And behold — I am ready to depart immediately for Uman in peace — may Hashem Yisborach help us to complete the holy building speedily. And behold — your letter I received together with the sum of four new rubles — and you have greatly revived my soul with this [מְאֹד הֶחֱיִיתֶם נַפְשִׁי — the verb *hecheyitem nafshi* — you gave life to my soul — echoes the language of Yosef's brothers returning to their father in B'reishis 45:27: "when he saw the wagons that Yosef had sent... the spirit of their father Yaakov was revived (*watchi ruach Yaakov avivem*)." The four rubles revived Reb Nussun as the sight of the wagons revived Yaakov] — for the urgent need now is impossible to estimate or assess. May Hashem repay your deed and so forth — and may you merit that there will be for you a great share in the holy and wondrous building in which he, of blessed memory, is engaged — for already some time the houses multiply through many neighbours without number [שֶׁיִּתְרַבּוּ הַבָּתִּים עַל יְדֵי שְׁכֵנִים רַבִּים עַד אֵין מִסְפָּר — this is an allusion to one of the kabbalistic dimensions of the building project: the Rebbe's teaching that the holy gathering place in Uman would draw to it, through spiritual affinity, an ever-increasing number of souls — *shchenim*, neighbours in the spiritual sense — those who dwell near in the world of souls] and so forth — until it brings up delights before Him, Yisborach, such as have never arisen since the days of the world [עַד שֶׁיַּעֲלֶה שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים לְפָנָיו יִתְבָּרַךְ שֶׁלֹּא עָלוּ מִימוֹת עוֹלָם — the word sha'ashu'im — delights, pleasures — draws on Mishlai 8:30-31 where Wisdom speaks: "I was beside Him as a craftsman, and I was His daily delight (sha'ashu'im)." The building of the holy structure at the Rebbe's resting place is framed as bringing unprecedented divine delight — *sha'ashu'im* that have not arisen since the creation of the world].

And behold — I am very pressed now as you will understand from yourself. But from my love for you I compelled Rabbi Chaim Nachum — may his light shine — until he gave me a copy of the entire Torah that we spoke at the holy festival just passed and on Shabbos Kodesh before it [הַעְתָּקַת כָּל הַתּוֹרָה שֶׁדִּבַּרְנוּ בֶּחָג הַקָּדוֹשׁ הֶעָבַר וּבְשַׁבַּת קֹדֶשׁ שֶׁלְּפָנָיו — the Shavuos teachings that Reb Nussun delivered at the gathering, which were transcribed by Rabbi Chaim Nachum. These are the teachings that had been promised in Letters 75 and 76 when Shavuos was announced as the gathering point. They have now been delivered and recorded]. May their eyes see and their hearts rejoice. And they are three and a half bogin [בּוֹגִין — large paper sheets used for manuscripts, written on both sides — a unit of handwritten text indicating substantial content: three and a half double-sided sheets worth of Torah teaching] written on both sides. And if they wish they may copy it immediately and return it to me — if Hashem wills — when I come home in peace. And from the greatness of the urgency it is impossible to extend at all.