At this hour I received your letter — but the letter which you sent yesterday has not reached my hand — and I do not know whom to ask about it. And you did not do well in not mentioning in your letter through whom you sent it yesterday — and it distresses me — especially the letter from Petersburg. Inform me immediately through whom you sent it — and by implication it will reach my hand. And now I have nothing to write — for it is close since you were here — and I also wrote you a letter here on the past Sunday. And when I receive the letter you sent yesterday — I will see to reply to you further — if Hashem wills.
And now — be strong and resolute — and rejoice and exult in His holy salvation — that we merited to draw water with joy from the wellsprings of salvation [לִשְׁאֹב מַיִם בְּשָׂשׂוֹן מִמַּעְיְנֵי הַיְשׁוּעָה — Yeshayahu 12:3: the great verse of the post-Messianic rejoicing: ush'avtem mayim b'sason mima'aynei hayeshuah — "and you shall draw water in joy from the wellsprings of salvation." The prophecy of the day when Hashem's anger has turned — when the people will draw not from ordinary wells but from the *ma'aynei hayeshuah* — the wellsprings of salvation itself. Applied to the Rebbe's teachings: they are those very wellsprings — and the community of Breslov disciples has already begun to draw from them in joy. The verse is the basis of the Simchas Beis HaSho'evah — the Water-Drawing ceremony at Sukkos — connecting this to the season of ultimate joy] [Yeshayahu 12:3] — whose holy waters have not yet ceased — as we see with our senses that even now his holy words flow like a gushing spring — as you yourselves see with your own eyes at every time. May Hashem Yisborach give us all merit to fulfil his holy words at every time.
The words of your father — who awaits salvation.
Nussun of Breslov.
Also receive a letter for Rabbi Chayyim HaKohein from Lvov — and endeavor to send it immediately to the holy community of Kamenets. And if it delays until you understand that he has already traveled from there — do not send it at all. But it is fitting for you to greatly urge yourself to send the letter to him immediately. For from yourself you will understand how much one must strive for such a matter — perhaps great salvation will sprout from this. For thus Hashem Yisborach leads us in His kindness and wonders at every time — for everything we merited until now to complete his holy affairs — and especially in the matter of the printing — all was through wondrous ways such as these. And we are obligated to strive and do what falls upon us — and Hashem the Good will act. He who began — He will complete. May Hashem complete on my behalf [הוּא הִתְחִיל הוּא יִגְמֹר — echoing the *hamatchil* teaching of Letter 122: the One who began is the Creator Himself who began the world for Israel and will certainly complete what He began. Here applied specifically to the printing project: Hashem began this chain of events and He will complete it. And then the personal: *Hashem yigmor ba'adi* — Hashem will complete on my behalf — from Tehillim 138:8: Hashem yigmor ba'adi chasdecha Hashem l'olam al terof ma'asei yadecha — "Hashem will complete on my behalf — Your kindness, Hashem, is forever — do not abandon the work of Your hands." The psalmist's confidence that Hashem will not abandon what He has begun].
Nussun the above-mentioned.
Overview: Wednesday, Parshas Naso. A lost letter and a missing Petersburg letter. A second letter for Rabbi Chayyim of Lvov enclosed for forwarding to Kamenets. *U'sh'avtem mayim b'sason mima'aynei hayeshuah*: now identified as Yeshayahu 12:3 — the verse of the post-Messianic drawing from the wellsprings of salvation, the basis of the Simchas Beis HaSho'evah. The Rebbe's words are those very wellsprings — still flowing. *Hu hitchil hu yigmor* / *Hashem yigmor ba'adi* (Tehillim 138:8) — He who began will complete.