רמ

Let him receive from the bearer of this letter all that he entrusted to him — and Hashem Yisborach help us to do chesed one with another always. And peace to each one of the anshei sh'lomaynu with great love — to all of them were these words said. *Chizku v'ya'ametz l'vavchem kol ham'yachalim laHashem.* [Tehillim 31:25]

Abundant peace and life and blessing — to the honor of my beloved son — my dear one — the rabbinical scholar — and so forth — our Teacher the Rabbi Yitzchok — may he live.

The special messenger arrived at my house just now — at the time of my waking — before I opened the doors of my house — and I shuddered when told that he was sent on purpose to me specifically. And immediately I read his letter — and from yourself you will understand my pain — my heart is churning over me — but I am confident in Hashem that He will send complete healing to his son David Tzvi — may he live — quickly and speedily. And it is possible that he needs to sweat a good sweat — for healing and for life and for joy — and may there be fulfilled quickly: *"Z'H HaY'om asah A'donai nagila"* [זֶ'ה הַ'יּוֹם עָ'שָׂה יְ'יָ נָגִילָה — Tehillim 118:24: "This is the day that Hashem has made — let us rejoice." Here Reb Nussun adds apostrophes after the first letter of each word — a form of hidden acrostic and prayer — *zeh hayom asah Adonai nagila* — as a healing formula and expression of hope that this very day shall be turned into rejoicing] . And you already know — not to engage in any physical remedy — neither from a doctor — neither from common folk. And do not listen to the voice of the crying of your wife and your friends — even to the voice of the righteous woman Maras Adel — may she live. Only receive with love also these sufferings that need to be endured from the sound of their crying — but do not heed them at all. Only if they compel you — to do a *kane* — a simple cupping — or a *tzepil* [קַאנֶע פְּשׁוּטָה אוֹ צֶעפִּיל — simple folk remedies — a cupping procedure or some kind of herbal compress — treatments that Reb Nussun considered harmless enough not to violate his principle against physical medicine, if the pressure from those around was too great to resist] — you will be compelled to do because of the multitude of their clamoring to do it specifically — as all this is known to you. And the salvation and healing is from Hashem — and I hope to receive good news quickly — at any rate after *Shabbas Kodesh* coming upon us for good — that he will have returned to his strength in His *chesed* Yisborach.

And now my son — I have already spoken with you and written to you greatly — how very much this wretched person needs to endure in this world all the days of his life — as brought in the books in this language: *"ein rega b'lo pega — ein yom... ein chodesh ein shavua ein shanah"* — "there is no moment without a blow — there is no day... there is no month — there is no week — there is no year" [from the *Shelah* — Rabbi Yeshayah Horowitz — one of the great compendiums of Jewish spiritual teaching. This passage articulates the universal human condition: not one moment of life passes without its challenge and difficulty] — as explained in the *Shelah.* And we believe that everything is for good — for the attribute of good is greater. And one must be very careful to fulfil the saying of our Sages [Berachos 60b] : a person should accustom himself to say: *"kol mah d'aveid Rachmana — l'tav aveid"* — all that the Merciful One does — He does for good. And especially what is written in his holy books — that one must know that all one's events are for one's good — and this is a foretaste of the World to Come. And specifically through this one can strengthen oneself to pray about every matter. For one needs to say before Him Yisborach: *"Master of the world — certainly Your intention is for good and for mercy — but we do not have the strength to receive such mercy — and we need that You deliver into our hands the mercifulness"* — as is written on the verse *"v'El Shaddai yitein lachem rachamim"* [Bereishis 43:14] and so forth. And you have already seen greatly — from yourself and from the *anshei sh'lomaynu* and from all the world — how many and how many kinds of sufferings and financial distress and many varied worries without measure pass over each person almost every day — and so it has been conducted since the world existed. For *"adam l'amal yulad"* — "a person is born for toil." [Iyov 5:7] And if I wrote about you — "young of days and full of suffering" — is this not said about all people as well — as written [Iyov 14:1] : *"k'tzar yamim u'seva rogez"* — "short of days and full of strife." And also Yaakov Avinu — upon him be peace — said: *"me'at v'ra'im hayu y'mei sh'nei chayyai"* — "few and evil were the days of the years of my life" [Bereishis 47:9] and so forth. And we have already spoken much about this — and according to what appears — one must return to this several more times. For there is no measure to the changes that are made every day and every year and every month and every time — in the totality of the world — and in the totality of the city or family or group — and in the particulars with each and every one. For He Yisborach does great things without investigation and awesome wonders without number — every single day — without measure or reckoning. But one must believe — and one can see a little — that the attribute of good is greater — for the chasadim of Hashem have not ended and His mercies have not ceased — for "chadashim labekarim" — His chasadim are renewed every morning — in general and in particular — with each and every one. And it is already explained among us that a person needs deep counsels every day — namely to cry out from the depths — from the depth of the heart — in the aspect of *"mimima'amakim k'rasicha Hashem"* — "from the depths I called out to You Hashem" [Tehillim 130:1] — until he penetrates and draws down deep counsels that are renewed every morning — in the aspect of *"goleh amukos mini choshech"* — "Who reveals deep things from the darkness" [Iyov 12:22] — and these are the essence of the *chasadim* that are drawn down every day. And through the counsels — faith is drawn down — and through this complete healing is drawn down and so forth — as explained in the Torah *"Tik'u Beis."* [תִּקְעוּ ב — Likutay Moharan II, Torah 2 — one of the great fundamental teachings about healing — that the process of healing flows through the drawing down of deep counsels through the prayer of the depths — which then draws faith — and through faith — healing] He only adds here — that this is needed every day — as written there — that this is the aspect of *"kivri'asa shel olam — b'reisha chashuch v'hadar n'hora"* — "the creation of the world — first darkness and then light" [כִּבְרִיָּתָא שֶׁל עוֹלָם בְּרֵישָׁא חֲשׁוֹכָא וְהָדַר נְהוֹרָא — from Shabbas 77b. The creation of the world — and of every day — follows the pattern: first darkness and then light. The *erev* — evening — comes before the *boker* — morning. Every descent contains within it the seed of the ascent. Every darkness is followed by light. And this pattern plays out not just once at creation — but every single day] [Shabbas 77b] — that this happens every day. And it is impossible to extend — for I am writing all this before the morning prayer — and already the day has brightened and the time of prayer has arrived. Therefore — enough in this — and Hashem Yisborach will help us to pray with intention — at any rate according to the plain meaning of the words. And the essential — through the Torah *"tzohar ta'aseh latevah"* — to be careful to speak at any rate the word in truth in simplicity. And Hashem Yisborach will hear our prayers and our outcries and our conversations — and help us and save us from all our troubles and our distress and our toil. And may He send quickly complete healing from heaven for all our ailments and all our pains — and especially for his son David Tzvi son of Chana — may he live — among the rest of the sick of Israel. And also now my beloved son — be strong and resolute — and rejoice and be glad in His wondrous salvation — that He preceded the cure before the blow — to let us hear such Torah novellae that have no parallel. And it is impossible to express how far these matters reach — to the heights of the highest heights. But also in simplicity they give life to each one with eternal life at every time. And just now there is no leisure to speak of this. The words of your father who grieves in your suffering — and awaits to rejoice in your salvation quickly. Nussun of Breslov.

[Hebrew: נָתָן מִבְּרֶסְלֶב...]