Until now he was standing and awaiting greatly his letter. And just now the bearer came to his home — with his good letter — and with grape wine for Pesach. Gratitude to them — and in particular that he urged himself to send via a special messenger. May Hashem repay his work — and may his reward be complete from Hashem.
And may he merit to receive the holy Pesach in holiness and purity — and to renew himself from now — to accustom himself to forget completely what has passed until here — only to make himself as if he does not know at all. And the mind is in the hand of man — to direct it as he wishes — and strengthen yourself with all strength to hold the mind in your hand — to steal yourself from evil thoughts — in shev v'al ta'aseh. And if even so they strengthen — G-d forbid — fulfil: "g'ar chayyas kaneh" — to rebuke them. And the essential is to guard from chametz — that in any case he not leaven his thought with them — G-d forbid — as written in the Torah in the section on Chatzotzros — chapter 5. And in particular just now at this time — when all of Israel and we among them are engaged in burning the chametz from our domain and our borders with all our strength — so too we need more and more to burn the leavening of the mind by even a trace from our borders — through the power of the true tzaddikim — who are the aspect of matzah — d'avdin matzusa b'sitra achra d'lo yitkarvun l'mishkana di'k'dushah. Until we merit through this to straighten the crookedness in our hearts — until we merit to uprightness of heart and true joy. Ashreinu that we merited to hear all this. And even the little bit that we merited to fulfil from this — how good and how pleasant.
His letter greatly gave life to his soul — in seeing that his words enter his heart — and he fulfils in this "v'hodatam l'vanecha v'livnei vanecha." Would that his son — his grandson Dovid Tzvi — may he live — also be accustomed to come to them — to hear and receive the words of the living G-d — flowing from the flowing stream — the source of wisdom. If possible that he come for the last days of Pesach — very good — for presumably there will be guests for the last days of the festival. Yesterday he wrote to Tshehrin — that it is fitting for each one of us to set his heart and understand — that it is not an empty thing — what we merited in this generation to such a light. And each one according to what he imagines in his heart — it is fitting for him to say to himself: nora'os nifleis — nifl'aim ma'asecha v'nafshi yoda'as m'od. And the time of Minchah has arrived — and he was also obligated to write the letter enclosed here to Tshehrin. Therefore it is impossible to extend further — and may the joy of the holy festival coming upon them for good be sweet for you.
The words of your father — who awaits salvation.
Nussun of Breslov.
And peace to all our anshei sh'lomaynu with great love — and in particular to Rabbi Nachman — grandson of our Master our Teacher and our Rebbe — of blessed memory. Even though he has not even a greeting extended from him — even so — his love is fixed in his heart — and he awaits seeing him here soon — and it is for his good. And peace to his dear friend the rabbinical scholar our Teacher the Rabbi Yaakov — gratitude to him for the grape wine he sent. May Hashem Yisborach grant them merit for four cups of salvation and redemption — and to rejoice in His salvation in truth. Amen so may it be His will.
Overview: Monday — the 12th of Nissan — Breslov — 5604. To Yitzchok. Until now he was standing and awaiting greatly his letter. Just now the bearer came with his good letter and with grape wine for Pesach. Gratitude to them — in particular that he urged himself to send via a special messenger. May Hashem repay his work. May he merit to receive the holy Pesach in holiness and purity — and to renew himself from now — to accustom himself to forget completely what has passed — only to make himself as if he does not know at all. The mind is in the hand of man to direct it as he wishes — strengthen yourself with all strength to hold the mind in your hand — to steal yourself from evil thoughts in shev v'al ta'aseh. If even so they strengthen — fulfil: "g'ar chayyas kaneh" — to rebuke them. And the essential is to guard from chametz — not to leaven his thought by even a trace — as written in the Torah in the section on Chatzotzros chapter 5. In particular just now — when all of Israel are engaged in burning the chametz from their borders — so too we need more and more to burn the leavening of the mind — through the power of the true tzaddikim — who are the aspect of matzah — d'avdin matzusa b'sitra achra d'lo yitkarvun l'mishkana di'k'dushah. Until we merit to straighten the crookedness in our hearts — to uprightness of heart and true joy. Ashreinu. His letter greatly gave life to his soul — in seeing that his words enter his heart — "v'hodatam l'vanecha v'livnei vanecha." Would that his grandson Dovid Tzvi also come to hear and receive the words of the living G-d — flowing from the flowing stream. If possible — let him come for the last days of Pesach. Yesterday he wrote to Tshehrin — that each one of us should set his heart — what we merited to such a light — and say to himself: nora'os nifleis — nifl'aim ma'asecha v'nafshi yoda'as m'od. The time of Minchah has arrived — and he was also obligated to write the enclosed letter to Tshehrin — so it is impossible to extend further.