Editing The Ari (section)

== The Arizal and Geulah ==
The spreading of the Torah's inner dimensions by the Arizal is a stage in preparing the world for Geulah, which will come through the study of the Torah's inner dimensions with understanding and comprehension. Therefore, his name is hinted at in the verse about Geulah: "And the children of Israel went out with a high hand," which Onkelos translates as "And the children of Israel went out b'reish gali" - where the word "b'reish" contains the initials of his name, Rabbi Yitzchak Ben Shlomo, as one who brings the Geulah closer.

It is also told that one Friday evening when the Arizal went out with his students to welcome Shabbos, he asked their opinion about traveling to Yerushalayim for Shabbos, a journey of many hours. The students agreed they wanted to travel with their Rebbe to Yerushalayim, but some asked to first get permission from their wives before the journey. When the Arizal heard this, he said that they had lost an opportune time for bringing the complete Geulah, because if they had all agreed to go to Yerushalayim together, it would have brought Moshiach Tzedkeinu.