His letter I received at this hour. And thanks be to G-d — Rabbi Chaim and his companions have already left the prison — approximately four hours ago. And the wicked worthless youth who was known — they sent after him in the morning to seize him — and his mother pleaded greatly for him — and in the meanwhile she smuggled him out. And they seized her herself and put her in the prison — and she is still sitting there. And the legal complaint has already been submitted — but there is still no clear reply — for they said they will investigate afterwards. Beyond this there is nothing new to inform. It is good to give thanks to Hashem for what has passed — that until here He helped us greatly in His great mercies [טוֹב לְהוֹדוֹת לַה' — Tehillim 92:2: *tov l'hodos laHashem* — the opening of the Shabbas Psalm. Applied here as a call to gratitude for the salvations of the past even while the battle continues] — and to ask greatly for the future — that He fell our enemies beneath us — for they still gnash their teeth — as is known to you. Hashem — break their teeth in their mouth [ה' הָרֹס שִׁנֵּמוֹ בְּפִימוֹ — Tehillim 3:8: kuma Hashem hoshi'eni Elokai ki hikita et kol oyevai lechi shiney resha'im shibarta — "Arise Hashem save me my G-d — for You have struck all my enemies on the cheek — You have broken the teeth of the wicked." The Psalm of Dovid fleeing from Avshalom — applied to the community's enemies who gnash their teeth against them] [Tehillim 3:8] and so forth — and humble them and break them — may they fall and not rise — and our souls will exult in Hashem — rejoice in His salvation. How fortunate are we that we merited to be on the side of truth — on the right side [מִסִּטְרָא דִּימִינָא — from the right side: the side of *chesed* and truth — the side of the holy — as opposed to the *sitra achra* — the left side of impurity and falsehood. Reb Nussun affirms that to be on the side of the Rebbe's truth — even in persecution — is to be on the right side of all of existence] — and indeed — how truly fortunate are we [אוּן טַאקֶע פָארְט אַשְׁרֵינוּ — Yiddish-Hebrew: "and truly — nevertheless — how fortunate are we." The word *takke* in Yiddish means "really" or "actually" — here conveying the meaning: despite everything that has happened — and precisely *because* of it — how truly and really fortunate are we. A phrase of defiant, joyful gratitude in the midst of suffering]. And there is no free time to extend — for the time for *minchah* has arrived.