שכד

Nussun of Breslov.

And peace to all our anshei sh'lomaynu with great love — forever. To all of them are said all the above — and to all who desire to hear words of truth.

My beloved son — my dear one — may his light shine.

[Hebrew: דִּבְרֵי אָבִיךָ...]

[Hebrew: נָתָן מִבְּרֶסְלֶב...]

He received his letter. What he wrote — that he is learning the sefer — gave him life very greatly. And in particular what he writes — that he gives himself life through what is written there in the Torah "Emor el Hakohanim" — about the matter of tzedakah — for such is the duty of learning — that it should lead to deed. In particular his holy books that are full of deeds and good counsels. The words of your father — who awaits salvation. Nussun of Breslov. But his letter reminded him — my beloved son — that on the festival that passed — he gave himself life greatly through the beginning of the above-mentioned Torah — through what is written there that the essential weapon of the tzaddik is prayer. And all the wars that he will fight — and all the conquests that he will conquer — all of it through prayer. [This teaching is from Likutay Moharan II siman 2 — Emor el Hakohanim. The Rebbe reveals that prayer is the primary weapon of the tzaddik. And it is not only the tzaddik — as Reb Nussun notes from the Likutay Eitzos — but every single Jew. Every person's battles — in the spiritual and in the physical — are won through prayer] And he recalled what he wrote and spoke about this. And he recalled from the Likutay Eitzos — that it says also about every one of Israel — that all his weapons of war are prayer. And he spoke about this a little with the anshei sh'lomaynu then. And also now he gives himself life through this — for every single holy and awesome language of our Rebbe — which he mentions beside every matter — has a specific power to arouse and to strengthen the heart of Israel to engage in this. And one who applies his heart — that all his weapons of war are prayer — is aroused anew to engage in this. And even though he has no power to fight so much — is he not like the simple man of valor — who also takes weapons from the king's house — and is compelled to learn the tactics of war every day — and all of it in the power of the King and the princes who teach him. And in any case he knows that the battle is long and strong very much — and he has no weapon of war except a little speech of his mouth — and even this through the salvation of Hashem and His immense wonders. And it is impossible to express in the open field how strong he is in this. And also you must go in this — to know all this — and more than this. And see in the Likutay Eitzos at its beginning about this. More than this there is no leisure just now to extend. Yesterday at Seudah Sh'lishis — Hashem helped him — that they spoke many words of Torah that gave life greatly to all of them. His son Yosef Yonah is still very weak and lying on a bed of illness — may the Merciful One protect — and he does not know at all what to do. Please urge all the anshei sh'lomaynu greatly — that they pray for him. And may Hashem Yisborach have mercy and send him a complete healing. And also for his daughter — may she live — a healing of soul and a healing of body. *Rachem rachem hoshi'ah hoshi'ah* — for our power is only in the mouth — and as above. As it is written: *"v'anochi tola'as v'lo ish"* — "and I am a worm and not a man" [Tehillim 22:7] — and as our Sages expounded: just as a worm — its power is only in its mouth — so too Israel. Even so he strengthens himself — to trust in His salvation — and to rejoice in His chesed.