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Overview: Friday, Erev Shabbas Parshas B'Ha'aloscha — Breslov — 5603. To his dear friend Rabbi Abba. He received his letter — and saw the great force of his longing and the burning of his heart toward the truth — and it was for him a joy and a pain. Joy — that he saw the goodness of his heart that longs for the courts of Hashem. Pain — over the multitude of obstacles of the mind and the heart — from fulfilling his good desire. And even so — the longing and the good kisufin are also very precious. Would that this heart of yours be so all the days — to long and to yearn for Hashem and for His holy Torah — until you merit at every time to fulfil your desire and your good will — to do the will of your Creator in truth — for which you were created. And how greatly does his heart yearn over him — that he did not merit to be with them together on the past holy Shavuos. For now — be strong and very strong every day — to snatch Torah and prayer with intention as much as you can. And in particular to express your conversation before Him — and to make from the Torahs prayers. Both to say the prayers that Hashem already helped them to arrange before you — flowing from his holy Torah — which are wondrous innovations that have never been since the days of the world — and to make for yourself prayers from the Torahs — according to what passes over you at every time. And behold — before you also is the letter he wrote to Rabbi Avraham Ber. And likewise the rest of the young men of our anshei sh'lomaynu — those who desire to hear words of truth — all of them shall hear and learn to do good — and set their hearts to fulfil our words — spoken in truth and wholeness — flowing from the springs of salvation.

He received his letter last week — and read it carefully. And he greatly magnified the joy over the sorrow and anguish that is in his letter — seeing that from within the very depth of his pain and his bitter cry — these many times — amid the turmoil of his distress — he gives himself life and restores his soul through seven restorers of taste that he received from afar — from the holy words — the sayings of Hashem — pure sayings — refined sevenfold — flowing from the flowing stream — the source of wisdom. And this is the measure — "zos nechamasi v'anyi" — and this is his consolation and your consolation and the consolation of all Israel. For also in every previous generation — it happened — what it happened — with every person individually — every single day of his life. And for this — Solomon the King — peace be upon him — cried out in Koheles: "ra ali ha'ma'aseh ha'na'aseh tachas ha'shamesh." And likewise greatly he cried out over the deed done under the sun. And in particular over the ra'ayon ruach — which are the evil and crooked thoughts that surround at every time — which are the aspect of "libi s'charchar." And what has passed — we do not know — only we understand from afar — that also then it was as it was. And because of this the exile is prolonged so greatly — and we have not yet returned to our land. And in particular now in this generation — for now upon us the obligation of the day has fallen.

And as they have already spoken greatly of this — that all that is explained in the words of our Sages — and in all the holy books — regarding the person in this world — upon whom all the worlds depend — was said only concerning the children of men who live in this world in every generation. And therefore now — all the rectifications of the worlds — and the opposite — G-d forbid — all depends upon me and upon you and upon every single person who is still alive upon the face of the earth. For "lo ha'meisim y'halelu Yah" — and in "ba'meisim chofshi" it is written.

And therefore — the adversary arouses so greatly against each and every person — every single day — and almost every hour. And in particular against those who desire and long to come out from their foolishness — and to approach the holy — for all his arousal is only against them. As our Sages said in several places — that he leaves the whole world and arouses only against Israel — and leaves all of Israel and arouses only against Torah scholars — who are the disciples and the young men who come to draw near — in the place where the point of truth illuminates.

But the battle is very heavy — and the souls are very weak. And were it not for Hashem's help — Who preceded to illuminate in them all the good — that He benefited them — to know from the light of his holy Torah — and from his holy hints — which are all in the aspect of pure sayings — seven restorers of taste. And above all — his great power which is never interrupted — which he explicitly said to lean upon: "dupit oyf main koach." Were it not for all this — we would already have perished in our poverty. And as it is written: "lulei sorascha sha'ashu'ai" — and it is written: "zos nechamasi v'anyi ki imrascha chiy'yasni." And after they have already merited to what they merited — to suckle from the light of the truth — the pleasantness of his Torah — that restores the soul and makes wise the utterly simple — until in His mercies he merits to see in your letter — amid the bitterness of your cry — that you mention awesome things that have never been heard — how you give yourself life from the power of the elder — who can draw out all the arrows even after they have been shot — and from the power of all ten types of melody — and that you need to combine in your thought all types of restorers of taste to give your soul life. These are what he desired — for this is his entire salvation and all his desire — that his holy words enter the heart like arrows from the hand of a mighty one — to give oneself life from them — from within the depth of the darkness and gloom — to convert the sorrow and sighing to joy and gladness.

Be strong and strong my son. And begin every day to overcome in the ways of his holy counsels — to slip yourself out from your confused thoughts and evil ponderings. For even so — his words are true and just — that it is impossible that two thoughts exist together — and that the mind is in the hand of man to direct it as he wills. And even if sometimes it leans and flies and flees to evil places — to the filthy places — G-d protect us — even so it is in the hand of man to direct it as he wills to the opposite — as one grabs the horse by the bridle.

And know and believe that all this has already helped you greatly — greatly. Only the baal davar arouses still — for he is a very great stubborn one — therefore a person must be a great stubborn one against him in holiness. And the essential is to believe — that even if he is as he is — even so — every time he overcomes his thought as above — this is very precious before Hashem Yisborach. And they have already spoken greatly of this. But since "the king is old and foolish" — and does not listen to all this — and still burrows and arouses as he arouses — as if he is informing anew these old foolishnesses — a person must overcome to believe anew in all the words of the holy counsels — and in all the things that give life to the soul — to cause them to be heard to his mind anew. And let them not grow old in your eyes — for they are renewed at every time. And in particular because Hashem Yisborach helped them to make new in them greatly through His wonders. And we see new chasadim every single time — until also this year — in His chesed — was completed — what was completed — through Rabbi Nachman — may his light shine. And his eyes are consumed — that he come quickly. And to Hashem the salvation and the hope — that he come quickly in peace without mishap — and all will be properly arranged in His chesed. And we have no one to lean on except our Father in Heaven.

The words of your father — who awaits salvation.

Nussun of Breslov.

[Hebrew: נָתָן מִבְּרֶסְלֶב...]

And peace to all our anshei sh'lomaynu with great love — and in particular to his veteran dear friend our Teacher the Rabbi Nachman — may his light shine — grandson of our Master our Teacher and our Rebbe — of blessed memory. And also the letter of Rabbi Mordechai he received on Friday — and certainly it gave him great comfort. And since the adversary is still arousing against him so greatly — from this one must understand and believe that it is not an empty thing — and certainly he accomplished greatly in drawing close to the point of truth — and therefore they arouse against him so. But the power of the holy elder surpasses all. And Hashem is a Man of war — and certainly He will subdue and humble also all who rise against him. And it is fitting for him to dance and rejoice on this — that he merited to be in our portion. And the essential is to be "shev v'al ta'aseh" — also in thought — and to flee from melancholy with all his strength — and to convert all types of sorrow and sighing to joy — and the essential through the very humiliations themselves — that he merited to be saved from being an opponent against his very life force forever.

Overview: Monday, Parshas Sh'lach — Breslov — 5603. He received his letter last week and read it carefully. He greatly magnified the joy over the sorrow — seeing that from within the very depth of his pain and his bitter cry — amid the turmoil of his distress — he gives himself life through seven restorers of taste received from afar — the holy words — pure sayings — refined sevenfold — flowing from the source of wisdom. And this is the measure — "zos nechamasi v'anyi" — and this is the consolation of all Israel. For in every generation — what happened happened — with every person individually — every day. Solomon the King cried out in Koheles: "ra ali ha'ma'aseh ha'na'aseh tachas ha'shamesh." And the exile is prolonged because of this. Now upon us the obligation of the day has fallen — all the rectifications of the worlds depend upon every single living person. Therefore the adversary arouses so greatly against each person — every day — and almost every hour — and in particular against those who desire and long to approach the holy. He leaves all Israel and arouses only against Torah scholars — who are the disciples and young men who come to draw near to where the point of truth illuminates. But were it not for Hashem's help — Who preceded to illuminate in them the light of his holy Torah — and his holy hints — seven restorers of taste — and his great power which is never interrupted — "dupit oyf main koach" — we would already have perished. "Zos nechamasi v'anyi ki imrascha chiy'yasni." And after they have already merited to suckle from the light of the truth of his Torah — he sees in his letter — amid the bitterness of his cry — he gives himself life from the power of the elder — the power of all ten types of melody — combining in his thought all types of restorers of taste to give his soul life. These are what he desired — that his holy words enter the heart like arrows from the hand of a mighty one — to convert sorrow and sighing to joy and gladness. Begin every day to overcome in the ways of his holy counsels — to slip yourself out from confused thoughts. Two thoughts cannot exist together — and the mind is in the hand of man to direct as he wills — as one grabs the horse by the bridle. Know and believe that all this has already helped you greatly. The adversary is a very great stubborn one — therefore one must be a great stubborn one in holiness in return. And every time he overcomes his thought — this is very precious before Hashem Yisborach. Let not these words grow old in your eyes — for they are renewed at every time. We see new chasadim every single time. He received his letter today here in Teplik — via the messenger who bears this letter. And he read it carefully. And he did not stand trembling as much as he imagined — for the whole matter of the story of what passes over him is not new to him at all. For such and such has passed over many upright souls of Israel. And even over him too it has passed — more — and even now such and such passes over many and many. But there are many whose situation is much worse — greatly — and who do not even cry out at all. And if indeed the cry is a great virtue — for "crying is good for a person" — and "even a sharp sword placed on the neck of a person — he should not prevent himself from mercy." And in particular as our Rebbe — the holy light — the memory of the righteous and holy one for a blessing — warned us. Even so — when the pain and the cry leans toward melancholy and sadness and sorrow — it is more harmful. And as our Rebbe — the memory of the righteous and holy one for a blessing — said — that sadness harms greatly these evil inclinations which are the aspect of the spirit of foolishness literally — as written in chapter 72 and in several places. And cited there — that all the more one forces himself to push away these thoughts — the more they strengthen. And one needs only not to turn his mind backward — and not to look at them at all — even if they blaze and roar as they roar — for one must not fear them at all. And if even so they surround with many circles — what can one do — force majeure exempts. And yesterday too — there stood before him a person who complained to him — that his wife has been ill for three years — G-d protect us — and likewise there are many such. The truth is — your trouble is not small — and in all your trouble I am troubled — and much prayer and supplication are needed to Hashem Yisborach — from you and from me. But one must be very very careful to walk in the way that he — of blessed memory — warned us — to set aside an hour to express his conversation — and all that is in his heart — to speak before Him Yisborach. And if he cannot speak — what can one do — for the most part Hashem Yisborach will help him afterwards — or on the following day — to express his conversation. But however it is — one must overcome greatly to be glad all day. And to spend the day somewhat in prayer and study of Torah — and in the work of commerce. And in particular — praised be G-d — you have several occupations — and you have with what to spend the day in Torah and the way of the world — for the toil of both makes one forget sin.