IBAY HANACHAL

(Letters from Rav Oddesser to Zalman Shazar, former President of Israel)


LETTER THIRTY

With G-d's Help
11 Iyar 5721
Tiberias

My dear Mr. Zalman Shazar, member of the holy group of the Master of Prayer, etc. Peace and life and all good!

I in my innocence shall go to do my obligation to remind you and to motivate you every time to flee to the Tzaddik and to think about the true purpose [of life]. For I am obligated to serve the Tzaddik and to fulfill his command and desire, for he yearns to bestow from his goodness to all Israel. But you have free will. And Hashem in His mercies will help us and will turn our free will to the good, so that we shall merit to begin from now to consume all our days to search for and to seek the True Tzaddik, who has dug and revealed wells of living waters to heal the ills of the souls of Israel, for us and for our generations and for all generations of the seed of Israel. And everyone who wants to merit to draw words that vitalize the soul from these holy wells should come and merit. And if the obstacles spread out against him like bars of iron and doors of copper, it is known to us already that it is impossible to draw near to the Tzaddik except by breaking powerful obstacles. Remember all this well and recuperate and become strong.

Sacrificing my soul for the benefit and salvation of your soul in truth, and may your peace grow for length of good and healthy days.

Yisroel Odesser


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