קפב

And from there we returned to seek lodgings. And I danced a little on the road of my walking — that Hashem Blessed be He made such miracles — to merit on the first day of Sukkos to bless over the esrog and over the sukkah — after I had already completely despaired of this. And I believed that the joy of the previous night — the night of the first day of Sukkos — when we had been very joyful — the power of that joy had merited us these holy mitzvos. For all my intention at the time of the joy was to merit through the joy and the dancing to fulfill the mitzvah of esrog. And so it was. And what passed in those days from Erev Yom Kippur until the first day of Sukkos — there was much to tell — and how it was impossible to fulfill these holy mitzvos — and we had already despaired of this. And we nearly — nearly — Heaven forbid — had lost fulfilling these precious mitzvos. In all of this there was much to tell. And if Hashem Blessed be He consents — it will be explained at another time with the help of Hashem Blessed be He. On Thursday — the second day of Chol HaMoed Sukkos — we entered the city of Harekie in Constantinople to demand the promissory note that had been left with him from the late Rabbi Leib Chaykes zichrono livracha. And Hashem Blessed be He made a miracle for me — that I collected it through wondrous Providence. And we were compelled to sleep there. And we had no lodgings. And I slept in a locked shop and so on. Even so — Hashem Blessed be He was with me — and I innovated there and so on.