whose holy waters have not yet ceased — as we see with our senses that even now his holy words flow like a gushing spring — as you yourselves see

Nussun of Breslov.

with your own eyes at every time. May Hashem Yisborach give us all merit to fulfil his holy words at every time. The words of your father — who awaits salvation. Nussun of Breslov. [Translator's Note: Overview: Wednesday, Parshas Naso. A lost letter and a missing Petersburg letter. A second letter for Rabbi Chayyim of Lvov enclosed for forwarding to Kamenets. *U'sh'avtem mayim b'sason mima'aynei hayeshuah*: now identified as Yeshayahu 12:3 — the verse of the post-Messianic drawing from the wellsprings of salvation, the basis of the Simchas Beis HaSho'evah. The Rebbe's words are those very wellsprings — still flowing. *Hu hitchil hu yigmor* / *Hashem yigmor ba'adi* (Tehillim 138:8) — He who began will complete. Key Themes U'sh'avtem Mayim B'sason — Yeshayahu 12:3 "You shall draw water with joy from the wellsprings of salvation." The post-Messianic verse of Yeshayahu — the basis of Simchas Beis HaSho'evah. The Rebbe's teachings are those very wellsprings — and the Breslov community has already begun to draw from them in joy. Their waters have not ceased.]

[Hebrew: נָתָן הַנַּ"ל...]