פט

To: My beloved son — may he live. [Yitzchok] I received your letter today — and it was a great comfort to me — for I had been waiting for this — as I was filled with wonder that throughout all of last week I saw no sign of your handwriting. Now you have revived me with your words — in particular regarding what you studied in the post-house [בֵּית הַפָּאשְׂט — the postal station: a meeting place and waiting room where travellers stopped between journeys. Yitzchok had snatched moments of Torah study even there — precisely the spirit of chatof v'echol urged in Letter 86] and so forth — for in these things I delighted — that you snatch moments and days for Torah and good deeds through all the strategies and devices in the world. And now I have already lain down to sleep — therefore there is no word in my mouth to extend the speech — especially since soon we will gather together in Uman, if Hashem wills. And let him see to write me regarding the young men of your community [בְּנֵי הַנְּעוּרִים — the youth, the young men in the vigour of their years. The term ne'urim carries its full biblical resonance from Koheles 11:9 — s'mach bachur b'yaldusecha — "rejoice, young man, in your youth" — the very passage Reb Nussun cited in Letter 68 on the urgency of not letting youth pass unlived. In Breslov tradition, the gathering of the young men at Uman for Rosh Hashanah is a specific spiritual priority: they come at the peak of their ne'urim — the season of life when the encounter with the Rebbe's tziyon can shape everything that follows] — whether they are all prepared to travel and come for the Day of the Throne to Uman [יוֹם הַכֶּסֶא לְאוּמַאן — Rosh Hashanah at Uman: yom hakesse — the Day of the Throne (the day of the covered moon) — one of the biblical names for Rosh Hashanah from Tehillim 81:4: tiku bachodesh shofar, bakesse l'yom chagenu — "blow the shofar on the new moon, on the covered moon for our festival day." The name kesse refers to the moon being covered/hidden on the new moon. Reb Nussun uses this ancient biblical designation to call the community to the Rebbe's resting place] — then it is good for them. Beyond this there is nothing new to add now. The words of your father — who prays on your behalf. Nussun of Breslov. The words of your father — who prays on your behalf. Nussun of Breslov. [Translator's Note: Overview: The last letter of 5592 — written at bedtime in Parshas Tavo, weeks before Rosh Hashanah. Yitzchok has studied Torah in the post-house — the fulfilment of Letter 86's *chatof v'echol*. The call to Uman uses the ancient biblical name *yom hakesse* (Tehillim 81:4). The term *b'nei hane'urim* — the young men — echoes

Koheles 11:9: they come to Uman in the vigour of their youth, at the very season Reb Nussun cited in Letter 68 as the time not to waste. And the year-divider marks the transition to 5593.]