Igrot Kodesh · Letter 2093 — Faith & Bitachon

B'ezras Hashem*,

1st day of Rosh Chodesh Iyar 5713,

Brooklyn,

Greetings and blessings,

You write to me: "From where shall my help come?" You know the chassidic interpretation of this verse, according to which it is not a question but an assertion: "My help will come from nothingness,"[1] this term designating the level of Atik Yomin*.[2] Indeed, it is said that "there is no left side[3] in Atik."

You will therefore receive the good without any concealment, without obstacle. It will come to your aid in every situation, in every era and in every place. You will consult, on this subject, the holy Zohar*, on Parshas Beshalach, p. 64b, and Parshas Shelach, p. 158b. This idea is explained by Likkutei Torah*, Shemini Atzeres, p. 90b.

Notes

[1] "Mei'ayin" means at once "from where" and "from nothingness."

[2] Inner dimension of Kesser*, the crown that transcends the chaining-down of the worlds and can therefore be defined as "nothingness" relative to it.

[3] That of severity.

ב'צג

ב"ה, אדר"ח אייר, תשי"ג
ברוקלין.

שלום וברכה!

... ומ"ש מאין יבוא עזרי. הנה ידוע הפירוש ע"פ חסידות, שזהו לא רק שאלה אלא גם המענה שמאין היינו עתיקא קדישא, דלית שמאלא בהאי עתיקא ובמילא ממשיך טוב מבלי העלמות והסתרים והוא הנותן עזר בכל מצב בכל זמן ובכל מקום (ראה זהר הקדוש פ' בשלח ס"ד ע"ב, פ' שלח קנ"ח ע"ב) ומבואר בלקו"ת שמע"צ צ, ב.

בברכה.