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[This letter opens mid-sentence in the source text.] …Who has enkindled his passionate heart — to use the power of his

clear tongue and his great ability — to win great souls from the world of knowledge and literature — to inflame their hearts to the light of the Tzadik — the one and only source of wisdom in the world.

To the honor of the President of Israel — Mr. S.Z. Shazar, who is wise and understands what the world lacks and what its repair is. Therefore he has girded himself with a belt of heroism and set his heart ablaze, inflamed like a flaming fire — to gather together with all Israel to the true leader, the Nachal Noavaya (the gushing stream) — new, awesome and wondrous healings, wonder of wonders, that have not yet been revealed since the day Hashem created His world. Which benefit everyone — even the utterly lost sick ones such as ourselves today in these generations. And they are the entire essential foundation and root of our vitality and our existence and our hope from generation to generation. Fortunate are you that you have merited to this. Blessing and peace and life without end. Who is the essential novelty and wonder of all the great and awesome Tzadikim — the singular ones of… נ נח נחמ נחמן מאומן I am writing this at midnight — after the hisbodidus and the conversation and the pouring of my heart before Hashem in the synagogue of Rabbi Meir Ba'al HaNess — the holy place in which we merited to join and to bind ourselves in love and brotherhood in truth to the Nachal Noavaya on the 15th of Shevat 5717. My eyes stream tears — from within joy — as I recall that in this holy place most of the letters were written with self-sacrifice, thirteen years ago. I bring to mind in my thoughts how many wondrous matters I wrote then — which are a great good for all Israel. And part of them has already been printed in the book Ebay HaNachal, which is performing great effects in the world, as is known to all. I spend most of the night in hisbodidus upon the mountains that are above the holy burial site of the Rambeva'hNess. And know, my brother — that you stand before my eyes always, and I do not forget you — to pray for you and for your household and for all Israel, who are in great distress and need great mercy and salvations speedily. I and my son-in-law Chaim and your refined wife saw with our own eyes the great salvation that Hashem performed with you wondrously — and gave you a new heart and new life through miracle and wonder, through the power and the merit of the Nachal Noavaya — at the time when you were in Hadassah Hospital and all the professors despaired, Heaven forbid. And my heart broke within me greatly from anguish — and then I sent a letter to your honor with my son-in-law Chaim, and I mentioned therein within my blessing and my prayer the merit of Rabbainu the awesome — Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman. And after you received my letter you left Hadassah for home without the permission of the doctors and against their opinion — for they said this was a great danger. And Hashem in His great kindness gave you healing from Heaven in your home. May Hashem continue His kindness with you always — and grant you strength and health and a good and long life and peace.

Israel Dov Odesser