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When the Alter Rebbe was in prison, the Maggid came together with the Baal Shem Tov to visit him in his cell, and instructed him upon his release to continue spreading Toras Chassidus Chabad with even greater intensity.

It is related that on one Rosh Hashanah when the Alter Rebbe was with the Maggid, the Maggid noticed that the Alter Rebbe hadn't come to the tisch, and after waiting a long time sent several disciples to search for him. When the disciples reached the Maggid's synagogue from which the Alter Rebbe's voice could be heard, they entered and saw the Alter Rebbe rolling on the floor in dveikus, holding two table legs he had torn off in his ecstasy while singing "And let every creature know that You created it... And let every being know that You formed it... And let everything that has a soul in its nostrils know that Hashem, G-d of Israel, is King and His kingdom rules over all..." The disciples returned to the Maggid and related what they saw, and the Maggid responded, "R' Zalmania has reached such an elevated level that he can instill in inanimate objects the ability to contemplate and recognize that Hashem created them..."

It is related that on one Rosh Hashanah when the Alter Rebbe was with the Maggid, the Maggid noticed that the Alter Rebbe hadn't come to the tisch, and after waiting a long time sent several disciples to search for him. When the disciples reached the Maggid's synagogue from which the Alter Rebbe's voice could be heard, they entered and saw the Alter Rebbe rolling on the floor in [[Deveikut (Spiritual Attachment)|dveikus]], holding two table legs he had torn off in his ecstasy while singing "And let every creature know that You created it... And let every being know that You formed it... And let everything that has a soul in its nostrils know that Hashem, G-d of Israel, is King and His kingdom rules over all..." The disciples returned to the Maggid and related what they saw, and the Maggid responded, "R' Zalmania has reached such an elevated level that he can instill in inanimate objects the ability to contemplate and recognize that Hashem created them..."

== Opposition to Chassidus During His Time ==

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 When the Alter Rebbe was in prison, the Maggid came together with the Baal Shem Tov to visit him in his cell, and instructed him upon his release to continue spreading Toras Chassidus Chabad with even greater intensity.
-It is related that on one Rosh Hashanah when the Alter Rebbe was with the Maggid, the Maggid noticed that the Alter Rebbe hadn't come to the tisch, and after waiting a long time sent several disciples to search for him. When the disciples reached the Maggid's synagogue from which the Alter Rebbe's voice could be heard, they entered and saw the Alter Rebbe rolling on the floor in dveikus, holding two table legs he had torn off in his ecstasy while singing "And let every creature know that You created it... And let every being know that You formed it... And let everything that has a soul in its nostrils know that Hashem, G-d of Israel, is King and His kingdom rules over all..." The disciples returned to the Maggid and related what they saw, and the Maggid responded, "R' Zalmania has reached such an elevated level that he can instill in inanimate objects the ability to contemplate and recognize that Hashem created them..."
+It is related that on one Rosh Hashanah when the Alter Rebbe was with the Maggid, the Maggid noticed that the Alter Rebbe hadn't come to the tisch, and after waiting a long time sent several disciples to search for him. When the disciples reached the Maggid's synagogue from which the Alter Rebbe's voice could be heard, they entered and saw the Alter Rebbe rolling on the floor in [[Deveikut (Spiritual Attachment)|dveikus]], holding two table legs he had torn off in his ecstasy while singing "And let every creature know that You created it... And let every being know that You formed it... And let everything that has a soul in its nostrils know that Hashem, G-d of Israel, is King and His kingdom rules over all..." The disciples returned to the Maggid and related what they saw, and the Maggid responded, "R' Zalmania has reached such an elevated level that he can instill in inanimate objects the ability to contemplate and recognize that Hashem created them..."
 == Opposition to Chassidus During His Time ==