Letter 424

It has come from Hashem — to write to you these true words — that now greatly give life to me too. If we set our hearts to them — the hair of our flesh will stand on end. My brother, my beloved — the delight of my heart — the splendor of my heart and my soul! Fortunate are your ears and fortunate are your eyes and your heart — that you have merited to see and to hear and to understand all of this. And it is our obligation to strengthen ourselves — to seek and to search. To long and to strive within such deep concealments. And to bind ourselves — to bring out to the light of truth — all of Israel — together with the hiding and the concealing of the light of the true Tzadik — the Nachal Noavaya. Hidden in such deep concealments.

See to gladden your soul greatly — every day. In having merited to know of such a light of truth. "Had we not come into the world except to hear a single word — it would have been sufficient!" All the more so — every Torah teaching and every story. Through which Hashem Yisburach will complete with us as He desires. As he said: "I have completed and I will complete!" "I have conquered and I will conquer!" Until we all return to Hashem Yisburach in truth. For everything will be transformed for good. For Hashem is very great — and to His greatness there is no reckoning.

Because of the weakness of my body — not upon you — it is very difficult for me to write. But after I know and understand — the immensity of your longing toward the most awesome and wondrous true words of the Nachal Noavaya. For your ears and your eyes and your heart — that hear and see the light of truth — the new light…

And because of the abundance of the illnesses and the affliction upon affliction that have surrounded me — through my many sins — they have not allowed me to come in writing (and in written communications) as is fitting and obligatory for us. And the majority of the days of old age have seized upon me with a strong hand. And my strength and my mind are weak and scanty — aside from the illnesses and pains and packed troubles without measure — that have surrounded me — not upon you — through my many sins — they have not allowed me to come in writing as is fitting for us. And even though the bodies are distant — the souls are very close. For we are bound together in one unity — in the root of the soul of the truly wise leader.

…The Nachal Noavaya — who is our redeemer and our savior and the root of our Jewish identity. And all our consolation and our hope — and the repair of all the people (of the house) of Israel — from generation to generation forever. Hashem knows the hidden things of my heart. For the fire of your love burns in my heart always — without end. And day and night I think thoughts about you — about your true good and your salvation in this world and the next. And I pray and supplicate — that Hashem illuminate in your heart the light of truth — the new light — the wonder of wonders — the light of all lights (pure and lustrous) — most awesome and most exalted. The Nachal Noavaya. (For whose praise is not lengthened — even as a drop from the sea — from his true and simple and sincere praise.) For you desire him — and long and crave with the expiration of the soul — that he be revealed and publicized in the world. Through which the entire world will be repaired in the ultimate perfection of the repair.