רסב

The words of your father.

Nussun of Breslov.

Peace — to my beloved son — the rabbinical scholar — our Teacher the Rabbi Yitzchok — may his light shine.

Know that I arrived here in Breslov yesterday. And according to what appears — I will remain here until Sunday or Monday — and Hashem will lead me in the way of truth always. Your letter from Sunday Chol HaMoed — I received from the post on Yom Tov Acharon and it was a comfort to me. Just now it is impossible to extend — because it is before the morning prayer — also because there are no writing implements. And if the honor of Rabbi Nachman — may his light shine — grandson of our Master our Teacher and our Rebbe — zacher tzaddik v'kadosh livrachah — wishes to come here after Shabbas Kodesh — how good. And if he wishes — he will travel with him together to the holy congregation of Vinitze — for he intends soon to travel there. But he should hasten to come on Sunday — or at any rate on Monday. Only let him inform him via the people of the fair — whether he is coming — or you are coming — or some one person from the anshei sh'lomaynu.

[Hebrew: נָתָן מִבְּרֶסְלֶב...]

The words of your father who awaits and expects complete salvation. Nussun of Breslov. And Hashem will gladden our hearts in His salvation — and may we merit to receive Shabbas with great joy as fitting — and to begin Pirkei Avos anew — to feel in the heart the pleasantness of the moral instruction and the holy paths that the tzaddikim hid in their very deep words. [פִּרְקֵי אָבוֹת — Ethics of the Fathers — the tractate of the Mishnah studied each Shabbas afternoon from Pesach until Rosh Hashanah. Each year after Pesach, reading begins again anew. And Reb Nussun says: to begin it anew — not as rote repetition but to feel in the heart as completely fresh — the pleasantness and depth of what the tzaddikim hid in their words] And behold — many new things are made every day — in the revealed and in the hidden. Great are the deeds of Hashem and His wonders and His innovations every day. A very little one can see from afar — and more than this one must believe — as we spoke about this on the verse *"chadashim labekarim rabbah emunasecha".* [Eichah 3:23] And also these words must be renewed every day — to arouse oneself every day to see the work of Hashem and the deeds of His hands — that are renewed at every time with new wonders — and all of it for this lowly person — all the days that he lives on the face of the earth. *"Mah gadlu ma'asei Hashem — m'od amku machshevosav"* — "how great are the deeds of Hashem — how very deep are His thoughts." [Tehillim 92:6]