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My dear Mr. Zalman Shazar, whose pure intellect, straight and deep, has helped him to arrive to the place of his desire. To the point of the truth, that sweetens the bitterness of the world and vitalizes and sustains all the worlds. Peace and life and all good.
Today your pleasant letter reached me, together with a check for the sum of 100 Israeli lirot. Many thanks and great appreciation from the walls of my heart. I received great satisfaction of the spirit from the fact that I see that the love of the point of truth, which is our portion of all our effort, has found a nest in your noble heart. This is our hope. This is our consolation. This is our salvation forever. May Hashem help you to strengthen yourself to think deep thoughts, to strengthen yourself and to connect to the light of the Tzaddik. Immerse yourself very deeply in the words of our Teacher, may his memory be for a blessing, in the teachings. In the stories. And in the prayers. And apply all the power of your soul and all the holy fire that is rooted in your Israeli heart to all our treasures. In this way you will live a life. [Yiddish: ve'azoy vesti leyben a leyben.] For apart from this there is no vitality at all.
All the world is full of sufferings and afflictions of different sorts. And no person has any way to console himself except with the little good that he merits to grab in these few and evil days. There are days of childhood and youth. Days of ascent and control. And days of descent, which are days of old age. And it must be that there will pass over every man, all the days of his life, many many different types of periods. Times of good. Times of bad. And the True Tzaddik, who teaches Torah and knowledge to Israel, shines on each one so that he will be able to strengthen himself in all the times and periods that pass over him. In a manner that he will not fall or be distanced from Hashem Yisborach forever. Now in these last generations, when the person shows strength with even a light motion, like a hair, to return to Hahsem Yisborach. This is more precious to Hashem Yisborach than the great achievements of the first generations.
The author, who entreats and prays always for your peace and success, blesses you with a kosher [ritualistically proper] and happy Festival.
Yisroel Odesser
Ben Attar 28, Tel Aviv