...[{….} plays several tunes on the flute] Ay.. oy [Saba..]… ...[Do you want to sleep?] To rest [To rest, good]… ...This, that we believe in Hashem and in the Torah This is not th.. the main thing is to believe in Hashem and in the Torah [Yes]… ...Oy vey [..Somehow the person this, yes]… ...From France [The king of France] [……..] [Blessed are You..] {Do you want to eat something}… ...{…..}, but he says that this, this is because of us [The king of the French, whom he is talking about now all the time, did you hear?] {And we..}, ah.. [That the king of France..] What? [Died, died] {...} [The king of..] {..} [The king of..] But he says [The king of France] Ah? [The king of France died? The king of France] The king of France [Died, died?] Died [Died, he says the king of France died, they brought all the doctors in order to try to help him, ah.. [And nothing helped] The French said that he died because of us [And the French said that he died because of us] And we are liable for this [And we are guilty of this] Ah.. ah.. but Hashem, blessed be He, will have mercy on us {{…}} He always has mercy on us {The donkeys, donkeys} [..] {…} The French [Yes] Said, we the Jews, we are liable for his dying, he had a punishment in Heaven {………. He had …… about ah, always} about th.. about the Jews, {…}, but.. [He had a punishment?] Hashem, blessed be He, has mercy on us [Yes] Oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy, oy.. [...This night] […..] [About the king of the French, he spoke a great deal this night] Ay.. {{...}} The French said that the king died because he did not conduct himself {as one..}.. as one should; because of this he died

[The French said that he died because he did not conduct himself justly as one should] Oy, I, make me half a cup of honey [Honey, yes] Ah? [Half a cup?] Honey [Honey with a spoon?] Ah? [With milk?] With milk, but w.., I, perhaps not yet? [No, no, he did not eat meat] Ah? [No, no, it is possible, you are not fleishig, Saba] It is possible? [It is possible, possible, possible to make milk, you are not fleishig This.. you ate fish, fish soup] {..} [So you can eat milk, do you want milk and honey? Half a cup of milk and honey?] Milk with honey, only half a cup [Half a cup] {..}, they had {claims}; the gentile French were {wise in his own eyes} Who said that the king died because of us, because we, that he said the king th.., died because of us Nu, but Hashem, blessed be He, has mercy on us Ah, ah… ...That the king died, it was a punishment because he did not conduct himself well with the Jews, yes, yes As one needs to give honor, but he did not, did not give honor… ...{…….} The king himself said that he died because of us {..}, he did not accord us honor as we deserve, because of this he had a punishment and he, he died I had {great} fear, {I will not eat, there was and.. and.. and..} there were, ah.. {In anger} great, all of them at us: “What are you doing here? What? What? What? What? What? What did you come here for?”… ...{So presumably} he died because of, because of a punishment “No, I did not honor them {….}, with honor as one should” Because of this h.., he had a punishment, he, he died, {…} Ah… ...{They told him}… ...He said, the king himself said to those close to him: “It could be that I did not conduct myself with honor as, as one should

Because of this I suffer, because of this I die” Oy, oy… ...It is forbidden for me, God forbid, {this is the punishment ….. pride}... …[What place..] [What did he have?] This, for this, this {…}, this, this.. [What, what, what?] He was poor [Poor, poor] He did not have bread to eat [Rebbe Yitzchak?] And he had, {..}.. [Four pockets] Many pockets [Coverings, pockets] So Rebbe Nassan wrote to him, wrote to him: “{….}, Rebbe Nachman of Tulchin went to buy, went to print..” [“Likutey Halachos”] {…}, the “Likutey Halachos,” and he had no bread to leave at home to eat f.. for the wife, for the children,” yes, he went to print {….} “Likutey Halachos,” went to Lemberg He had no bread, neither to eat nor to travel, he, and this way he, he traveled, he came to Lemberg Yes, and.. and thank God he printed the “Likutey Halachos” There were the great geonim of this generation, they did not, did not, did not understand what this was But they saw that it was the word of God, they drew me close, him And he suffered what he suffered on this journey, without money, one needs to travel, yes, and he had no money And the wife, his wife and the children did not have bread to eat [Rebbe Nassan?] Ah? [For Rebbe Nassan?] For Rebbe Nassan [Rebbe Nassan] {…}.. [Rebbe Yitzchak?] Rebbe Yitzchak [Yes] He wrote to Rebbe Yitzchak: “Rebbe Nachman of Tulchin traveled to Lemberg to print the “Likutey Halachos” And did not leave at home even, even a piece of bread to eat” So she, she wrote to him, Rebbe Yitzchak's wife: “If not, if you do not come to bring {I have no} bread How, how do we live without bread, miracles that I live each and every day” So he wrote to Rebbe Yitzchak, Rebbe Nassan.. he sent him the letter

of, of the wife of Rebbe, of Rebbe Nachman of Tulchin “That there is nothing to eat, a piece of bread to eat, no.. she and the children will find them dead” then he, Rebbe Nassan, asked Rebbe Yitzchak: That he should make another, {additional pocket} for her, so that she would have bread to eat [“Another pocket" I understood..] Fortunate are we, how good is our portion [.. this is Rebbe Nassan..] [……] [“Fortunate are we..”] {There are miracles in the world} Oy vey, such strength, such strength and might, above, above […….] He wrote to Rebbe Nassan {…..} that he should make another, another pocket [Another pocket] For her, so that she would have a.., a piece of bread to eat That is how he traveled to print the “Likutei Halachos,” to Lemberg And baruch Hashem he returned from Lemberg, and he printed “Likutei Halachos” with such beauty; in Lemberg they had very excellent printing presses [Is there, is there such a printing? Do you have such a printing? Saba] Eh? [Do you have such a “Likutei Halachos”? Do you have? Do you have such a “Likutei Halachos”?] Yes [Do you have from this printing?] But they, they took everything [They took everything, you had?..] I had [Yes, from this printing?] Such beauty, yo, {if there was} such paper that even today one does not see such, such beauty, and he came to Rebbe Nassan with the “Likutei Halachos” [..Rebbe Nassan] This is above nature, above everything, everything in the world [……..] […] With such self-sacrifice he traveled to print the “Likutei Halachos” And did not give his wife even {a piece of} bread to eat, {no, there was not} only bread Then she, she wrote to him: “You will find {us} dead in the house, we have nothing to eat” Then Rebbe Nassan sent the letter to Rebbe, to Rebbe Yitzchak and wrote to him, that he should make another pocket

[Another pocket] For them […………………..] [……………...…..] If he will not see with his own eyes.. [….] That they have no piece of bread in the house, they will find them dead in the house Then Rebbe Nassan wrote to Rebbe Yitzchak, that he should make another pocket for them [………………………….………..] [……………………………..…….]... ...“Likutei Halachos” and a large and beautiful printing, {and they did not ask} He printed and brought Rebbe Nassan the “Likutei Halachos” [Ay..] They were of such beauty that they caused a stir throughout the whole world [……..….] […………] Eh.. [……..……] […...……..]... ...to Meron, and I came from Meron.., from Teveria to Meron, and from Meron to Teveria [Through the wadi?] Without money [From the wadi, Saba] [On a donkey, on the donkey] [On foot, on foot] [On foot? There were..] I had no bread to eat [That was on donkeys, wasn't it?] Without, without exaggeration, I had no bread to eat, I could have died Once I felt it throughout my whole body [But there were fruits, fruits along the way in the wadi?] There is none, no, there was no bread to eat [There was.. Saba, were there fruits? Were there fruits in the wadi?] Fruits? [In the wadi] [In the wadi, in the wadi] [In ‘Wadi Amud’ there were no fruits?] {Fruits..} [..were there?] But there was no money [There was no money] […..] […..] [Baruch Hashem we merited, …. I remember everything that was here in the wadi ‘Wadi Lemon,’ ‘Wadi Apples’] [….] [Springs, there was a lot of water, springs, there is a lot of water..] Rebbe Nassan wrote to his son, to his son Rebbe Yitzchak, that he should make another pocket for.. For the family of Rebbe Nachman of Tulchin If not, they will find them on.., {...} dead [That he should also bless Ahuva for me, Ahuva..]

[Tell him, tell him, tell him, speak] [Bless Ahuva for me, Ahuva] [Saba..] [Ahuva, Ahuva daughter of Ilana, that the match should succeed] Ahuva [Daughter of Ilana] Daughter of Ilana [That the match should succeed, that everything..] [A match] Hashem should give her a good and kosher match [[Amen, amen]] And all the salvations [[Amen]] [And Nissim, Nissim, Nissim, Nissim Gabriel, that he should return b.., that he should become stronger] [Is that the son …?] [Yes, he is a little b…] [Tell him, tell him..] [Nissim, Ni..]... ...I had no money, {had not yet come}, and I had none, I needed a can of kerosene, I had no money, so I met some, some person who was a charity collector, and I told him: “I have no money for Shabbos” And he was, he did not leave me and brought me a can of kerosene Nu, he brought me money for a can of kerosene… ...Did you hear? There was one of the opponents, his name was Rav Simcha Tobol He, he would collect charity, I told him: “Today is Friday, and I have nothing for Shabbos, no {...}, no kerosene” [Yes] And he, he gave me money to buy a can of kerosene [……..] …[…] ...She was pregnant, and she very much needed to eat, but she had, there was no, neither money nor anything; he brought me a can of kerosene, I was wealthy.. greatly [Very wealthy?, he brought him only a can of kerosene] […]… ...I saw him from afar: “Rav Simcha, Rav Simcha, Rav Simcha Tobol.. {…} kerosene?” He went and brought me money to buy a can of kerosene, a can of kerosene [What did you do with the kerosene? Rebbe Yisroel] But what to cook, I had none […...] [“What to cook, I had none”]… ...“Rav Simcha, Rav Simcha, I need the can of kerosene”

Then he gave me the can of kerosene But he had no more money, so what to cook on the kerosene? He did not have... ...{Kerosene}, by Nissim, Nissim, Nissim {{...}} from the Old City They were all opponents, they, they laughed {at me\at him} as they laughed at the Beggars I, baruch Hashem, already have a can of kerosene, but what, what to cook—there is none, I had none Rav Simcha Tobol was poor, he was not rich His sons had a store, he took from his sons He stole, he stole from his sons… ...When I sit here and I am alive, I do not understand I had neither money nor kerosene nor anything, then, then, then I saw Rav Simcha: “Rebbe Simcha, Rebbe Simcha, there is none, I have nothing for Shabbos, kerosene, {... kerosene}” He, he gave, first of all for kerosene, he gave me a can of kerosene Money to buy a can of kerosene, first of all so there should be on, on what to cook I had a relative, Moshe Barzel, did you hear? Everyone heard of him He had a store in.. in the Old City, he had a store And baruch Hashem, I had for Shabbos... ...I had no money at all, only the can of kerosene There was the can of kerosene, the can of kerosene did not last the whole week How I {learned ... Likutei Moharan}, that was the son {that I should learn}, the son Rav Simcha Tobol had a son, he had a store in the.. in the Old City And he {the.. business} of the son, Rav Simcha Tobol Oy, oy… ...{Tobol} First of all he gave me a can of kerosene… ...[In Tzfas] Here I can, cannot, I will show you at the time that I.. we travel to Meron I will show you the place how, where..{..} my father-in-law struck Rebbe Yisroel so that he would leave me

He said that he would kill {him} [Were you living with your father-in-law?] With, yes [Yes] We had neither an apartment nor money nor.. {…} I was with my wife at {..} my father-in-law's, and my father-in-law was such an opponent And he, he closed the door on Friday night, he closed the door, so as not to go to Rebbe Yisroel […...]... ...There were ten small orphans, small children, {..}, and he died, and they remained orphans He died on Shabbos morning, I was with him [Did he repent for having struck Rebbe Yisroel?] Maybe, I do not know Breslov, there is repentance, it is forbidden to take him, it is forbidden to see him [In Breslov there is repentance, it is forbidden to see him, Rebbe Yisroel (Kardonner).. Rebbe Yisroel, where did Rebbe Yisroel (Kardonner) live in Tzfas?] Above, above, yes [Near, near the citadel, the citadel?] I have no strength to tell [Did he live near the citadel? The citadel?] Eh? [Near the citadel?] {The restaurant}, yes, yes.. My father-in-law struck Rebbe Yisroel “You, you are killing my daughter? I will kill you” Then on Friday night he felt unwell and.. And he died that same night, on Friday night, in the morning he passed away And left ten small orphans I remember the funeral that Rebbe Yisroel {…} had on Saturday night [………..]… ...A handshake pledge for, for a year It is forbidden for us to speak together and to be together and to learn together, it is forbidden for us… ...On Saturday night was my father-in-law's funeral, he left ten orphans [Rebbe Yisroel, did the people in Tzfas understand that it was because he, he raised a hand against Rebbe Yisroel (Kardonner)?] Eh? [Did the people in Tzfas understand this?] Yes, yes.. yes, yes

Rebbe Yisroel (Kardonner) was in great danger, he took an iron chair and wanted to strike him on the head; Hashem Yisborach had mercy, and people came, they took the chair, and he remained alive But he died on Saturday night, my father-in-law died on Shabbos morning, and on the night.. On the night of Saturday night was the funeral The funer.., the funeral of {Rebbe Yisroel}... …{..}... … “I will kill you, you, you are killing my daughter, I will kill you” there was.. opponents of Breslov took a large knife and said: “We will slaughter them all” [Was this on Lag BaOmer?] Eh? [On Lag BaOmer?] Yes, they were in great danger They said that they would slaughter us …[..…] ...{…}... ...I and Rebbe Yisroel in Tzfas, so it is miracles that I am alive, that I am sitting here; he had to slaughter him "Breslov” Ah.. ah, ah Oy vey, oy, the legs on the bed…