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ForwardOn the holy grave of Rabbi Meir Ba'al HaNess, may his merit protect us. [Rabbi Meir was a Talmudic Sage, a colleague of Rabbi Akiva, from Eretz Yisroel, in the period before and after the destruction of the Second Holy Temple by the evil Romans. His grave is in Tiberias, next to the Sea of Galilee, and forms the heart of the Yeshiva bearing his name.] One word of Truth counts more than thousands and tens of thousands of words that have a taint of falsehood. In everything that we are speaking our intent is not only to speak alone, but rather to fulfill this and to save your soul through this.
The daughter of my eye and heart, Mr. Zalman Shazar, who girded up his loins without laziness and enjoined his fiery heart to use the purity of his sharp and apt tongue, and his extremely great talent, beyond the norm, to gather great souls of authors and scientists, to enflame their hearts to the True Tzaddik, who is completely unique in the world. Who is the main novelty and wonder of al the great True Tzaddikim, the ascendants of every generation, the sole novelties that were in all the generations. [This chief Taddik] supresses and nullifies the vanity and foolish spirit and insanity of the secular wisdoms and false faiths. And reveals the Blessed G-d in the world, through the foods that cook in the fire of his kitchen. Only the King Messiah will be the matchmaker who will introduce and attach all Israel to this Tzaddik, and will reveal and publicize the great power of his exalted level and granduer and the power and fierce awesomeness of his wisdom and awesome teachings, without limit or boundary, so t hat the mouth cannot speak or the heart understand. And through this the world will be rectified and and everyone will draw near to Hashem Yisborach and the whole world will be filled with knowledge of G-d.
May Hashem fill the days of your life with all true good. Happy are the ears that merit to hear about the great friendship and powerful love that I have loved you; a great love, a true love will not falter or desist forever. And because of your great desire to see your eternal success, behold I am sending to you these words from the words of Rabbeinu, may his memory be for a blessing, that Hashem sent into my heart after the conversations and the prayers and the cries and the tears that I poured out over you before the Blessed Creator, during hisbodedus [private secluded personal prayer] at midnight in the mountains next to Rabbi Meir Ba'al HaNess [the Yeshiva where Rabbi Yisroel Odesser learned in Tiberias, next to the Sea of Galilee], may his merit protect us. For your soul is connected to mine always, every day, every moment, and especially during my prayers and entreaties my innards roar over you greatly. For I know the goodness of your heart and the specialness of your extremely precious and fine soul in its innermost essence.
Wake up, my brother, from your sleep and remember your Creator in the days of your old age and think about your eternal fate and purpose before the candle goes out. For many of your years already have passed. And the time goes and roars. Our days on the earth go and storm and fly like a shadow . And when will you work for your eternal home? The day is short and the work is great. And it is not upon you to finish the work, just whatever you find in your power to do, do; and if not now then when. Each and every day the day runs and flies very very much and it does not stand still even for a single moment.
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