Called upon to take over the Hasidic movement, Rabbi Hirsch found the position empty. He withdrew and ultimately spoke only to his deceased father. In his dreams, he asked, "How can I best serve God?"
The Baal Shem climbed a high mountain and threw himself into the abyss. "Like this," he said.
Another time the Baal Shem appeared to him as a mountain on fire, erupting into a thousand fragments. "Like this as well."
There are times when we want to close to the Almighty but the first step is to rid oneself of ego.
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