לח

And behold — in the meantime I merited to print the Sefer Sipuray Masiyos [the Book of Stories]. And all that passed over me in this matter is not its place here. And if time permits with the help of Hashem it will be explained a little in another place. And also the several people who began to draw close to us through me — and the greatness of the dispute that was against me and against us because of this — and all that passed over me in those years — all of it needs to be written for remembrance. But its place is not here. And also in the meantime I delivered the Prayers to be copied. And they spread among our anshei sh'lomaynu. Until the opponents learned of it. And through this the dispute intensified further.