The Baal Shem Tov, or Besht —  the founder of Chasidism — 
met the soul of the Messiah during an ascent to heaven. 
The Besht asked him, "When will the Master come?" 
The Messiah answered, "When your wellsprings break forth to the outside!" 
(from a letter written by the Besht to his brother-in-law about one of his soul ascents) 


 
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Publications/Events by R. David Seidenberg

Rabbi David's next teaching events are: Guest lecture at Smith College, Nov 3; Intro to Kabbalah at Kadimoh Congregation (Orthodox) in Springfield MA, starting Nov 9. To find out about bringing Rabbi Seidenberg to teach in your community, click here.

You can read many of David's published articles on Neohasid.org and on other websites. Here are some links:

Recent articles:

Significant articles and curricula:
A more complete list of David's publications can be found here.

News about upcoming classes, events, and SIR (scholar-in-residence) gigs is occasionally posted here. Rabbi David's work is currently focused on editing and on the Blueprint Negev campaign (savethenegev.org). Over summer 2008, he taught at the Teva Educators Seminar, Kohenet, The Carlebach Shul, CAJE, and the National Havurah Institute. Less recent scholar-in-residence and teaching events are listed here. David is booking teaching and Shabbaton events through next June. You can write to him at rebduvid86 at gmail dot com.


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