Letter 434

In the very extremity of our lowliness — at the end of the exile — in this orphaned generation. In the immensity of the very ultimate depth of the ultimate descent — into heresies — into the foolish opinions of heresies and false faiths. And all of us like sheep have gone astray — until we have come to the edge and the end of Israel. The place where the boundary of Israel ends — where the holiness of Israel ends. From there onward the holiness of Israel does not spread further. Against this — Hashem Yisburach had compassion upon us. And sent us first — the true Tzadik — the Nachal Noavaya Mekor Chuchma. To save us — through the revelation of his holy Torah — that he drew from a most lofty and exalted and awesome place, etc. (That no Tzadik has yet reached such a place — to receive Torah and to bring it down to us. And he continues and does not cease — every time ascending in such ascents and even higher, etc.) Which are the truly genuine new springs of salvation — the like of which have never yet existed in the world. And the essential and final completion of the final redemption — depends upon this. That all of Israel assemble and hear together — in unity as one — to the true Tzadik. Who knows in the depths of his wisdom — how to bring the souls of Israel and the entire world close to Hashem Yisburach — in every generation — wherever they may be — in every place where they may be.