He received his letter from his dear friend — from the hand of his veteran dear friend our Teacher the Rabbi Avraham Ber — may his light shine — and it was close to the entry of the holy Shabbas — and he read it very carefully. And his heart yearns over him — for he knew his pain. But this is his consolation in his poverty — that he himself preceded the healing before the wound — to comfort and to gladden himself — with the words of the holy Torah of the flowing stream — the source of wisdom. And in particular — what he spoke and related with them before his departure — from the Torah: "ilmalei milcha lo havei alma yachol lismeval meriruta" — were it not for salt — the world would be unable to bear the bitterness. And you wrote to him — that only for your sake Hashem Yisborach arranged — that he spoke these words — even though according to the imagination the essential speaking was with Rabbi Yaakov bar Tzvi — may his light shine. And in this you gladdened him greatly — his dear friend — greatly — in seeing the wonders of Hashem. And the immensity of the wondrous awesomeness of the holiness of his holy Torah — that through his great power — he is still with him — and arranges for him true words at every time — to direct to each one — to the point of his heart — according to the time and the season. And he — in his poverty and lowliness — and his great smallness in his own eyes — but in the great power of the most elder of elders of holiness — he trusts. Until several times — in His wondrous chesed — he sees fulfilled in him the verse: "Hashem Elokai nasan li l'shon limudim lada'as laut es ya'ef davar."

My beloved ones — my dear ones and my dear friends — he has already preceded to speak greatly with them — all that he heard from his holy mouth. And how many holy books are full of this — and greatly greatly he showed them with their own eyes — that the world is full of suffering and troubles and pains and worries — from all kinds of different worries. And as is written in the holy book of the Sh'lah in a rhyming manner: there is no day — there is no moment without a trial — there is no year — there is no shemittah — and so forth — look there. But more than this — our Master our Teacher and our Rebbe — of blessed memory — opened his eyes — to see this eye to eye — every time. And there is no wisdom and no understanding and no counsel — to be saved from all this — except to flee to Hashem Yisborach and to His holy Torah. And in particular to express his conversation before Him Yisborach at every time. And in particular in a time of distress and pressure — and when one feels his deficiencies.

And now my son — see and understand and be wise — and remember well all that they spoke of this. How much we have to rejoice and to strengthen ourselves — and to trust in His chesed Yisborach. And to double remind oneself — how greatly His chesed surpassed upon us — that we were saved from being opponents and disagreers against the tzaddik yesod olam — who is the aspect of the eternal covenant of salt — through which all the sweetening of the bitterness of the world comes. And what would we have done — if after all these trials — G-d protect us — we were now separated — G-d forbid — from our life force and our root and our hope — were it not for Hashem Who was for us — blessed be Hashem Who did not give us as prey to their teeth. And for Hashem's sake — let not these words grow old in your eyes — even though we spoke of them many times. And fulfil: "al tavuz ki zak'nah imecha" — as our Sages interpreted. For since you see that the old and foolish king strengthens himself at every time — as if anew — when in truth they are old and worn out matters — and he is not ashamed to strengthen himself against the person every day anew — as our Sages said — all the more so — thousands of thousands of kal v'chomer — how greatly we are obligated to set our hearts and to believe in the words of the Torah of truth — that are renewed every day — to return every day to his holy Torah words and his holy conversations and his very very deep and awesome counsels. And the essential — that they be in your eyes every day truly new — for they are truly new every day — in the aspect of "chasdei Hashem ki lo samu — chadashim la'b'karim — rabbah emunasecha." For they flow from the most elder of elders — who said — that he is very old — and he is a complete child and suckling — completely. "Ha'nishma kazos — t'hilah la'el yeish va'yeish lanu al mi lismoch."

And for Hashem's sake — that you honor your precious wife — who is from the lineage of this elder — and from the lineage of many holy ones. All the more so — do not distress her — G-d forbid — in any way. And trust in Hashem — for He will not abandon you. And He Who granted you to cleave to a daughter of good and holy people like her — and you were saved from what you were saved as you know — He will grant you in His immense mercies — to have children and grandchildren from her. For there is much benefit and salvation before Him. For this too is a segula for children — not to distress her — G-d forbid — at all. On the contrary — to comfort and to gladden her at every time. And as we find with Elkana and Hannah: "halo anochi tov lach" — until they merited to have Shmuel — and she was a hundred and thirty years old. All the more so and all the more so — praised be G-d — she is still fitting to have many children — with Hashem's help. And may Hashem — Who remembered Sara and Rachel and Hannah — remember them in mercy quickly — with an enduring offspring for His service and His fear. And may be fulfilled in them the haftarah of this parashah — "ranni akara lo yaldah ki rabbu v'nei shomemah." All the more so and all the more so that she is not barren at all. Only for everything there is a time — a time to give birth.

And for now — be strong and bold — and accustom yourself to walk in his holy ways — to pray with intention — and to bind your thought to the words of the prayer with a strong and firm bond — and let the prayer not be upon you like a burden — G-d forbid. And learn every day — and in particular the posskim and his holy books. And say Psalms and prayers with intention. And express your conversation before Him Yisborach every day. And more than all — strengthen yourself greatly to gladden your soul at every time. And strengthen yourself with strong trust in His chesed Yisborach — for He will not abandon them — for with Hashem there is chesed and with Him abundant redemption.