Editing Spreading the Wellsprings (Hafatzat HaMayanot) (section)

== The Source ==
In Rosh Hashanah of the year 5507 (1746), the Baal Shem Tov performed an ascent of the soul and reached the chamber of the King Mashiach. About this soul ascent, he relates in his letter to his brother-in-law, Rabbi Gershon of Kitov, known as the "Letter of Redemption":<blockquote>"And I asked Mashiach: 'When will the Master come?' And he answered me: 'By this you shall know: when your teachings become famous and revealed in the world, and your wellsprings spread outward—what I have taught you and what you have comprehended—and they too will be able to perform unifications and ascents as you do, then all the kelipot will be destroyed and it will be a time of favor and salvation.'"</blockquote>Since then, throughout all generations, the leaders of Chabad Chassidut have passionately worked to spread Chassidut to each and every person, even to the smallest of the small—something that before the revelation of the Baal Shem Tov was not found at all, and only the great tzaddikim who were then concealed would study the secrets of Torah in the inner part of Torah.