Two days ago I sent you good delicacies that your soul loves, and I hope that you will feel in them great pleasantness. Also now I send you a good present from the house of hidden treasures of Our Teacher, the pupil of our eyes, the Flowing Stream the Source of Wisdom [Proverbs 18:4], may the memory of the Tzaddik be for a blessing.

The main point of the Coming of the Messiah is to reveal the Truth in the world, and this is the main Redemption. For now the truth is in a great exile, and each each one says the Truth is with him. Truth and falsehood are akin to a King and a slave, and because of the power of falsehood, the son of the King was switched with the son of the slave, until people thought that the son of the slave was the son of the King. And about the son of the King they thought the opposite, as is explained in the Stories of Rebbe Nachman [see story #11, "The Exchanged Children"].

And the main nullification of the falsehood and revelation of the Truth is by a person negating himself from everything until he is literally like dust, akin to "and let my soul be like dust to everyone" [from the thrice daily Amidah prayer]. For everything grows from the earth, and all things and all the creation is drawn to the earth. And it is impossible to be separated from the earth except through the repulsive force, meaning that someone forces the object and takes it from its place on the earth and removes it from there. And according to the strength of this force so is the object separated from the earth. And afterwards, when this force desists, the object returns to the earth. For the earth has the attractive force and attracts all things to it. And if this were not so then it would not be possible to exist upon her. For it would be fitting to fall off of her, since she is round and all people on earth stand around her. Except that she has the attractive force.

And there is a True Tzaddik who is the foundation of the world, and all things stand upon him. And this Tzaddik, who is unique in the world, is humble and lowly and makes himself like dust, and through this he has the attractive force to draw the whole world to him, to bring them near to the Blessed Lord and to his Holy Torah. And behold it would be fitting that all human beings should be drawn to this Tzaddik, who is an aspect of dust that has the attractive force mentioned above. Except that through the repulsive force people desist and are distanced from him. Meaning that there are people who, through their speech and actions, repulse people and distance them from the Tzaddik mentioned above. And according to the power of this force, so does he create distance from the Tzaddik. And the main repulsive power is through arrogance and a haughty spirit and pursuit of honor, as when the person fears that his honor will be diminished and he will be ridiculed if he draws near to the Truth. Therefore, everyone who wants to know the real Truth, should really hymble his mind and remember his true smallness and unworthiness. And everything that has happened to him in his lifetime. And if he will truly feel his unworthiness then certainly the Truth will be revealed to him, and the attractive power will overcome the repulsive power. And he will be drawn with great speed to the True Tzaddik. (See Likutay Moharan [the masterwork of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov], Part One, Torah Seventy.)

With a heartfelt request for peace for you and your dependents, and a blessing of health for body and soul.

Yisroel Dov Odesser
Tiberias