{
  "bookId": "ebay-hanachal",
  "part": "1",
  "torah": "91",
  "title": "צ.",
  "hebrewTitle": "צ.",
  "sourceUrl": "/reader/ebay-hanachal/1/91",
  "plainUrl": "/reader-plain/ebay-hanachal/1/91/",
  "segments": [
    {
      "index": 1,
      "he": "ב\"ה, כ\"ב אֱלוּל תשכ\"ה.",
      "en": "To the honor of the President of Israel — my heart and my vitality — Mr."
    },
    {
      "index": 2,
      "he": "לִכְבוֹד לִבִּי וּבְשָׂרִי, אֲשֶׁר נְשָׂאוֹ לִבּוֹ לְדַבֵּק עַצְמוֹ בְּהַמֶּלֶךְ הָאֱמֶת הֶחָכָם הָאֱמֶת הַחַי וְקַיָּם וּמָגֵן עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל לְדוֹרוֹת עוֹלָם, לְהַעֲלוֹת כֻּלָּם מֵעִמְקֵי תְּהוֹם, וּבוֹנֶה בִּנְיָנִים נִפְלָאִים לְהַכְנִיס בָּהֶם כָּל הַנִּדָּחִים הַמִּתְגּוֹלְלִים בְּתוֹךְ שֶׁטֶף מַיִם הַזְּדוֹנִים, מַיִם עֲכוּרִים וּסְרוּחִים, וּמַחֲזִירָם לַה' יִתְבָּרַךְ. יְחַדֵּשׁ ה' עָלֶיךָ וְעַל בֵּיתְךָ שָׁנָה טוֹבָה וּמְבֹרָכָה בְּחַיִּים טוֹבִים וַאֲרֻכִּים, בְּרִיאִים וּנְעִימִים.",
      "en": "S.Z. Shazar To the honor of the President of Israel — my heart and my vitality — Mr. S.Z. Shazar, who has devoted his heart to the Tzadik — the faithful and merciful shepherd who gathers all the displaced and the lost who have strayed like a lost sheep in the desolate wilderness, and returns them to their Father in Heaven. Blessing and peace and all good for length of days. The contribution of 31.5.64 in the amount of one hundred liras I have received, and I am very pleased with your love and your great kindness toward me — that you have so multiplied your good toward me. And my eyes are upward to Hashem, beseeching and entreating that in His mercies and His abundant kindnesses, He be your help — and grant you as a gift from the treasury of free gifts the long life of the Beggar — the elder of elders of holiness."
    },
    {
      "index": 3,
      "he": "נֶהֱפַךְ לִבִּי בְּקִרְבִּי וְנֶחֱרַב וְנִתְקַלְקֵל וְנֶהֱרַס עַד הַיְסוֹד וְנִשְׁבַּר לְשִׁבְרֵי שְׁבָרִים עַד אֵין שִׁעוּר, לֹא עָלֶיךָ, וַאֲנִי נֶאֱנַח וּבוֹכֶה בִּדְמָעוֹת רוֹתְחוֹת בְּלִי הֲפוּגוֹת עַל הָאֲבֵדָה הַגְּדוֹלָה שֶׁאִבַּדְתִּי עִם פְּטִירַת אִשְׁתִּי הַצַּדֶּקֶת הַקְּדוֹשָׁה עָלֶיהָ הַשָּׁלוֹם, אֶסְתֵּר בר\"פ הַכֹּהֵן, תִּהְיֶה נִשְׁמָתָהּ צְרוּרָה בִּצְרוֹר הַחַיִּים. אֵין בְּפִי מִלִּים לְסַפֵּר בְּשִׁבְחָהּ וּלְתָאֵר אֶת גְּדֻלַּת אֲצִילוּת נִשְׁמָתָהּ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה. אֲנִי מְנַחֵם עַצְמִי רַק בְּצִדְקָתָהּ הַנִּפְלָאָה וּמַעֲשֶׂיהָ הַיָּפִים וְהַטּוֹבִים אֲשֶׁר זָכְתָה לַעֲשׂוֹת כָּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיהָ בִּמְסִירַת נֶפֶשׁ עָצוּם מִתּוֹךְ עֲנִיּוּת וְדַחֲקוּת וּתְלָאוֹת רַבּוֹת וּמָרוֹת שֶׁאֵין דֻּגְמָתָם בָּעוֹלָם, וְכָל מְגָמָתָהּ וְחֶפְצָהּ הָיְתָה לְקַדֵּשׁ שֵׁם ה' וְשֵׁם הַצַּדִּיק, כַּאֲשֶׁר יָדוּעַ לְךָ קְצָת מִזֶּה.",
      "en": "And may He complete your great and wondrous salvation which He has begun to perform wondrously with you — to bring you close to the point of truth, not for any ulterior motive or honor of this world, but only for the truth of truth. And may you have a great portion in the building of the Beis HaMikdash that the Tzadik is building — which is the revelation of his holy daas in the world, which brings to the fulfillment of the Torah, and nullifies the brazenness of the serpent — the root of natural wisdom. And strengthens the faith in the will — that all should know that everything is conducted solely by the will of the Creator. And through this the will of a person is automatically strengthened — to will and to long only to do the will of Hashem Yisburach. Would that we merit to speedily arrive at the good purpose to which the Tzadik wishes to bring us — for which purpose alone we came into the world. Your true lover forever, who always awaits your salvation and your success. The transcriber, Yisroel Dov Odesser If one binds himself to the words of Torah that issue from the mouth of the Tzadik — I wonder how it is possible thereafter to endure and to desire the life of this world."
    },
    {
      "index": 4,
      "he": "ה' בְּרֹב מַצְפּוּנֵי סִתְרֵי דְּרָכָיו וְהַנְהָגוֹתָיו הַסְּתוּמִים וְנֶעֱלָמִים מִכָּל רַעְיוֹן וּמִכָּל חֵקֶר, הִמְטִיר עַל הָאָרֶץ גֶּשֶׁם שׁוֹטֵף וְזֶרֶם מַיִם כַּבִּירִים שֶׁל כְּפִירוֹת וְאֶפִּיקוֹרְסוּת מֵאֲרֻבּוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים הָאֵלֶּה, עַד אֲשֶׁר נִתְכַּסּוּ כָּל הֶהָרִים הַגְּבוֹהִים, שֶׁהֵם הַנִּכְבָּדִים וְאַנְשֵׁי הַשֵּׁם. וּבְרֹב חֶמְלָתוֹ הִקְדִּים רְפוּאָה וְהַצָּלָה, וְשָׁלַח לָנוּ אִישׁ כִּלְבָבוֹ אֲשֶׁר מָצָא חֵן בְּעֵינָיו וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ נַחְמָן, לֵאמֹר זֶה יְנַחֲמֵנּוּ מִמַּעֲשֵׂינוּ וּמֵעִצְבוֹן יָדֵינוּ, וְצִוָּה לוֹ לִבְנוֹת תֵּבַת הָאֱמֶת וְהָאֱמוּנָה, אֲשֶׁר כָּל מִי שֶׁרוֹצֶה לְהִנָּצֵל - בּוֹא יָבוֹא בַּחֲדָרָיו וְיִסָּגֵר בְּדַלְתוֹתָיו וְיֵחָבֵא בְּצֵל חָכְמָתוֹ הַנּוֹרָאָה. כִּי מִי יְהַלֵּל וּמִי יְמַלֵּל עֹצֶם נִשְׂגָּבוֹת גְּבוּרוֹתָיו אֲשֶׁר הִפְלִיא בִּפְלָאוֹת נִפְלְאוֹתָיו לְהָכִין וּלְהַזְמִין מָזוֹן וְחַיּוּת לְאַנְשֵׁי בֵּיתוֹ וּלְכָל נַפְשׁוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל לְכָל דּוֹר, שֶׁיִּתְעַנְּגוּ וְיִתְעַדְּנוּ בַּהֲדַר תִּפְאֶרֶת נְעִימַת תּוֹרוֹתָיו וּמַעֲשִׂיּוֹתָיו הַנּוֹרָאִים הַנִּלְקָחִים מִשְׂדֵה הַחָכְמָה עִלָּאָה דְּעִלָּאָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא נִתְגַּלָּה עֲדַיִן מֵעוֹלָם, הַקַּיָּמִים וְנֶאֱמָנִים וּמוֹעִילִים לָעַד וּלְעוֹלְמֵי עוֹלָמִים.",
      "en": "And this is: \"All who benefit from words of Torah — take their life from the world\" [Ethics of Our Fathers 6:4] — and understand this well. Prayer Please, sole Master — Who teaches Torah to Your people Israel — have mercy upon us for the sake of Your Name. And grant me merit to cleave to Your holy Torah. And open my heart and my mind until I merit to hear and to understand well in my heart all the words of Your holy and pure and perfect Torah — which restores the soul and makes the simple wise, and rejoices the heart and illuminates the eyes, and stands forever. And may I merit to feel well the wonders of the pleasantness and the sweetness of the holy and most awesome novelties of the Torah — the Torah of Hashem itself, which the true Tzadik revealed — which gives life to all the worlds. And may I merit to take delight and to find pleasure in the words of his holy Torah — until I become disgusted and loathe the life of this world and its desires and its vanities. And all the life of this world will be entirely nullified for me — through the immensity of the pleasure and the delight and the joy that I merit to receive and to delight and to take pleasure from the words of his holy and awesome Torah. All of whose words are alive and enduring, faithful and beloved forever — and more desirable than gold and much fine gold, and sweeter than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb."
    },
    {
      "index": 5,
      "he": "עָתִיד הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לִנְקֹם נִקְמַת עַמּוֹ מֵאוֹתָם נְבִיאֵי הַשֶּׁקֶר שֶׁמְּמַלְּאִים בִּטְנָם בְּכָבוֹד וְגֵאוּת, וּמַרְאִים עַצְמָם כְּצַדִּיקֵי הַדּוֹר, וְצוֹדִים נְפָשׁוֹת יְקָרוֹת וְדוֹרְסִים וְטוֹרְפִים אוֹתָם בְּרֶגֶל גַּאֲוָה וְשֶׁקֶר, וּמְעַוְּרִים עֵינֵיהֶם שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל מִלִּרְאוֹת אוֹר הַמַּנְהִיג הָאֱמֶת שֶׁמְּגַלֶּה וּמֵאִיר אוֹר ה' לְכָל בָּאֵי עוֹלָם לְדוֹר דּוֹר לָנֶצַח.",
      "en": "For in truth, from afar I can already discern in my mind the pleasantness of the depth of the words of his Torah — each and every word of which ascends without end and descends without limit, and binds and connects and includes all the worlds together, and gives wondrous counsels to all the supernal and nether dwellers — how to merit to know You, may You be blessed, and to cleave to You in truth. How great are Your works, Hashem — how very deep are Your thoughts! And if we merited to hear and to incline our ears and our hearts well to a single word of Your holy Torah which You revealed to us through the true Tzadik — the aspect of Moshe — we would be entirely nullified."
    },
    {
      "index": 6,
      "he": "אָחִי יַקִּירִי נַפְשִׁי וְלִבִּי, בֶּטַח תְּדִינֵנִי לְכַף זְכוּת וְתִסְלַח לִי בְּלֵב שָׁלֵם עַל שֶׁלֹּא זָכִיתִי לַעֲנוֹת לְךָ עַל מִכְתָּבְךָ הַיָּקָר אֶצְלִי מִפָּז וּמִפְּנִינִים שֶׁכֻּלּוֹ דְּבָרִים קְדוֹשִׁים אֲמִתִּיִּים, שֶׁנִּכְתַּב מֵעִמְקֵי לִבְּךָ הַחַם הַבּוֹעֵר כְּגַחֲלֵי אֵשׁ לְהִתְקָרֵב לַה' יִתְבָּרַךְ וְתוֹרָתוֹ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה, אַשְׁרֶיךָ שֶׁזָּכִיתָ לְכָךְ.",
      "en": "But because of our many sins we do not merit to bring the daas into the heart and to nullify the desires of the heart through this — for our hearts are filled with external thoughts, desires and confusions and imaginations and crookedness of heart. Until our hearts are very far from the words of Your holy Torah, and therefore we do not feel the pleasantness and the sweetness of its pure utterances. Have mercy upon us and grant us merit to cleave to You and to Your Torah and to Your holy commandments forever and ever — to behold the pleasantness of Hashem and to visit in His palace, from now and forevermore, Amen Selah."
    },
    {
      "index": 7,
      "he": "עַבְדְּךָ הַנֶּאֱמָן הַמְשָׁרְתְךָ בְּכָל לֵב וָנֶפֶשׁ, וְעוֹמֵד וּמִתְפַּלֵּל תָּמִיד מֵאֵת ה' שֶׁיְּרַחֵם עַל עַמּוֹ וִירַפֵּא וְיַבְרִיא אוֹתְךָ מְהֵרָה בְּכָל רְמַ\"ח אֵיבָרִים וּשְׁסָ\"ה גִּידִים, וְיַאֲרִיךְ יָמֶיךָ וּשְׁנוֹתֶיךָ בַּטּוֹב וּבַנְּעִמִים, בִּזְכוּת הַצַּדִּיק נַ נַחְ נַחְמָ נַחְמָן מֵאוּמָן.",
      "en": "The transcriber"
    },
    {
      "index": 8,
      "he": "הַמַּעְתִּיק יִשְׂרָאֵל דֹּב אוֹדֶסֶר",
      "en": "To the honor of the President of Israel — my heart and my vitality — Mr. S.Z. Shazar, who has devoted his heart to the Tzadik — the faithful and merciful shepherd who gathers all the displaced and the lost who have strayed like a lost sheep in the desolate wilderness, and returns them to their Father in Heaven. Blessing and peace and all good for length of days.\n\nThe contribution of 31.5.64 in the amount of one hundred liras I have received, and I am very pleased with your love and your great kindness toward me — that you have so multiplied your good toward me. And my eyes are upward to Hashem, beseeching and entreating that in His mercies and His abundant kindnesses, He be your help — and grant you as a gift from the treasury of free gifts the long life of the Beggar — the elder of elders of holiness. And may He complete your great and wondrous salvation which He has begun to perform wondrously with you — to bring you close to the point of truth, not for any ulterior motive or honor of this world, but only for the truth of truth. And may you have a great portion in the building of the Beis HaMikdash that the Tzadik is building — which is the revelation of his holy daas in the world, which brings to the fulfillment of the Torah, and nullifies the brazenness of the serpent — the root of natural wisdom. And strengthens the faith in the will — that all should know that everything is conducted solely by the will of the Creator. And through this the will of a person is automatically strengthened — to will and to long only to do the will of Hashem Yisburach. Would that we merit to speedily arrive at the good purpose to which the Tzadik wishes to bring us — for which purpose alone we came into the world.\n\nIf one binds himself to the words of Torah that issue from the mouth of the Tzadik — I wonder how it is possible thereafter to endure and to desire the life of this world. And this is: \"All who benefit from words of Torah — take their life from the world\" [Ethics of Our Fathers 6:4] — and understand this well."
    }
  ]
}