IBAY HANACHAL

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


LETTER FORTY-THREE

With G-d's Help
20 Teves 5723

My bone and flesh, Mr. Zalman Shazar, who is tied and attached to the holy and awesome tree, the True Tzaddik, who goes before us and bears us as the nursemaid carries the suckling. Happy are you that you merited to know about the Master of Wonders, all of whose words are amazing, incomprehesibly amazing wonders, to destroy and annul the false beliefs and atheism of the scholars of nature, who are the aspect of evil beasts that tread on and tear the souls of Israel. And who draws and brings near the whole world to Hashem Yisborach. Blessing and life and all good.

My beloved, my brother, whom I have loved with a true love, and you are rooted in the depths of my heart always, especially when I merit to break my heart and to pour out my prayer before Hashem Yisborach. And I have known that also your love is complete with me. And your soul is expiring to hear the good words from the mighty awesomeness of the True Tzaddik. And your heart is strong in Faith, on point of the truly chosen leader, on whom depends our Redemption and the salvation of our souls, and who is the essential foundation of our Judaism. And my great love for you that is in my heart, I am speaking with you for your benefit. My brother, my brother, my soul and my heart. When will you get up annd renew your days, to draw near to the Tzaddik with greater strength and vigor? Set your heart and settle your mind very well, and have pity and mercy on yourself. And hasten yourself to run on your hands and feet to hold onto the wings of the Tzaddik, in order that there be hope for your fate and plunder for your soul. With the salvation of Hashem in your hand are the book of prayers and sermons, and the awesome Stories, and all [Rabbeinu's] holy books. That are full of advice and counsel and paths for every person in the world and for every type of descent in the world. Hold onto them and turn them over and over. You have no better trait than them. Open your eyes and your heart and look at them with an eye for the truth and with sincerity to guard them and to fulfill them. And do not procrastinate from one day to the next, for who knows what a day can give birth to.

The Author


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