...{…}… ...I did not have, I did not have a livelihood, I did not have bread for the children But they had {..} great troubles, harsh punishments, harsh {and bitter} punishments But they thought they were holy, they, th.. th.. th.. they In Teveria they.. they took Rebbe Meir Baal HaNess and the entire city; they were the masters of the city, and they did not give me for bread; they made for themselves a "Bank Klirs," a bank And I did not have bread for the children, {..}, nu.. In their own eyes they were tzaddikim, but they paid—ho, ho, what it was, what, what passed over them Each time one of the h.., of the house died, each time Children, adults, yes… ...{..}… ..{what he ho.. h.. he, he, he saw} and I saw how Hashem Yisborach, in His providence, He—in His providence He pays them, ho, ho.. Who is this? [Yaakov from France]… ...The first {..}.. I do not remember exactly, but the.. {note} second I remember well This is the language that I am t.., that I am telling you; this was the wording of the letter: "It was very difficult for me to descend to you My precious student, to tell you that I derived Great pleasure from your service, and of you I said My little fire will smolder until Moshiach comes.." This is the second note, and the first I do not remember exactly as, as it was But I think that I w.. will find it, perhaps with my d.., my daughter Tzipporah Then, Breslov was at the ultimate disgrace, but they had.. Hashem Yisborach {{...}} They had {th.. yes, for this}, very harsh and bitter punishments […...]… ...{..} they made a bank from the dollars And I did not have {a.. a..} a piece of bread for {m.. my childr..}, small children

They cried: "Bread, bread, bread," yes But they had, ho, Hashem Yisborach c.. can pay, He pays well… ...know, that the world were opponents of Breslov But Breslov goes {{and who is r..\and.. and..}} rising every day And th.. and they fall, fall and fall, this I see, I see this But I suffered greatly, I greatly suffered hunger, and I had nothing I did not have, neither clothing nor shoes for small children And they, they had, {..} they had much money to make a bank {..}.. he sees that nothing remains of them, nothing All the money went to ruin [………..] [………..] They were cruel, {..} they had so many dollars, and I did not have bread for the children For small children Nu, nu, nu, nu, Hashem Yisborach is very great, He paid them, ho.. What I saw in my life, what they paid, ah There was always illn.., illness in their house, and the children died, and they had {troubles} great troubles and they thought they were tzaddikim, they suffer for me, for you, they suffer for.. {..} but woe to them and woe to their souls and woe to their neshamah, woe to them, woe t.. to them […….] […….] They had no compassion at all, they had dollars, and made a bank And I did not have bread for small children Nu, nu, nu, nu, nu, the world is not ownerless {Oy}, the punishment that Hashem Yisborach paid them, ho.. such punishments, {yes} He gave them children, and each time the children died, {{. .}}... ...{….} previously the.. all the honor and all the money was with the.. th.. the Sl.. Slonimers And today {{…}}, did you see this? The synagogue?

Destruction, this is destruction and destroyed, nothing, there is nothing, not even a stone {There is no, th.. there is no}, there was not.., no trace of them remained But I suffered [………] Yo [{…….}] Oy vey, vey, vey, oy vey, Master of the World {{There were as th..}} two kinds of Jews, Sephardim and Ashkenazim The Ashkenazim, they did not, did not give to the Sephardim, and the Sephardim did not give to the poor th.. th.. {..} Ashkenazim, so I was, no, I had neither from the Ashkenazim nor from the Sephardim, {an.. a.. a..} And I did not have a piece of bread for the children But I saw, Hashem Yisborach leads the world, He created the world and He leads the world He knows every, every penny that is robbed [Parasite, idiot] (Saba coughs) [………..] [………..] Ah.. […….….] [……..…]… ...and they made from this, ah.. ah… ...dollars, and I did not have a piece of bread for the children You were children, you do not know what was a.. a hundred years ago [….……] […...….]… ...I saw how Hashem Yisborach turns and turns, and pays exactly . And pays {..} a good price, he {receives} a good price [……..] They did not give me for bread for small children, nothing remained of them, they all died They left money and houses, {an..} there was destruction, no, nothing remained of them [….….] Ah.. {..} The famous gaon, Rav Alfandari, he was in Tzfas, he came to Teveria, I went in to him and spoke with him about Rabbainu, and I saw that he {..}.., ah.. held Rabbainu in very high esteem, without measure, yes, and he knew that they were opponents, and I told him, that they do not give me even bread for me f.. for the children he asked them to give me, to give me an addition, and they said:

"No, to.. to Yisroel Ber we will not give, he studies Breslov books" [……..] But such punishments came upon them, very harsh and bitter, more {…}.. than passing away, more than death They suffered greatly, Hashem Yisborach paid them, th..{..} I was within the city And I did not have bread for {...}, small children… ...each time illness came, {came came} to their home And children passed away, small and grown children, ah, passed away, yes And they thought they were tzaddikim, and for this they suffer, {that is it} Oy, what passed over me, {...}, they also saw that there are children and they have no bread And I.., and he knows that they need to be given bread, and I did not have But Hashem Yisborach.. and pays well, ho.. ho.. Ten small children, and I did not have, and the children ask: "T.. Abba, bread, bread, bread," and I did not have to give them… ...{…..} "Bread, bread"… ...{…}… ...{…}... ...[Rebbe Yisroel..] {..} [In the first note was it written "and of you I said"?] Yo, "And of you I said, my little fire will smolder until Moshiach comes" In.. in.. in.. in.. in the first note [And also "Na Na ch"?] And also, {{...}} ah? [And also "Na Na ch"?..] Also "Na Na ch," yes, yes… ...{they {were nothing for me.., from this}, they were opponents [..] Then they thought that I was ah.. ah, a simple man, {..}… ...{..}... ...Ah, what I suffered in my life, who can describe and estimate? Who can tell what passed over me? It was not for nothing that I had {{…}} two letters {{this is Rabbainu\from Rabbainu}, it is not for nothing I also suffered, suffered from the cold, and also suffered hunger, and also children I had such troubles {…} as cannot be described at all but everything is in the accounting, everything is in judgment, everything is in the accounting

No, no, Hashem Yisborach will not have mercy on those who do not repent when they repent, He has mercy and forgives, but without repentance everything remains they passed away without repentance, {they …., yes} They had a synagogue and houses, and I did not have a house to live in and no bread They suffer {…} for all eternity, they will suffer… ...Ah, ah, ah.. ah, ah, ah Boruch Hashem, we have a sukkah, and we have, Boruch Hashem, what, with what to cover ourselves… ...{..already} I saw th.. that I was without a sukkah, I had nothing Boruch Hashem, Hashem Yisborach helped me one week with a sukkah, and made a sukkah And we had, ah, a joyous festival… ...I was together with Rebbe Yisroel (Kardonner), when everyone was opposed {If they are} opponents, they did not know what Rebbe Yisroel was They, they, and also they thought they, they were tzaddikim Ah, oy, woe and alas for them, woe and alas for them… ...[Rebbe Yisroel] Who can estimate? Who can describe? Who can tell? What th.., what, what, what passed, what {I} suffered, what passed over me? "What? Yisroel Ber? He teaches, he, he studies Breslov books {Then we do not help}, we will not give him anything" They gave me two liras a month, and I did not have, and I did not even have bread Even bread alone I did not have to give to.. to.. to the children Who knows? Who can estimate? Who can tell what I suffered? And Boruch Hashem, I see that Hashem Yisborach, it is all in the accounting, there is an accounting Everything is in the accounting I suffered, what I suffered, Hashem Yisborach should have mercy on me {...} No trace of them remained, neither synagogue nor books nor anything Ah, like, like {gentiles}… ...Now I cannot see to study, cannot see {well}

But I had a strong desire to serve Hashem in truth Even for several, many years, if I tell a little, it would not suffice even, even about, about a part of.., about a small part of.. of the trial {th..., that passed} over me, what I suffered, {..} That there are children at home, and there is no bread to give them, bread, only bread… [Yes][Yes].I had a bakery, do you know about it? [Yes] [Yes] [……...]… ...Ay, ay, ay.. ay, it is forbidden to question Hashem Yisborach Everything is i.., everything is with righteousness and justice and mercy, yes We know nothing… ...{They had} money like garbage; they made a bank from the money And I did not have bread to give to small children, nor anything at all, neither shoes nor clothing—who can estimate and describe? But I am alive, and I see that there is {Boruch Hashem}, that there is p.. providence in the world That there is a Creator of the world, Who knows everything; He pays well... ...Yo…