refused him who gave them warning on ha'aretz, much less shall we escape who turn away fromthe One whose warning comes from Shomayim...

|26| And the bat kol of Hashem shook ha'aretz then, but now he has given havtachah (promise),
saying, "Yet once more V'ANI MARISH ES HASHOMAYIM V'ES HA'ARETZ ("And I will
shake the heavens and the earth." CHAGGAI 2:6)
|27| Now the phrase, "Yet once more" denotes the removal of that which can be shaken, that is,
created things, in order that the unshakeable may remain.
|28| Therefore, als (since) we are receiving a malchut unshakeable, let us hold on to the Chen
v'Chesed Hashem through which we may offer to Hashem, an acceptable avodas kodesh, with
yirat Shomayim and chasidus.
|29| For, indeed, Eloheinu is a consuming Eish. [DEVARIM 4:24; 9:3; YESHAYAH 33:14]
§PEREK YOD GIMEL (CHAPTER THIRTEEN)
Let ahavat achim (brotherly love) continue.
|2| Do not neglect hachnosas orchim (hospitality), for by this some without having da'as of it,
have entertained malachim.
|3| Have zikaron of the prisoners in the beis hasohar, as if having been bound with hakevalim (the
chains) with them; and those being tortured as though you were also.
|4| Let the marriage Chuppah have respect in the eyes of all, and let the marriage bed be
undefiled, for those guilty of gilui arayot (sexual immorality) and no'afim (adulterers), Hashem
will judge.
|5| Fier zich (comport oneself) in your derech free of chamdanut (covetousness), being content
with what you have, for he himself has said, LO ARPECHA V'LO E'EZVECHA ("I will never
desert you, nor will I ever forsake you" DEVARIM 31:6,8; YEHOSHUA 1:5),
|6| so that we say with bitachon, HASHEM LI my helper, LO IRA MAH YA'ASEH LI ADAM
("The L-rd is my helper, I will not be afraid. What shall man do to me?"--TEHILLIM 118:6)?
|7| Remember your manhigim and be machshiv (respect) and mechabed (honor) those who spoke
to you the dvar Hashem; and considering the toitzaa (outcome) of their derech, imitate their
Emunah.
|8| Yehoshua--Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, the same etmol, hayom, ul'Olamim.
|9| Do not be carried away by various torot zarot; for it is tov for the lev to be given chizzuk by
the Chen v'Chesed Hashem, not by okhel through which those who were thus occupied were not
benefited.
|10| We have a Mitzbe'ach from which those who serve the Mishkan have no right to eat.
|11| For the zevakhim whose dahm is brought into the Kodesh HaKodashim by the Kohen Gadol
as a Kapparat HaChet are burned outside the makhaneh (camp).
|12| Therefore, Yehoshua also, that he might make the Am Berit kadoshim through his own
dahm, suffered outside the sha'ar.
|13| So then, let us go out to him outside the makhaneh, bearing the reproach of Rebbe, Melech
HaMoshiach.
|14| For we do not have here a lasting Ir HaKodesh, but we seek one to come.
|15| By him, therefore, let us offer up a zevach todah to Hashem continually, that is, the fruit of
our lips, giving hodayah (thanksgiving) to SHMO ("HIS NAME" ZECHARIAH 6:11-12; 3:8).
|16| But do not drift away from ma'asim tovim and sharing; for with such zevakhim Hashem is
well pleased.
|17| Obey your manhigim and submit to them; for they are being shomer over your neshamot, as
those who have achraius (answerability, accountability) [to Hashem]. Let them do so with
simcha and not with agmat nefesh, for that would not be profitable for you.
|18| Daven tefillos for us, for we are persuaded that we have a clear matzpun (conscience) in
everything, wishing to conduct ourselves commendably in all things.
|19| And I urge you all the more to do this, that I may be restored to you more quickly.
|20| Now the Elohei Hashalom, who brought up in the Techiyas HaMoshiach, HaRo'eh HaTzon
HaGadol, through the Dahm Brit Olam, even Adoneinu,
|21| may he equip you with every ma'aseh tov in order to do his ratzon, working in us that which
is well pleasing in his sight through Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua, to whom be kavod
l'Olemei Olamim. Omein.
|22| Now I urge you, Achim b'Moshiach, bear with this dvar hachizzuk, for indeed an iggeret I
have written you bekitzur (briefly, concisely).
|23| Have da'as that our Ach b'Moshiach Timotiyos has been released, with whom if he comes
shortly, I will see you.
|24| Shalom greetings to all your manhigim and all the kadoshim. The ones from Italy send
shalom greetings to you.
|25| Chen v'Chesed Hashem be with all of you.
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YA'AKOV
§PEREK ALEPH (CHAPTER ONE)
Ya'akov, eved (servant) of Hashem and of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu Yehoshua;
To the Shneym Asar HaShevatim (Twelve Tribes) in the Golus, Shalom! [DEVARIM
32:26]
|2| Consider it all simcha, my Achim b'Moshiach, whenever you fall into various nisayonos (tests, trials),
|3| because you have da'as that the emunah you have, when it is tested, produces savlanut (patient
endurance).
|4| And let savlanut be shleimah in its po'al (work) in order that you may be mevugarim (mature,
grown up) and complete, lacking in nothing.
|5| But if any one of you is lacking chochmah (wisdom), let him direct tefillah (prayer) and
techinot (petitions) to Hashem, the One whose matanot (gifts) are given generously and without
grudging, and chochmah will be given to him. [MELACHIM ALEF 3:9,10; MISHLE 2:3-6;
TEHILLIM 51:6; DANIEL 1:17; 2:21]
|6| But let the tefillah be offered with much bitachon in emunah (faith), in no way doubting. For
the doubtful man, wavering in emunah, is like a wave of the yam (sea) being tossed by the wind.
[MELACHIM ALEF 18:21]
|7| Let not such a one presume that he will receive anything from Adoneinu.
|8| He is an ish (man) of double mind, in all his drakhim (ways), mesupak (uncertain, having
doubts) and unstable. [TEHILLIM 119:113]
|9| But let the Ach b'Moshiach of shiflut (lowliness) glory in the da'as that Hashem will exalt him.
|10| And let the Ach b'Moshiach who has osher (riches) glory in his bizyoinos (humiliation), in
the da'as that Hashem will bring him low, because KOL HABASAR KHATZIR ("All flesh is
grass," YESHAYAH 40:6,7) and so he likewise will vanish. [IYOV 14:2; TEHILLIM
103:15,16]
|11| For the shemesh (sun) rises with its burning heat and dried the grass and its TZITZ NAVEL
("flower blossom falls" --YESHAYAH 40:6-8) and the beauty of its appearance perished, so also
the "oishir" (rich man) in his goings will fade away. [TEHILLIM 102:4,11]
|12| Ashrey is the one who stands up under nisayon (trial), because, having become approved,
that one will be given the Ateret HaChayyim (Crown of Life), which Hashem gave as a
havtachah (promise) to those having Ahavas Hashem. [BERESHIT 22:1]