Letter 258

B.H. The eve of the 26th of Tammuz

[This letter opens mid-sentence in the source text.]

…Through him the Torah of our holy Rabbainu will be publicized in the world… to make known — that it be publicized to people — the greatness of his most awesome Torah. To bring close through this many people to Hashem Yisburach. And many of the peoples of the land will become Jews [i.e., will convert].

…Who has borne his soul and his spirit — his heart and his intellect — to the Tzadik. And has removed his mind entirely — all his wisdom and his daas — completely with respect to the Tzadik. As though he has no intellect at all. Before whom and after whom there has not arisen his equal.

His spirit longs and longs for the lustrous brilliance of the treasures of His hidden ones — who is able to return everyone to good, etc. Who is able to bring everything close to Hashem Yisburach.

He performed wonders of wonders — to illuminate in the world the pathways of the treasuries of his wisdom. He performed wonders of wonders — to reveal his glory to the people of faith.

Long life and blessing and all good. May Hashem gladden his soul — with long life (and blessing and all good) — in health and success and peace all the days of his life.

…The one who is powerful and able — to reveal and to illuminate in the world — the source of wisdom — the source of life. To illuminate and to bring close all hearts — and to join to the Tzadik — one to another. To recognize the Creator — everything from nothing to something.

May Hashem elevate him higher and higher — to the rest and to the inheritance that has no (borders) end or limit. And always all my thoughts and my longing are toward you and toward your salvation — always at every moment.

My eyes yearn and my thoughts yearn and yearn — dependent and looking forward to your salvation — at every moment always. Through the power of the prayers and the supplications that I pray for you (at every moment always) — with all my soul and my spirit.

…Who is able to return even the sinners of Israel — who have neither Torah nor commandments — to good. And to bind them to holiness. And to raise and to elevate them all from their fall to holiness. And to bind them to holiness — to Hashem Yisburach and to His Torah.