Spreading the Wellsprings (Hafatzat HaMayanot): Difference between revisions

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 == The Source ==
-During Rosh Hashanah of 1746, the Baal Shem Tov experienced a spiritual ascent where he reached the chamber of the moshiach. He described this in his letter to his brother-in-law, Rabbi Gershon of Kitov, known as the Letter of Redemption. In this encounter, he asked the moshiach "When will you come?" The moshiach replied that it would be when the Baal Shem Tov's teachings become widely known and spread outward, enabling others to perform spiritual unifications and ascents as he did.
+During Rosh Hashanah of 1746, [[the Baal Shem Tov]] experienced a spiritual ascent where he reached the chamber of the moshiach. He described this in his letter to his brother-in-law, Rabbi Gershon of Kitov, known as the Letter of Redemption. In this encounter, he asked the moshiach "When will you come?" The moshiach replied that it would be when the Baal Shem Tov's teachings become widely known and spread outward, enabling others to perform spiritual unifications and ascents as he did.
 Since then, throughout all generations, Chabad Chassidic leaders have passionately worked to spread Chassidic teachings to everyone, even those of simple understanding. Before the Baal Shem Tov's revelation, this knowledge was reserved only for the greatest hidden righteous ones who studied the Torah's mystical aspects.