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Nussun of Breslov.

My beloved son, my dear one — peace, peace to you and to your household [שָׁלוֹם שָׁלוֹם לְךָ וּלְבֵיתְךָ — the doubled shalom shalom is a direct echo of Divrei HaYomim I 12:19 — the spirit clothed Amasai as he came to David: v'ruach lavsha es Amasai... vayomer: l'cha David u'v'lecha ven Yishai, shalom shalom l'cha v'shalom l'ozrecha — "and a spirit clothed Amasai... and he said: to you, David, and with you, son of Yishai — peace, peace to you and peace to your helpers." At the moment of the building's raising — the fulfilment of the long mission — Reb Nussun greets Yitzchok in the very words that Amasai spoke when joining David's camp: a declaration of peace and alliance at the moment of triumph. The spirit that clothed Amasai speaks through Reb Nussun's greeting] . [ Yitzchok ]

Your letter I received today — and it was a great comfort to me. And there is no need to extend the speech — since between today and tomorrow you will be here with the help of Hashem Yisborach as you wrote. And from the bearer of this letter you will hear of the wonders of the salvation of Hashem who has helped us until here — that we merited to raise the building of the holy beis medrash [בִּנְיַן הַבֵּית הַמִּדְרָשׁ הַקָּדוֹשׁ — the walls of the holy house of study at the Rebbe's resting place in Uman now stand. After months of toil, financial pressure, opposition, and nearly broken strength — the building has been raised] with the help of Hashem Yisborach. Great are the works of Hashem [גְּדוֹלִים מַעֲשֵׂה ה' — Tehillim 111:2: "great are the works of Hashem — sought out by all who delight in them." The verse of those who contemplate and delight in the wonders of Hashem's deeds — the only adequate response to what has been accomplished] . May He be with us — that we merit to complete it in perfection speedily — and to pray there with concentration. In particular on the holy Rosh Hashanah [בְּרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ — for the first time in the building narrative, Rosh Hashanah at the Rebbe's resting place is named explicitly as the goal: to pray in the holy house of study on Rosh Hashanah and to accomplish what needs to be accomplished — each person individually and collectively. The entire building project has been moving toward this holy day] — and to accomplish there what needs to be accomplished — each and every person — in the general and in the particular — Omain, so may it be His will.

The words of your father — who awaits to see you speedily — and who prays on your behalf.

[Hebrew: נָתָן מִבְּרֶסְלֶב...]

Nussun of Breslov.

And rejoice and be glad in the salvation of Hashem who has helped us until here. And for the future we shall petition each day until Hashem is entreated for us from on High in His mercies and fills our requests for good in His abundant compassions — for certainly He will never abandon us, G-d forbid — for Hashem will not abandon His people [כִּי לֹא יִטֹּשׁ ה' אֶת עַמּוֹ — Tehillim 94:14: "for Hashem will not abandon His people — nor will He forsake His inheritance." The declaration of divine faithfulness to Israel as eternal covenant] and so forth.

Overview: The fulfilment letter of the long building arc. The walls of the holy house of study in Uman have been raised. The opening greeting — *shalom shalom l'cha ul'vaisecha* — is a direct echo of Divrei HaYomim I 12:19: the spirit that clothed Amasai when he declared his allegiance to David spoke the same doubled peace. At the moment of the building's raising, Reb Nussun greets Yitzchok as Amasai greeted David — a declaration of peace and alliance in the moment of triumph. *Gedolim ma'asei Hashem* (Tehillim 111:2). Rosh Hashanah at Uman is named for the first time as the goal toward which the entire project has been building. *Ki lo yitosh Hashem es amo* (Tehillim 94:14).

Your letter I received last Friday Erev Shabbos Kodesh through Rabbi Nachman of Haysin — together with one new ruble — as well as a letter from Rabbi Yaakov. And I am filled with wonder at you that you did not send your letter today through those who carry the post — especially to inform me of news from Rabbi Nachman — the grandson of our Rebbe, of blessed memory — as I warned you. And behold — regarding the matter of the place in the kloyz — although I had some distress from this as well — I did not magnify the suffering — for you already know that we are far from the honour of this world as I heard from him, of blessed memory — and as we see with our own eyes at every time. And we already spoke much of this at the last Shavuos — how much one must bear humiliations and bloodshed in order to draw near to the supernal point — and so too it is clarified in several places in his words, of blessed memory, that now honour is in exile — and all the honour belongs to the brazen-faced of the generation and so forth.

[Hebrew: נָתָן מִבְּרֶסְלֶב...]

And if you are small in your own eyes and it seems to you that you are very far from him, of blessed memory, because of your deeds — on the contrary — all the more so — one must bear humiliations and bloodshed when one wants to be called by his holy name. Please, my son — remember and do not forget at every time the immensity of the kindness and compassion that Hashem Yisborach had mercy on us — to be called by his holy name — for which all our days would not suffice to give thanks and praise. In particular since even so Hashem Yisborach does not abandon us — and certainly He will help you that you will have a place to pray without humiliation, with the help of Hashem Yisborach. From now on strengthen yourself not to pull upon yourself extraneous thoughts — and seek and search in every matter for some positive angle — and if you cannot find it — believe in the kindness of Hashem that certainly all is for good — for a person is obligated to say: all that the Merciful One does, He does for good [כָּל דְּעָבֵד רַחֲמָנָא לְטָב עָבֵד — Brochos 60b, in the name of Nachum of Gamzu: one of the most foundational Talmudic affirmations of providential goodness — the baseline of faith when no positive angle can be found]. And behold — I have already informed you through Rabbi Nachman about the matter of the money that Rabbi Moshe — may his light shine — gave in Uman for the building — and that because of this I intend to travel this week to Uman. Therefore do not do otherwise — only send me this week — on Wednesday at the latest — at least four or three new rubles — this will be your donation. And the remainder give to Rabbi Shimshon — so that I may gather some money to add to the aforementioned sum and work on the building. For I am already in debt for forty new rubles — therefore I cannot work on the building unless I add some further sum — as you will understand yourself — and do not do otherwise. And may Hashem Yisborach be with me and guide me in peace — and help us to complete the building in perfection speedily. The words of your father — who awaits your salvation and prays on your behalf.