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To: My beloved son, my dear one — may he live. [Yitzchok] Your letter I received at this moment — at the time when I was reading the

letters that arrived at this moment from Kremenchug — from the righteous woman

Marat Adel — may she live — and from Rabbi Meir Leib and Rabbi Avraham Ber — may they live. And they all raise a great and loud cry that I did not come to the wedding — and write that the wedding has been postponed until Rosh Chodesh Kislev, if Hashem wills — and that it is imperative that I come there with some of our community members without any excuse. And now there are several considerations in my heart that I should travel, if Hashem wills, to the wedding — and I will write to you, with the help of Hashem Yisborach — for it is likely I will not travel this week — only after Shabbos Kodesh if Hashem wills. And it is good that you be here for Shabbos Kodesh — or immediately afterwards — for who knows what my need will be. For after Shabbos — if Hashem wills — I do not know myself when I will travel in peace — and in my opinion I will not travel immediately after Shabbos — but even so it is good that you be immediately after the coming Shabbos — or for Shabbos Kodesh itself as above. And may Hashem the Good do — for now this travel seems very, very difficult in my eyes — may Hashem complete it on my behalf for good. The four gold coins I received — and I have already ordered the craftsman to come to me to take the prayers for binding. May Hashem be with us that we spend our days in these awesome prayers the like of which has never been in the world [אֵלּוּ הַתְּפִלּוֹת — Likutay Tefillos: the book of prayers composed by Reb Nussun based on the Rebbe's teachings — a new form of personal structured prayer rooted in the deepest Breslov teachings. Reb Nussun is having copies bound for the community]. And if we are now in such generations — in the footsteps of the Mashiach — in which whatever is done to each person is done — as each person knows in his own soul — against this Hashem Yisborach had compassion on us and sent the healing before the wound [הִקְדִּים רְפוּאָה לַמַּכָּה — the Talmudic principle from Megillah 13b: Hashem always sends the healing before the wound. Before the darkness of the generation's challenges was inflicted — the Rebbe was already sent as the healing. The healer preceded the full disclosure of the wound] — in that He sent us beforehand a true saviour and teacher to save us through the revelation of his holy new Torah teachings — the wondrous and awesome new

teachings — which are the true springs of salvation — and most of all through these prayers — the goodness and kindness of which cannot be explained in writing or orally — how far the goodness and kindness of these Torahs and prayers and stories and holy conversations reach — and all the holy remaining-presence that he left in this world [כָּל קְדֻשַּׁת הַהַשְׁאָרָה שֶׁהִשְׁאִיר בְּזֶה הָעוֹלָם — the word hash'arah — from the root שאר, to remain — is a precise kabbalistic term, not merely "legacy." It denotes the remaining-presence of a Tzadik: the living spiritual substance he leaves in the world after his passing that continues to operate as an actual force, not merely an influence or memory. In kabbalistic thought, a Tzadik's hash'arah is the ongoing divine energy he channels into the world — a real, active spiritual residue that remains after the soul has departed. Reb Nussun is saying: the Rebbe left in this world not merely teachings and prayers to remember but an actual living spiritual presence that continues to work]. And above all — the greatness of his mighty and powerful holy strength — which surpasses everything — who promised and warned us to rely on his awesome power. And blessed is Hashem — we have someone to rely upon — with the help of Hashem Yisborach. And you already know what we spoke in his name, of blessed memory — what he said: if with you it happens thus — all the more so and more so what happens to other people who differ from us — who are not diligent at all regarding their rectification — may Hashem Yisborach have mercy. May Hashem Yisborach have mercy and have compassion on us and on His people Israel — with true compassion — to extract Israel from their sins. For in truth no sin at all is fitting for them according to their spiritual nature [אֲשֶׁר בֶּאֱמֶת אֵין נָאֶה לָהֶם שׁוּם עָווֹן כְּלָל לְפִי רוּחָנִיּוּתָם — one of the most extraordinary declarations in the entire collection: sin is not natural to Israel — it is a foreign and unfitting imposition upon their true spiritual nature. Israel's ruhaniyus — their essential spiritual substance — is inherently incompatible with sin. Sin is not their native state but an exile from it] — and it is hard for them to bear this burden of sin — may the Merciful One protect — even for a single day. May Hashem Yisborach have mercy — may Hashem Yisborach have mercy. Beyond this there is no time at all to extend — for my mind is not clear at all from the doubts about the journey that have arisen at this very moment. May Hashem Yisborach guide me in His truth and teach me how to conduct myself in truth — for in Him alone is my hope. The words of your father — who seeks your peace always with love. And if Hashem wills — on Wednesday I will see to write you with the help of Hashem Yisborach — according to what Hashem Yisborach will send into my mind then for true good. The socks are not yet finished — and my daughter — may she live — is working on completing them now — and they will reach him soon, if Hashem wills. Nussun of Breslov. The words of your father — who seeks your peace always with love. And if Hashem wills — on Wednesday I will see to write you with the help of Hashem Yisborach — according to what Hashem Yisborach will send into my mind then for true good. The socks are not yet finished — and my daughter — may she live — is working on completing them now — and they will reach him soon, if

Hashem wills. Nussun of Breslov. [Translator's Note: Overview: Multiple urgent letters arrive simultaneously from Kremenchug as Yitzchok's letter also arrives. The theological core: *refuah kodem la'makah* (Megillah 13b). *Kol kedushas hahash'arah* — the holy remaining-presence — is now identified as the kabbalistic term for the Tzadik's living spiritual substance that continues to operate in the world after his passing: not legacy or memory but an actual active spiritual residue. *Im imachem na'asah kach*. And the extraordinary declaration: *ein na'eh lahem shum avon l'fi ruhaniysam* — no sin is fitting for Israel according to their spiritual nature. Sin is a foreign burden, an exile from their true state. Key Themes Hash'arah — The Tzadik's Remaining-Presence Not "legacy" but the kabbalistic term for the Tzadik's ongoing spiritual substance that remains in the world after his passing — a living, active force, not merely a memory or influence. The Rebbe left an actual continuing presence in this world that goes on working.]

Nussun of Breslov.