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) 

God Answered the Mothers too

It's hard to imagine that we've been saying the prayer-piyut Hu Ya'aneinu, God will answer us, for so many centuries without mentioning Sarah, Deborah, Ruth, and so many others. This version of includes verses for the women and the men of our Jewish story. It was written in 1995 by Mark Frydenberg and myself. You can also find other egalitarian versions of Hu Ya'aneinu on Ritualwell.

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