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) 

El Mis'tater

"God of Secret Mystery". This old world zemer goes through the Sefirot of the Tree of Life starting with Keter. You can find the text on this page from the Hebrew Wikisource website. (Lyrics to other z'mirot can also be found on this site.) I learned the nigun somewhere in my travels through Yeshiva, but I can't remember where. An appropriate tune for Shavuot, the culmination of our Omer journey through the permutations of the Tree of Life.

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