# קנו
קנו
Source: https://ajew.org/reader/alim-litrufa/2/156
## Segment 1
קנו
Overview: Undated — year 5595. Yitzchok has sent three letters and is recovering. *Ta'aloznah chilyosai b'yishugas Hashem Yisborach*: the great phrase of Letters 141 and 142 — the kidneys exulting with the deepest inner joy — now returning at the news of Yitzchok's recovery after months of serious illness. Recovery in body and spirit. Begin afresh to strengthen in the ways of Hashem.
## Segment 2
בָּרוּךְ ה', אוֹר לְיוֹם ה' בְּרֵאשִׁית תקצ"ה לפ"ק.
Your letter I received just now at the dead of night — and it was a great
comfort to me.
## Segment 3
בְּנִי חֲבִיבִי.
My dear son.
## Segment 4
מִכְתָּבְךָ קִבַּלְתִּי עַתָּה בְּאִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה וְהָיָה לִי לְנַחַת גָּדוֹל, אַךְ אֵין לִי פְּנַאי עַתָּה לַהֲשִׁיבְךָ בַּאֲרִיכוּת, כִּי בָּא אֵלַי הַשָּׁלִיחַ בְּאֶמְצַע כְּתִיבָתִי דִּבְרֵי תּוֹרָה הַמֻּכְרָחִים מְאֹד לְכָתְבָם מִיָּד, וְיַגִּיעַ גַּם לְךָ טוֹבָה בְּעֶזְרַת הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ בַּיָּמִים הַבָּאִים לְשָׁלוֹם, כְּשֶׁתִּזְכֶּה לִרְאוֹתָם בְּחַסְדּוֹ יִתְבָּרַךְ. וְהִנֵּה כְּבָר שָׁמַעְתָּ מֵהַיִּסּוּרִים וְהַבִּזְיוֹנוֹת שֶׁהָיוּ לָנוּ בַּיָּמִים שֶׁעָבְרוּ, וְאַף עַל פִּי כֵן חַסְדּוֹ גָּבַר עָלֵינוּ וּבִישׁוּעָתוֹ הַנִּפְלָאָה יִתְבָּרַךְ הָיִיתִי בְּשִׂמְחָה בַּיָּמִים הָאֵלּוּ יוֹתֵר מִשְּׁאָר שָׁנִים, גַּם בְּיוֹם אִסְרוּ־חַג סִבֵּב הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ בְּנִפְלְאוֹתָיו שֶׁרַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל צוֹרֵף עָשָׂה סִיּוּם הַתּוֹרָה וְכִבֵּד אוֹתִי לְהַכְנִיס הַסֵּפֶר תּוֹרָה לְבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת. וְהָיִינוּ בְּשִׂמְחָה תְּהִלָּה לָאֵל, בְּאִסְרוּ־חַג לְעֵת עֶרֶב, אֵצֶל הַבֵּית־הַכְּנֶסֶת מִבַּחוּץ, וּבִפְנִים בְּתוֹךְ הַבֵּית־הַכְּנֶסֶת, וְרָקַדְנוּ הַרְבֵּה בְּשִׂמְחָה. וְגַם זֶה מֵאֵת ה' הָיְתָה, כִּי כָּל הַשְּׂמָחוֹת שֶׁלָּנוּ הֵם יְשׁוּעוֹת ה' וְנִפְלְאוֹתָיו הָעֲצוּמִים, כִּי חֶדְוַת ה' הִיא מָעֻזֵּנוּ.
My kidneys exult — praised be G-d — in the salvation of Hashem Yisborach [תַּעֲלֹזְנָה כִלְיוֹתַי תְּהִלָּה לָאֵל בִּישׁוּעַת הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ — the return of the great phrase from Letters 141 and 142: *ta'aloznah chilyosai* — "my kidneys exult" — from Mishlai 23:16 and Tehillim 16:7: the deepest inner organs responding with the most unreserved and pure joy to good news. Used for Yitzchok's house purchase; now used again at the news of his recovery. The kidneys — seat of the deepest counsel — rejoice with the deepest possible joy] — who has helped you until now — as you wrote in your letter — this being the third time. May Hashem thus be with you — to restore you to your former strength in fullness — in body and in spirit. And begin afresh to strengthen yourself in the ways of Hashem — and to draw near to Him, Yisborach — through Torah and prayer and good deeds — for length of good days and years — Omain, so may it be His will.
## Segment 5
וְעַתָּה בְּנִי מַה מְּאֹד הֶחֱיֵיתָ אֶת נַפְשִׁי בַּמֶּה שֶׁכָּתַבְתָּ שֶׁנִּתְעוֹרַרְתָּ לָקוּם בַּחֲצוֹת מֵחֲמַת הַבִּזְיוֹנוֹת שֶׁלָּנוּ, כָּךְ הוּא הַמִּדָּה, וְכָךְ יָפֶה לָנוּ לְשַׁבֵּר לִבֵּנוּ עַל יְדֵי זֶה, אַךְ בְּיוֹתֵר צְרִיכִין לְהִתְגַּבֵּר לְהִתְחַזֵּק בְּשִׂמְחָה בְּרֹב הַיּוֹם כְּכֻלּוֹ עַל גֹּדֶל חַסְדּוֹ יִתְבָּרַךְ, אֲשֶׁר זָכִינוּ לְהִנָּצֵל מִלִּהְיוֹת בִּכְלַל הַמִּתְנַגְּדִים עַל נְקֻדּוֹת הָאֱמֶת כָּזֶה. לוּלֵא ה' עֶזְרָתָה לָנוּ כִּמְעַט חַס וְשָׁלוֹם הָיִינוּ גַּם כֵּן עִמָּהֶם. בָּרוּךְ הַשֵּׁם אֲשֶׁר הִבְדִּילָנוּ מֵהֶם, וְהֵאִיר לָנוּ הָאֱמֶת לַאֲמִתּוֹ, כֵּן יִהְיֶה ה' עִמָּנוּ, שֶׁנִּזְכֶּה לְקַיֵּם דְּבָרָיו הַקְּדוֹשִׁים, וְלֵילֵךְ בִּדְרָכָיו הַנּוֹרָאִים וַעֲצוֹתָיו הַקְּדוֹשׁוֹת, שֶׁהֵם עֲצוֹת ה' אֲשֶׁר לְעוֹלָם יַעַמְדוּ.
And peace to all our anshei sh'lomaynu — with great love — and especially to my dear one Rabbi Shimshon.
## Segment 6
דִּבְרֵי אָבִיךָ הַמַּעְתִּיר בַּעַדְךָ וּמְצַפֶּה לִרְאוֹתְךָ בְּשִׂמְחָה.
But I have no time now to reply at length — for the messenger
arrived in the middle of my writing words of Torah that are very urgently
needed to be written immediately — and they will also reach you for good —
with the help of Hashem Yisborach — in the coming days in peace — when you
will merit to see them in His kindness, Yisborach. And behold — you have
already heard of the
sufferings and humiliations
[יִסּוּרִים וּבִזְיוֹנוֹת — the paired afflictions
of the holiday period — *yissurim* (sufferings) and *bizyonos*
(humiliations) — arising from the *machloket* directed at the Breslov
community]
that befell us in the days that have passed — and even so —
His kindness prevailed over us
— and through His wondrous salvation, Yisborach — I was in joy in these
days more than in all other years — and also on Isru Chag — Hashem Yisborach
arranged through His wonders — that Rabbi Shmuel Tzoreif completed a Torah
scroll — and he honored me to carry the Sefer Torah into the synagogue.
And we were in joy — praised be G-d — on Isru Chag toward evening — outside
the synagogue — and inside within the synagogue — and we danced greatly in
joy. And this too was from Hashem — for all our joys are salvations of
Hashem and His great wonders — for
the joy of Hashem — she is our stronghold
[חֶדְוַת ה' הִיא מָעֻזֵּנוּ — Nechemiah 8:10:
the verse of Ezra and Nechemiah on the first Rosh Hashana of the return
from Babylon — the people weeping at hearing the Torah read publicly —
and the leaders commanding: do not weep — for *chedvas Hashem hi ma'uzchem*
— "the joy of Hashem — **she** — is your strength." The feminine pronoun
*hi* — she — is emphatic and personalizing: the joy of Hashem is not merely
an abstraction but a living presence — *she* herself is the fortress and
stronghold. The grammatical emphasis transforms joy from a state into a
person: a *ma'oz* — a fortified tower — who stands between the community
and all that seeks to overwhelm it.
Even in the face of the *bizyonos*
and *yissurim* — she holds]
[Nechemiah 8:10].
And now — my son — how greatly you revived my soul with what you wrote —
that you were aroused to rise at midnight because of the humiliations
directed at us. This is the right way — and this is how it is fitting for
us to break our hearts through this — but even more so one must prevail
to strengthen oneself in joy for the great part of the entire day — over
the greatness of His kindness, Yisborach — that we merited to be saved from
being among those who oppose the points of truth like these.
Were it not that Hashem helped us — we would almost —
G-d forbid — have been among them
[לוּלֵא ה' עֶזְרָתָה לָנוּ — Tehillim 124:2:
the Psalm of rescue — "were it not that Hashem was with us when people
rose against us — they would have swallowed us alive." Here applied to
the spiritual danger: were it not for Hashem's help, one might have ended
up among the opponents of the truth. The gratitude is for being rescued
from a spiritual fate]
[Tehillim 124:2].
Blessed is Hashem who separated us from them — and illuminated for us the
truth in its truth. May Hashem thus be with us — that we merit to fulfil
His holy words — and to walk in His awesome ways and holy counsels — which
are
the counsels of Hashem that stand forever
[עֲצוֹת ה' אֲשֶׁר לְעוֹלָם יַעַמְדוּ — T
The words of your father — who rejoices in your salvation — and who awaits hearing all good from you always.
Nussun of Breslov.
## Segment 7
נָתָן מִבְּרֶסְלֶב
Nussun of Breslov.