רמה

Nussun of Breslov.

[Hebrew: בְּנִי חֲבִיבִי....]

With the help of Hashem Yisborach — Motzo'ei Shabbas — the eve of Sunday — Parshas Sh'mos — 5604 — Uman.

[Hebrew: דִּבְרֵי אָבִיךָ...]

[Hebrew: נָתָן מִבְּרֶסְלֶב...]

Peace — to my beloved son — my dear one — the rabbinical scholar — and so forth — our Teacher the Rabbi Yitzchok — may his light shine. I received your letter here yesterday upon my arrival here — and it was a comfort to me — in seeing the immensity of your yearning to receive my letter — perhaps you will receive some good point — to be renewed from now in some good point forever. And for this reason I was compelled to send you this letter now — even though there is nothing new on my tongue to inform you — and also it is already close to the end of the day. And praised be G-d — I arrived here safely yesterday before midday — and blessed be Hashem — all is peace. And if you wish — send me your letter to Uman — and I will see to inform you from there again with Hashem's help. And Hashem Yisborach will lead me in peace — and guide me in tracks of righteousness for the sake of His name. The words of your father who always seeks your peace with love — and intercedes on your behalf — and awaits to hear all good from you. Nussun of Breslov. And from the immensity of the pressing — it is impossible to extend the speech of truth at all — but truth does not need to be extended — for kushta ka'ei — truth endures. And one word of truth rises higher than thousands and tens of thousands of words that have in them a grip of falsehood [דִּבּוּר אֶחָד שֶׁל אֱמֶת עוֹלֶה יוֹתֵר מֵאֲלָפִים וְרִבְבוֹת דִּבּוּרִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהֶם אֲחִיזַת הַשֶּׁקֶר — this is the gem at the heart of this brief letter. Even one true word — brief and unadorned — is worth more than volumes of eloquent untruth. And when Reb Nussun apologizes for not being able to write more — he turns the apology into a teaching: the brevity itself is testimony to the truth of what little he did write] and so forth — as explained in Siman 192 of Likutay — Part 1 — that a word of truth is precious and so forth. [Likutay Moharan I, 192] And abundant peace to all our anshei sh'lomaynu with great love.