The Obstacles to Approaching the Tzaddik

(again my words in bold italic)

to the faithful one of my heart, Mr. Zalman Shazar, with a prominently high soul. Peace and great salvation. G-d [the blessed L-rd] think of ways that the estranged to not become alienated from Him. And when He sees that the person is falling to a place that is extremely low and distant from the Torah, in utter lowliness and unworthiness, and that the forces of evil and defilement are spreading out over him from every side and want to swallow him completly, G-d forbid, G-d sends to him hints appropriate to that place. And He sends him a certain merit that he can attain precisley in that distant place. And that is the test and choice. And if there he will merit to remember G-d and to do there what G-d hints to him, wherever he is, he can easily return to G-d.

The Tzaddik, who is of extremely great stature, who has purified himself from everything, is not dead at all. For also after his passing he works to rectify the souls of Israel, even more then in his lifetime, since then he is rising constantly all the time to levels that are so high and wonderous and exalted that he can repair everything. (Saba here says he can repair anything) For the main rectification must be recieved from the highest place, and each person, according to how very much he has damaged, G-d forbid, needs to recieve the repair from a correspondingly high and distant place. And this is the aspect of "From afar" G-d appears to me; From afar precisley, "From afar" she will bring her bread. For the main rectification must be recieved from afar, from a place very much higher and more distant from him.
But the main thing is we must break many obstacles before we merit to draw near to this tzaddik. (so this kind of means that if we are drawing near to the tzaddik we have broken obstalces already,so kinda like Rebbe Nachman says, If one is in despair he can at least rejoice he is a Jew, So couldn't you also say of one is in despair one can at least rejoice that he has merited to draw close to the tzaddik. Also this seems to be saying as one draws close to the Tzaddik there will be many obstacles, and I am assuming one is always rising higher and higher drawing closer to the Tzaddik.?) For the obstacles are very powerful and numerous without number. Especially the mental obstacles that exist; that people do not believe in essence that they can recieve rectification, because of their extensive damage time after without measure, for many days and years. And even though they blame themselves for the damage, this also is a type of obstacle: That they do not believe in the greatness of G-ds kindness, which are unlimted, and in the greatness of the True Tzaddik, who draws down wonderously new kindness each time, until everyone who wants to receieve them can merit through him and be repaired, even if he damaged what he damaged G-d forbid.
The main illumination of the glory of G-d in the world is only through the Tzaddik, who finds righteousness in the majority of the people and trys to draw near the distant and to return them to G-d. For this is the main glory of G-d, may His glory be elevated and increased in the world. Therefore every person needs to try hard to draw the estranged near to G-d. Also one should not say, How can I draw near to G-d when I am so distant because of the multitude of my evil deeds? For just the opposite: The further away one is, the more the glory of G-d is magnified through him when he tries to return and to draw near to the blessed one, for this is the main glory of G-d.

The author and arranger, who prays always and everyday for your peace and welfare, with all his heart and with self sacrifice, who seeks your peace and the peace of your dependants.

Yisroel Dov Odesser

The Tzaddik is the Cure for All Problems

(my words are in bold italic)

To the beloved of my heart, who yearns and desires to see the sparkling secret, hidden visions, Mr Zalman Shazar. May the L-rd uplift the horn of his salvation and open the eyes of his mind to distinguish and see the truth eye to eye.

In our days a robber has entered our borders, and he is the head of all our enemies. He has put a iron trap upon us and buried obstacles in our path. He has spread out nets for our feet. His eyes are peircing at us, and his teeth grinding upon us. To fall upon us and destroy us. And each and everyday he renews his strength and overpowers us. Forcing us to drink his cup of poison, and it is complely beyond our capability to stand up against him. Therefore the L-rd has done a wonder with us and has brought the cure before the blow and has sent down to us the True Tzaddik, the head and chosen of all the choice Tzaddikim. He is the Rebbe and the leader of our generation and of all future generation, who will water the all the earth with wisdom and knowledge of the L-rd, using the rivers and streams of his wisdom and his profound rectifications and advice. In order to purify the impure, to wash off the soilded, to whiten the stained, to give merit to the guilty, to atone for the transgressors, to drawn near the estranged, to gather in the exiled and lost, to liberate the imprisoned, to rejoice the hearts of the depressed and ostracized!
Happy is the one who is save from erring and those who wander in darkness and gloom, who cannot see and gaze at the light of the True Tzaddik, who is the root of all the Tzaddikim of all generations. For He will finish completly all the rectifications that the Tzaddikim of all the generations began and will rectify the entire world in utter perfection. And with this enormous power he will suppress and nullify all of the heresy and atheism from the world and will draw into the world great faith. And he will illuminate for everyone a revelation of G-dliness so extremley awesome that the likes of which has never yet been heard or seen in the history of th wold.
When the force of the serpents poison becomes over-powering, G-d forbid, and one become very distanced fromt the holiness of his Judaism. And he wonders aimlessly and burdned., and he has replulsed him from his holiness time after time. Then the holiness of the human soul awakens; and then precisley, if one is strong and courages and starts to request, search, seek, and dig at every moment and to yearn and desire to find the Holy One Blessed be He. And even if still many days and years pass by and he does not merit to find the Holy One Blessed be He and to be drawn near to Him; even so he should know and believe that every moment, through every searching and seeking and through every summons that one summons and searches and seeks to find the Glory of the Holy One Blessed be He and through every glance and yearning that He looks and lifts his eye towards Holiness, through all this he merits each time to break walls of iron and doors of brass. And even though each time afterwards they overpower him even more, eves so his effort is not in vain, G-d forbid, and no movment that he turns towards Holiness is lost, G-d Forbid. (Wow! Inspiring! I would do well to always remember this!)
And certainly in the end he will merit to find the Holy One Blessed be He to ascend to the greatest ascent. :-)   And this power to search and seek for the blessed One even in the greatest descent, in the deepest exile of the soul, is in the merit of the teaching of the True Tzaddik, who turns to lovingkindness always and finds good in every member of Israel, and through that he endeavers to heal each one, even if he is very very sick with spiritual illness. For He [True Tzaddik] finds also in him good points, like hairs: as when he disengages from evil and attaches himself to good even as much as a hairs breath. And that hair becomes a channel through which the Tzaddik introduces intelligence also into him, until he instills within him even comprehension of the Divine. For this is the essential greatness of the Tzaddik: When he can heal even the sickest person!

The writer and organizer, who prays everyday for your peace and success, and who is bound to your precious and pleasant soul always and at all times, truly with all my heart and soul, and who seeks your peace and welfare and the peace of your dependants.

Yisroel Dov Odesser

Repentance is Always Possible

(my comments and questions in bold italic)

My beloved like my own soul, Mr. Zalman Shazar, peace and true life.

I already wrote that I believe and hope that, because of the amazing divine providence that occurred on the intermediate Days of Passover, You will expierence great good and blessing in the matter of drawing near to the true tzaddik. Therefore together with that I feel obligated to open your ears to the truth that is in my heart, namley that concerning our project together I am complelty clean of all types of materlistic self interest for money and honor and the like, G-d forbid; rather only for the Lord alone. I am certain and rely on your exalted wisdom that your honor understands and knows this point with absolute certainty. The Blessed L-rd knows and bears witness that I am prepared and ready to sacrifice my life and money and everything I have for the sake of drawing any soul of Israel near to the Blessed L-rd or at least to put into him a thought of return [repentance] for even a single moment!
Rabbeinu [our Master and Teacher, Rebbe Nachman of Breslev] of blessed memory said: "Three things I was able to accomplish from the Blessed L-rd; 1) I already have broken your arrogance. 2) A sin will cause you suffering. It wont bring you any sense of pleasure. If you do commit a sin, it will be without hands and feet. (what does this mean?) 3) No more will you look at famous false leaders. Is this applicable to nanach philosphy about False leaders today?) You already have tasted from the hungarian wine". (what does this mean?) Even if one has done what he has done and transgressed what he has transgressed, even then the Blessed L-rd contracts Himself from his infinitude and Transcendance and sends the person hints to draw near to Him through various means that the L-rd arranges in His exaltedly hidden ways. For the Blessed One thinks thoughts so that the alienated one should not become more estranged from Him. But all these hints and all His calling to us is through the True Tzaddik, that we return to Him from every place we might be. From all sorts of obstacles, seductions, and wickedness in the heart. From all sorts of assualts from the husk of Amalek that can overpower the person and from every place that his mind and heart have strayed and erred.
The essential point that the deepest part of the heart of every member of Israel, mighty and fierce waters cannot extiguish, no matter what may occur to the person.
with a peacful departure and feelings of respect and endearment from the one who yearns and hopes to see you with a joyful heart.

Yisroel Dov Odesser
Tibereas

The Holiness of the Land of Israel

(my comments questions in bold italic)

In honor of my hearts desire, the pleasant Mr. Zalman Shazar, Peace and great light from the Great Eagle. May he hover over you every day, constantly, for the length of your days.

Behold I send to you my heartfelt blessing on Tenth Israel Independence Day Fesitval. Blessed is the One who has sustained us and brought us to this time. Who has made for us open miracles in the eyes of the whole world and hidden miracles concealed from our minds. So too may we merit the complete redemption through the revelation of the holy knowledge of the True Tzaddik, the flowing stream the source of Wisdom, may his merit protect us, Amen.
Through the sanctity of  Eretz Yisroel. We may merit to know of the True Rebbe. And according to how much we merit to attach and to be included with the True Tzaddik, so too do we merit a portion in Eretz Yisroel.
Eretz Yisroel is the encompassing holiness of all forms of holiness. In her we merit to escape from the perspective of nature and to know and to believe that everything is through divine providence alone. And this awareness is the essence of holiness. (this awareness is the essence of holiness. It took me a very long time to see this. Even now some areas it is a struggle, but I do know now that everything comes from G-d. Everything!) If a person were to truly believe in the sancity of Eretz Yisroel, even in just one part in a thousand of her true holiness, surely he would run and fly to Eretz Yisroel with all his strength, and no obstacle could stop him. (I haven't learned much about this, can anyone tell me more about this, holinees of Eretz Yisroel, that one would run and fly too? what is different? Why? Where is a source that I can learn about this from?)
Every memeber of Israel has a portion in Eretz Yisroel, and there is our life, there is our holiness, there is our home, there is our land, there is our soil, there is our portion, there is our lot. And in Chutz Laaretz [literaly, outside the land] we dwell like a guest with nowhere to lodge, who wanders around in the courtyards, marketplaces and streets, for there is not our land and our portion at all. And therefore it is called outside the land, outside precisley. For we are standing on the outside, literally outside, and there is no one to gather us home, until we shall come on to the ground of holiness.

by dwelling in Eretz Yisroel we can perceive the providence of the blessed L-rd over the world
Yisroel Dov Odesser, Tiberias

The Truth in Exile

I am going to start trying this way instead of posting questions at the end I am going to insert them in the text like this, posing my questions and comments lije this in bold italic I am hoping for your responses.

in honor of the good and pleasent Mr. Zalman Shazar blessings of life and great peace.

Two days ago I sent you good delacacies that your soul loves, and I hope that you feel them in great pleasentness. Also now I send you a good present from the house of hidden treasures of our teacher, the apple of our eyes the flowing stream the source of wisdom, may the memory of the tzaddik be for a blessing.
The main point of the coming of the Messiah is to reveal truth in the world, and this is the main Redemtion. (the main point to the redemption is to reveal the truth in the world?) For now the truth is in great exile, and each one says the truth is with him. truth and falsehood are akin to a king and a slave, and because the power of falsehood, the son of the king was switched with the son of the slave, until people thought the 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 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 amiddah prayer. For everyone grows from the earth. And all things and all creation is drawn to the earth.
And it is impossible to be seperated from the earth except through the repulsive force, meaninng that someone forces the object and takes if from its place on the earth and removes it from there. And according to the strength of this force so is the object seperated 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 it. For it is round and all people on earth stand aroud it. For it woud be fitting to fall off it, if not for 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.(who is the tzaddik? not who but like what is? What is exactly his role? What is exactly the tzaddik? What does it mean that he draws the whole world to him?  In what way? How? through is books? through our hearts?) To bring them near to the blessed L-rd and his Holy Torah. And behold it would be fitting for all human beings should be drawn to this Tzaddik. (all human beings? including the gentile nations? What for them? that they should also learn the books of Rebbe Nachman and draw close to him? ) who is an aspect of dust that has the attractive force mentioned above. except that through the repusive foce people desist and are distanced from him. Meaning that there are people who, through there speech and actions, repulse people and distance them from the Tzaddik mentioned above. And according to the power of this force, so does it 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 want the real truth should humble his mind and remember his true smallness and unworthiness. And everything that has happend 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. Likutay Mohaoran 1, 70
With a heartfelt request for peace for you and your dependants, and a blessing of health for the body and soul.
Yisroel Dov Odesser tiberias

Letter 2 of Blossoms of the spring pg.45-46

If anyone else wishes to make any observations questions or comments on anything other then what I mentioned please feel free to do so. Also I will try to post these as often as I can, just been kinda busy latley so sorry about the long wait between posts. please keep coming back and participating. pz nanachs,
NA NACH NACHMA NACHMAN MEUMAN!

The Search for the True Tzaddik (final part)

The value of the gathering of Israel, who hold themselves with the True Tzaddik, with great love and unity, and with the essence of true peace, and who draw onto themselves at all times an illumination of his holy wisdom, and who gather together and meet at all times to talk with each other about the fear of heaven and about the illumination of the holy wisdom that the tzaddik endeavors to shine upon them; this holy gathering is very precious and exalted and through it will be the Redemption speedly in our days and will come the messiah who will repair everything in perfection. Through the truth the world is protected from all destructive forces. The truth redeems from all travails. when there is truth there is peace. Where there is not truth there is not kindness. Through truth one merits to an eternal name. One who guards himself from falsehood always is victorious. Jerusalem will not be rebuilt till there will be peace between all Israel. And the holy temple will not be rebuilt until arrogance dissapears.
I request your forgiveness that I have not yet sent you the holy books. For I was ill and suffered difficult afflictions [G-d spare us] and for sure everything is for the best. Even now I am still very weak. And I struggled with all my strength to write a few Holy words. that have within them the power to sustain and restore the heart. Since the time we parted I have not forgotten you, for your love is engraved in the depths of my heart with great and eternal love. And I yearn and desire to always connect with you as brothers dwelling together. I pray for you always that you will merit to see the splendid light of the holy sun that shines now in the world, and to dispel  and disperse the clouds that darken the sunlight. In a manner that we shall merit to leave the darkness and come into the light, from darkness to great light,,  to the light of the morning that will shine upon us the sun of charity and healing in its wings.
with feelings of honor and preciousness behold I seek our peace and the peace of your dependents.
Yisroel Dov Odesser

my thoughts or discussion questions;

- For sure everything is for the best.

I know this is suppose to be so... But sometimes it is hard to see. My personel situation right now in my life, some of those know what that is..., doesn't seem to be for the best. It seems tough and hard and like a battle to be fought. Somtime its seems we just half to believe it is for the best even if it doesn't seem that way.

-with all my strength to write a few holy words. that have within them the power to sustain and restore the heart.

What does he mean here? Saba's words specifically? I have a friend, also, whose words restore me and give me strength. Are Saba's words specifically what he is talking about here. Like the words of Saba are much higher..?? Or does he mean as a friends words??? Or bolth? Or is it possible that Saba's words are not so much to restore the words themselves litteraly but any such words to restore the soul and heart come from the true tzaddik. Saba zeh Rebbeniu!??

There is alot to be said here in this first bit.. anyone notice anything they want to mention.. I will write more on this peace in a comment later. here is the specific paragraph I am speaking about here;

The value of the gathering of Israel, who hold themselves with the True Tzaddik, with great love and unity, and with the essence of true peace, and who draw onto themselves at all times an illumination of his holy wisdom, and who gather together and meet at all times to talk with each other about the fear of heaven and about the illumination of the holy wisdom that the tzaddik endeavors to shine upon them; this holy gathering is very precious and exalted and through it will be the Redemption speedly in our days and will come the messiah who will repair everything in perfection.

The Search For the True Tzaddik (part 5)

Through disput against the tzaddik, we forget the torah. The comming of the messiah depends on drawing near to the tzaddik. The proliferation of secular wisdom, particularly the wisdom of philosophy, causes very very great damage to the whole world, more then snakes and scorpions and all sorts of evil and destructive beasts that are in the world. For they damage the Holy faith, which is the foundation of everything. Through speaking against the tzaddik, philosophy becomes strengthend in the world. And also the opposite: the main elevation of the sould and it perfection is when the souls of Israel are collected into one unity. Through love and peace and unity amongst Israel, through this all the heresy is nullified. And natural wisdom is surpressed and  eradicated. And there is revealed faith, in the desire of the world to know and to believe that eerything happens only through the will of the blessed One. through the peace that exists between people who anyalyze and explain to each other the truth. Every person will throw away the idolatry of his money and will draw himself near to the truth, and according to the peace that is in that generation, so can they draw the whole world to the service of the Blessed One and to serve Him in unity, and everyone will throw away there Gods of silver and gold and will pray to the L-rd alone.