I received your letter through the bearer of this letter on Friday — Erev Shabbas Kodesh. And behold — regarding the letter to the rabbi — the essential intention was that a person be found in your community who would speak with him in the spirit of my words in my letter — for my benefit. And since — according to his words — such a person is not to be found there — I therefore reconsidered and returned my feet to Your testimonies [Tehillim 119:59] — to rely on Hashem Yisborach alone — and to sit and not act — for it is not at all my wish that you yourself deliver the letter — and this never entered my mind at all. Even so — I am returning to you the copy in my son Rabbi Shachna's handwriting — may he live — that it should be with you — perhaps perhaps it will be needed for you — and perhaps even so a person will be found there who will direct his heart to Heaven to involve himself in this — to diminish the *machloket* — and may the Good Hashem do. More than this there is no leisure to extend — and the bearer of this letter — Rabbi Nachman of Tulchin — will tell you face to face everything. And praised be G-d — Hashem is with us and expands greatly for us within our distresses in His kindness — Yisborach — and a little of the sufferings and the expansions Rabbi Nachman of Tulchin — the bearer of this letter — will tell you.
And I trusted in Hashem — for the attribute of good is abundant [Sotah 11a] — and certainly everything is for great good. And we need to strengthen ourselves and renew ourselves every day — to walk in His holy ways — to give ourselves life through the wonders of His kindnesses — Yisborach — that we merited to escape from being among those who oppose the point of truth — and in this alone we can live and rejoice even now — until Hashem expands for us in fullness — and we merit to come out from all our distresses entirely — and everything will turn to great good — to joy and to gladness — quickly.
The words of your father who intercedes for you all.
Nussun of Breslov.
Overview: Sunday, Parshas Vayeira — Nemirov. Received Yitzchok's letter on Friday. Regarding the letter to the rabbi of Savran: the intention was that someone in the community speak with him in the spirit of Reb Nussun's letter — but no such person is to be found there. Therefore *chishamti d'rachai va'ashuva raglai el eidosecha* — returned feet to Hashem's testimonies — to rely on Hashem alone and sit and not act. He never intended Yitzchok himself to deliver the letter. Returning the copy in Rabbi Shachna's handwriting — perhaps perhaps it will be needed — perhaps a person will be found who will direct his heart to Heaven. Rabbi Nachman of Tulchin will tell of the sufferings and expansions. *U'vaHashem batachti — midah tovah merubah* — certainly all is for great good — strengthen and renew ourselves every day to walk in His holy ways — that we merited to escape from being among those who oppose the point of truth — in this alone we can live and rejoice even now — until Hashem expands for us fully — and everything turns to great good — *l'sason u'l'simchah m'heirah.*