Ullim LeTroofah – Letter 354 | Tuesday Parshas Balak 5601 Berdichev — He Is Traveling — He Rejoiced Like One Who Finds Great Treasure — Seeing the Immensity of His Longing — You Gave Him Life by Writing That His Letter Helped You — Still You Do Not Know How Far the Delights Reach — When the Jewish Soul Is Given Life in the Very Intensity of Its Bitterness — To Tell the Multitude of Distresses Seen Here — A Thousand Pages Would Not Suffice — No Place to Flee Except to Hashem and the Holy Torah

Ullim LeTroofah

עלים לתרופה

Leaves for Healing

The Sacred Letters of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov and Reb Nussun of Breslov, of blessed memory

LETTER THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE

With the help of Hashem Yisborach · Tuesday, Parshas Balak — Berdichev · Year 5601 (1841)

ToMy beloved son — my dear one — may his light shine.

He received his letter on the past Sunday. And he rejoiced like one who finds great treasure — upon seeing the immensity of your longing and your alacrity to send a letter to him every time — in order to benefit from the hidden light of truth that is stored with us — in His wondrous chesed — may His name be blessed. And you gave him life by writing that his letter helped you to gladden your soul a little — for this is all his desire. For still you do not know how far the delights reach that are made for Hashem Yisborach — when the Jewish soul — in the very intensity of its bitterness — in body and soul and money — from himself and from his wife and his children and so forth — is given life. And when some true hint and spark is introduced within it — in a way that it gladdens its soul and strengthens its mind a little — this is the essential aspect of sustaining a soul of Israel — which is considered as if one sustained an entire world. And to tell him the multitude of the distresses that are seen here — a thousand pages would not suffice. In every time and every person and every place — one sees that there is no place to flee and to run to — except to Hashem Yisborach — and to the holy Torah. More than this — it is impossible to extend at all. If Hashem wills — from Uman he will write him at somewhat more length — according to His chesed and His salvation — may He be blessed.

The words of your father who awaits to see you in life and peace and joy.

Nussun of Breslov.

Overview: Tuesday, Parshas Balak — Berdichev — 5601. To his beloved son. He received his letter on the past Sunday. And he rejoiced like one who finds great treasure — upon seeing the immensity of your longing and your alacrity to send a letter to him every time — in order to benefit from the hidden light of truth stored with them — in His wondrous chesed. And you gave him life by writing that his letter helped you to gladden your soul a little — for this is all his desire. For still you do not know how far the delights reach that are made for Hashem — when the Jewish soul — in the very intensity of its bitterness — in body and soul and money — is given life. And when some true hint and spark is introduced within it — in a way that gladdens its soul and strengthens its mind a little — this is the essential aspect of sustaining a soul of Israel — which is considered as if one sustained an entire world. And to tell him the multitude of the distresses that are seen here — a thousand pages would not suffice. In every time and every person and every place — one sees that there is no place to flee and to run to — except to Hashem Yisborach — and to the holy Torah. More than this — impossible to extend at all. If Hashem wills — from Uman he will write at somewhat more length.

Key Themes

He Rejoiced Like One Who Finds Great Treasure — You Gave Him Life — Still You Do Not Know How Far the Delights Reach — When the Jewish Soul Is Given Life in the Intensity of Its Bitterness — Sustaining a Soul of Israel Is Like Sustaining an Entire WorldHe rejoiced like one who finds great treasure — seeing the immensity of his longing. You gave him life by writing that his letter helped you to gladden your soul a little — for this is all his desire. Still you do not know how far the delights reach — when the Jewish soul — in the very intensity of its bitterness — is given life. And when some true hint and spark gladdens its soul a little — this is the essential aspect of sustaining a soul of Israel — which is considered as if one sustained an entire world.

To Tell the Multitude of Distresses Seen Here — A Thousand Pages Would Not Suffice — In Every Time and Every Person and Every Place — No Place to Flee Except to Hashem and the Holy TorahTo tell him the multitude of the distresses that are seen here — a thousand pages would not suffice. In every time and every person and every place — one sees that there is no place to flee and to run to — except to Hashem Yisborach — and to the holy Torah.