Is not the letter that he wrote to all of you before your eyes — and what shall he add further. And be strong and resolute my son in joy and gladness always. For His chesed prevailed over us greatly — that we merited to know from such a holy and awesome light. And in these large cities one sees more and more the troubles and bitterness and grief and sighing of this world — where the strength of the carrier has failed. [כָּשַׁל כֹּחַ הַסַּבָּל — Nechemiah 4:4 — "the strength of the carrier has failed" — the people of Israel speak of the impossibility of bearing the burden of rebuilding the walls under attack. Reb Nussun applies it to the crushing weight of spiritual and material suffering he witnesses in the great cities] And *"ilmalei milcha la havei yachlin l'misbal m'rirutha"* — were it not for the salt — the world could not bear the bitterness. And if Hashem wills — in the coming days in peace — perhaps he will merit to begin in their work — as he hopes with Hashem's help. And then his mind will settle a little — and he will inform them of the salvations of Hashem more.
The words of your father who awaits seeing you in life and peace and joy.
Nussun as above.
And peace to all our anshei sh'lomaynu with great love.
Overview: Thursday, Parshas Pinchas — Lemberg — 5600. To his beloved son and all his household. Brief. Is not the letter he wrote to all of them before your eyes — and what shall he add further. Be strong and resolute my son in joy and gladness always. For His chesed prevailed over us greatly — that we merited to know from such a holy and awesome light. And in these large cities one sees more and more the troubles and bitterness and grief and sighing of this world — where the strength of the carrier has failed. And "ilmalei milcha la havei yachlin l'misbal m'rirutha." And if Hashem wills — in the coming days in peace — perhaps he will merit to begin in their work — as he hopes with Hashem's help. And then his mind will settle a little — and he will inform them of the salvations of Hashem more.