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BH, 7th of Sivan 5720 (Thursday, June 2, 1960), Tel-Aviv

My precious one, heroic warrior, Mr. Z. Shazar, who grows and sprouts from the paradisiacal droplets of the Tzaddik – who is the root of the soul of Messiah, who can elevate and renew the world for the better, attaching and drawing everyone to Hashem, blessed be He. Shalom, and great salvations for length of days.

My beloved, my brother, my soul and heart – (which) our love is like the love of David and Jonathan, and will never be annulled. Look carefully and contemplate the works of Hashem and His wonders that He wondrously performed with us, wonders upon wonders – that He opened our eyes to see the point of truth, a truth the likes of which has never been revealed since the days of the world, which can no longer be concealed from our minds in any way. The main salvation that comes is only through faith (Sefer Hamidos – Character, entry of Emuna-faith 2:6), and the measure of faith is in accordance with the leader of the generation!

One must strive to fill the faith through the radiance of the Tzaddik, who encompasses the Seven Shepherds, for He shepherds the faith to rectify and complete it, and the entire principal faith of Israel he draws for the generation. And it is impossible to come to this Tzaddik and draw close to the holiness except through brazenness specifically, as our Sages said, “Be bold as a leopard” (Avos 5:20), and as stated in the verse, “You have guided them with Your strength (bi-uz’echa - uz – brazenness) to Your holy habitation” (Exodus 15:13) – meaning, one enters holiness through brazenness. For there are shepherds of the Other Side who are also famous in the generation, and their main power is through brazenness; and they are like dogs in their brazenness, the aspect of, “And the dogs are brazen souled they shepherd” (Isaiah 56:11), and they are (Sota 49) “the face of the generation is like the face of the dog.” Therefore, it is impossible to be saved from them, from under their dominion, except when one has very great brazenness to stand against their evil brazenness. And likewise, it is impossible to be saved from all those who prevent, and the opposers, and detractors (misnagdim), and to draw close to the truth, except through holy brazenness (Likutay Moharan 22)!

Through the revelation of the will (rutzon) – that is, when it is revealed that everything conducts by His will, blessed He, and there is nothing dictated by nature whatsoever – through this, fear [of Heaven] is generated, because then one knows that there is reward and punishment, and it is possible to fear from His countenance, blessed He. But when one falls into heresy – as if everything happens according to nature – fear is impossible at all (Likutay Moharan, volume 2, 4:5)!

There are professors of nature who want to show, based on their mistaken wisdom, that everything is according to the dictates of nature – as if there is no [Divine] will at all, God forbid. And even the awesome signs that Hashem yisburach performed with us, they attribute everything to ‘the way of nature.’ And these professors are like wild beasts who trample and tear apart multitudes of our people who also err after them and think like them – as if everything is determined by the necessity of nature, Heaven forbid. And these souls are like “birds caught in a snare” (Ecclesiastes 9:12). Therefore, whoever has pity on his soul must flee and escape his soul from their ways and perplexing philosophies – lest his soul be torn apart and trampled Heaven forbid, by them, for there is no greater evil than this (Likutay Moharan, volume 2, 4:6)!

The True Tzaddik, who is the great Sage of holiness, who can attach all the desires of the world to the root of the will (rutzon) – He overpowers, subdues, and dismantles the evil views and heresies of the scientists of nature, which are an aspect of actual spiritual annihilation [Shmad], and He shines faith in [Divine] will into the world, to know that everything happens by His will, blessed He – without any natural necessity whatsoever (Likutay Moharan, volume 2, 4:7)!

Now, as long as the light of the True Tzaddik is still hidden and concealed, one must act against the professors of nature with theft (-like thieves/cunning/stealth) – to steal the souls that were entrapped by them in the net of their misconception, to turn their minds to the truth. Because now, it is impossible to confront them with an upraised hand (-openly), since the “forehead of the serpent” has not yet been subdued in its root. But when the light of the Tzaddik is revealed, then the “forehead of the serpent” will be subdued completely, and the root of the will (rutzon) will be revealed, for faith in the will (rutzon) will be revealed to all eyes. And then will be fulfilled [the verse], “And the kingdom will be Hashem’s” (Obadiah 1:21), for all will accept the yoke of His Kingdom with love, as it will be revealed to all who traverse the world that everything is solely by His will, blessed He, for “Hashem is the G-d; there is none else besides Him” (Deuteronomy 4:35) (Likutay Halachos, Shomer Suchar 2:16)!

Even when a person falls exceedingly, and gets distanced from Hashem Yisburach as he is distanced, and even if he transgressed the whole entire Torah thousands of times, may the Merciful One save us, even so there is no despair in the world whatsoever (Sichos - Words of Rabbi Nachman 153), and he needs to begin anew every time – to strengthen to return to Hashem, blessed be He. For this is His main greatness, blessed He, when the extremely estranged draw close to Him, acknowledge Him, blessed He, and strengthen themselves in faith; and the principal creation of heaven and earth was only for this – that a person should start anew every time from the beginning, as if born today, and as if today is the outset of his start – which is the aspect of “[Biraishis-] In the beginning God created…” (Genesis 1:1), “In the beginning” [Biraishis-] specifically – for the sake of (Bi of Biraishis) the aforementioned form of (raishis of Biraishis) beginning (Likutay Halachos, Yoreh Dayah 1, Laws of Eggs 5:13).

Whatever awakenings a person has at times throughout his life, with some thoughts of repentance, even a fraction of tiny bit like a hair’s breadth – it will never be lost, and in the ultimate end, he will get a tikun (-rectification) through this through the power of the Tzaddik, the leader, the merciful, who justifies all Israel, and looks only upon the good that there is in every one of Israel, and collects and finds all the good points that there are in each one – even a hair’s breadth – and makes from them wondrous vessels and conduits to draw (down) perceptions of G-dliness (hasagos Elokus) to every one, even for the extremely fallen and wretched – to shine also in them that Hashem is still with them, by them, and close to them, this being their main hope and rectification.

The transcriber and arranger, who prays constantly on behalf of his wellbeing and eternal good, and who yearns and longs to meet up (with him) in happiness and true love.

Yisroel Dov Odesser Ben Atar 28Tel-Aviv

Israel Dov Odesser