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To: My beloved son, my dear one. [Yitzchok] Your letter I received at this hour — and now I still do not know when I will travel, if Hashem wills — for I have not yet hired a wagon.

My beloved son, my dear one.

But by the looks of it I will travel in peace, if Hashem wills, on Monday after the coming Shabbos.

And that you will not come for Shabbos Kodesh — there is no grievance — for it is also not so comfortable for me to have guests on this Shabbos — as my mind is not entirely clear because of this journey. And it is good that you come on Sunday — after receiving the post. And may Hashem the Good do. And regarding matters of truth and strengthening — I have already written you much — and it is good that you look from time to time at the letters placed with you from before. And I hoped in Hashem Yisborach that they will revive you greatly. And now I have no time at all to extend — for the bearer of this letter is urgent. May Hashem Yisborach gladden you and us — for Hashem Yisborach is very great — and His greatness is beyond all searching. And in His awesome greatness there dwells His humility [וּבִגְדֻלָּתוֹ הַנּוֹרָאָה שֶׁשָּׁם עַנְוְתָנוּתוֹ — a direct quotation from the prayer Uva L'Tziyon, recited at the close of Shacharis and Mincha: gadol b'eitzah v'rav aliliyah... v'im kol zeh geduloso uvigdulosso sh'sham anavesanuso — "great in counsel and mighty in deed... and with all this His greatness — and in His greatness His humility." This liturgical phrase is itself derived from the Talmudic principle in Megillah 31a — "wherever you find the greatness of the Holy One Blessed be He — there you find His humility" — and grounded in D'vorim 10:17-18. But the immediate source Reb Nussun cites is the daily prayer known to every Jew by heart: the words of Uva L'Tziyon whose speaker is the prophet Yirmiyahu. It is precisely in the vastness of His greatness that His humility becomes accessible to every person at every level] — one can always rejoice — however one is. However one is. [אֵיךְ שֶׁהוּא. אֵיךְ שֶׁהוּא — the first of two paired rhetorical doublings in this passage. "However one is — however one is" — addressed to the individual: the insistence that no personal level of unworthiness, failure, or distance removes the possibility of joy. The repetition is the rhetorical assertion that there are truly no exceptions] And we have already seen very, very much of His goodness and kindness — beyond all measure in these generations — that He revealed to us such kindnesses — which are the new Torah teachings we received from our Master, our Teacher and Rebbe, the awesome one — of blessed and holy memory. They are all wondrous kindnesses beyond all searching — and they are the seven restorers of taste — to revive a great people — whoever they may be — however they may be [יִהְיֶה מִי שֶׁיִּהְיֶה, יִהְיֶה אֵיךְ שֶׁיִּהְיֶה — the second doubled formula, structurally parallel to the first. Where eich sheyihyeh eich sheyihyeh addressed the individual — however one is — this formula extends the same unconditional access to every possible person: whoever they may be, however they may be. The two doublings together form Reb Nussun's complete statement of absolute, universal spiritual possibility: no individual is excluded (first formula); no type of person is excluded (second formula). The architecture is precise and deliberate] — all who touch them even a little, even a very little — even a touch in passing in these wondrous kindnesses — has reason to rejoice forever — for they are the path of life, full of joys [כִּי הֵם אֹרַח חַיִּים שֹׂבַע שְׂמָחוֹת — Tehillim 16:11: "You will make known to me the path of life — fullness of joy in Your presence — pleasantness at Your right hand forever." The Rebbe's teachings are themselves the orach chayyim sova s'machos — not merely a means to reach the path of life filled with joys, but its present instantiation] and so forth. Nussun of Breslov. [Translator's Note: Overview: A brief letter of compressed intensity. *Uvigdulosso hano'ra'ah sham anavesanuso* is now identified as a direct quotation from the daily prayer *Uva L'Tziyon* — words spoken by Yirmiyahu, known by heart from the close of every *Shacharis* and *Mincha*. The two paired rhetorical doublings form a complete architecture of unconditional access: *eich sheyihyeh eich sheyihyeh* (however one is — the individual; no exceptions) + *mi sheyihyeh eich sheyihyeh* (whoever they may be, however they may be — every person; no category excluded). The Rebbe's teachings are *orach chayyim sova s'machos* (Tehillim 16:11) — their present instantiation. Key Themes B'gedulosso Sham Anavesanuso — Uva L'Tziyon A direct quotation from the daily prayer recited at the close of every Shacharis and Mincha: "and in His greatness His humility." Words of Yirmiyahu, known by heart. The Talmudic principle of Megillah 31a reaches every Jew through the living prayer.]

Nussun of Breslov.