Stay in Meron — There Is Still Hope to Be Together All Summer

[Yiddish:] "Hold on with all your strength to be in Meron — no matter what." [Hebrew:] (Hold on with all your strength to be in Meron — whatever it takes.) And G‑d willing — I have great hope to settle there for another week or two at most, for my mother is travelling to conclude the betrothal, and I will also travel afterward. And I will see, through R' Avner, with all my strength, that he will work to ensure that I am in Meron the entire summer.

And I ask your honor to forgive me for not coming today — for it is truly impossible today. And please pray on my behalf — for it is very, very bitter for me. [Yiddish:] "Alas — it is bitter! The baal davar [הבע"ד — lit. "the master of the matter": a Breslov term for the evil inclination, the opposing force; drawn from a parable of Rabbainu] plucks and tears off the skin — he wants to ruin him from both worlds." [Hebrew:] (Alas — it is bitter! The baal davar pinches and tears off the skin — he wants to destroy him from both worlds.) And I have no counsel — only the salvation of G‑d, blessed be He.

From me, Shmuel Horowitz.