The deliverer of this letter, my dear nephew, Reb Isaac, may he live, can tell you how very busy I am, especially after that terrible leak we had last week, for which, as you can imagine, I had to do a lot of running around. He pressed me so much though to send you a letter of encouragement, that I am compelled to write you whatever words God puts in my heart.

At present, my dear son, I am drawing life and inspiration from the Rebbe's lesson (Likutey Moharan II, 78), [about] the Great Simple Man, who gives vitality to all those who are without learning both those who know how to study and who are involved in Torah, but who require a source of vitality when not engaged in Torah, as well as the people who are totally without learning. Even those who have sunk to the very lowest levels draw life from this Man through his periods of simplicity. For in his simplicity he is drawing from the storehouse of unearned gifts, the unearned lovingkindness which sustained the world before the Torah was given. This storehouse is the concept of the path to the Land of Israel.

How fortunate are we! How fortunate are we! to have heard words of the Living God, like these. What can we say? What can we say? How many, many Unearned Treasures did God bestow upon us just in this instance that we were worthy to this lesson about "the storehouse of unearned gifts"! Without a doubt you can draw life from this at all times, all the days of your life; and particularly during times like these, when so much of the time you are just like a simple man. You must remind yourself constantly, whenever you are not involved in Torah, that there is a Great Simple Man who revealed this lesson. It sustains everything, even those who never heard it and know nothing about it. It even sustains his opponents! How many countless times more does it sustain us who were worthy to hear all this from his holy mouth and from his holy books. We certainly can draw vitality from this always.

There is a very great deal to be said about this, but time simply will not permit. His books are sitting in front of you. Go, look into them and you will find everything you need. Look particularly at this holy lesson, because you are very much in need of it right now. The key is belief. You must believe at all times that God created all that exists, according to His will, with Ten Utterances. Within these Ten Utterances are concealed the Ten Commandments which, it is known, contain the entire Torah. Therefore, no matter what a person is doing, be it physical labor or sitting in his store, he must know and believe and remember at all times that this too contains Torah, the Torah which is concealed in the Ten Utterances with which God created everything, even the products in his store. For God created everything with the Ten Utterances. Remember this well and really take it to heart. It is your lifeblood: that through the power of the Great Simple Man we can receive from the storehouse of unearned gifts. If you inspire yourself with this at all times, even over extended periods of separation from the Torah, no matter what arises, I trust God that, through the separation itself, you will return each time to your learning of the holy Torah and to prayer with new eagerness and desire. Then everything will turn into good. The key is always to keep yourself happy.

So trust God that everything is for your ultimate good and that you will soon be rescued, with God's help, and be able to send me news of the great kindness He has done for you. In the meantime, forget all the worry and frustration which is so troubling and distracting, God forbid. Just cast your burden on God, and He will support you. He will send you and all those dependent on you whatever salvation you need.

The words of your father waiting for your salvation.

Noson of Breslov