אות - קצה

My Torah is very great. And it is all Ruach HaKodesh [Holy Spirit] — and one can know future events from it. For whoever inclines himself and listens and attends to my Torah can know future events that will be. And needless to say afterward when things happen in the world — then one can certainly find everything within my Torah and see and understand that everything is explained within the Torah that was already said. All this I heard after Shabbas Bereishis in the year 5570 — at the time when I showed him the Torah "Bereishis l'einei kol Yisrael" [Bereishis, before the eyes of all Israel] in writing, which is printed in Likutay Tinyana, section 67. And in that week we saw perceptibly all the aforementioned — how in his holy Torah he reveals hidden things and future events. For the event was as follows: In the preceding week, on Thursday which was the 25th of Tishrai of that year, the renowned saintly pious rabbi our teacher Rabbi Levi Yitzchak, may the memory of the Tzadik be for blessing, the av beis din of the holy community of Berditchev (380) had passed away. And on the Shabbas following the aforementioned Thursday — which was Shabbas Bereishis — that Torah was then said from the mouth of Rabbainu o.b.m., beginning "Bereishis — before the eyes of all Israel" — speaking about the concealment of the glory of Israel, meaning the concealment and passing of the Tzadik who is the glory of Israel. And at the time when we heard this Torah from his holy mouth, we did not understand at all to where his intent reached — for then on that Shabbas the passing of the aforementioned great Tzadik was still not known at all, until the second day after Shabbas. And afterward in the week after Shabbas Bereishis it became known to us from the grief of Israel that the aforementioned great Tzadik had passed away. Then we understood retroactively that Rabbainu o.b.m. had revealed in his holy spirit through the aforementioned Torah — for that Torah speaks about the concealment of the glory etc. And the aforementioned Tzadik was called in the mouth of Rabbainu o.b.m. the "glory of Israel" — the aspect of tefillin as is explained elsewhere. And so too in that year esrogs were not available, and afterward esrogs came miraculously (381). And Rabbainu o.b.m. said he had been confident about the Tzadikim of the generation and particularly about the aforementioned Tzadik who is the glory of our community — that there would be esrogs etc. Therefore we saw clearly that Rabbainu revealed through his holy spirit in the aforementioned Torah — the passing of the aforementioned Tzadik as is now apparent to whoever examines: that the entire aforementioned Torah literally speaks about this matter. Also these are the words of Rabbainu o.b.m. at the time when he saw the aforementioned Torah in writing: the moral teaching of my Torah is wonderful and very powerful. If they would say this Torah in a different language — in the language of rebuke — it would very greatly arouse and break the heart, for it is all wisdom of rebuke — great and very awesome rebuke (382). Therefore one must be careful to fulfill what I warned you — to make prayers from the Torahs (383). For immediately when one begins to insert this Torah into words of arousal and conversation of prayer — it will certainly arouse and break one's heart greatly as mentioned (384). 380. RAK: He passed away on the 25th of Tishrai 5571. 381. RAK: See Yemei Moharnat 29. 382. RAK: See above 124. 383. RAK: See above 145. 384. RAK: See above 41.