קמא

Last week I sent you letters — both to you and to Reb Aizik, may his candle shine — and also to Reb Eliezer, may his candle shine. And I do not know whether you received them properly — and I long to know whether you received them. And I heard that you traveled to bathe at the malkin [המאלקין — malkin — the hot springs of Tiberias, known in Arabic as al-Hamme and in Yiddish as malkin; the famous therapeutic hot springs near Teverya used for medicinal bathing] — may Hashem Yisbarach help you — and may He command the angels to bring you healing quickly — in every matter — in the merit of the word of Hashem. And likewise for your wife, may she live. And likewise for your brother, may his candle shine — together with all of Israel. And I am informing all the Anash — and asking of them — to stir up mercies for my wife, may she live — for from Monday of Matos-Masei the quartan fever [קדחת רביעית — kadachas reviyis — "quartan fever" — a malarial fever that recurs every four days; a specific and recognized fever-pattern in which the fever strikes with great violence every fourth day and then subsides for three days; a severe and debilitating form of malaria] has seized her again — G-d have mercy, G-d have mercy. And she no longer has the strength to bear it — for all three of those days she has no strength even to speak. And the magnitude of her suffering is beyond our power to bear. And we are preparing ourselves — G-d willing — for the Torah portion of Ekev — G-d willing — to travel to your holy encampment. May Hashem Yisbarach merit us to see your faces — in life and in peace — in the merit of the flowing stream — the source of wisdom. Words of one who loves you, Nussun from Breslov Written Thursday, Parshas Devarim, during the Three Weeks, 5642 (July 1882), from Teverya. The wife has taken a quartan fever — every four days with full severity. Preparing to travel to Tzfas for Shabbos Ekev. נ נח נחמ נחמן מאומן