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![]() The Zohar
A prophetic spirit constantly rests upon true Torah scholars. In their merit, divine wisdom permeates all of Creation, and even when the general populace is unworthy of prophetic revelation, small children and those with developmental disabilities are often privy to insights descending from the higher spiritual worlds.
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![]() The Holy Ari
Ideally, the parents educate their child in its youth to accept the "yoke of the kingdom of heaven", i.e. to fulfill G-d's commandments, study His Torah, and adopt the Torah's values, so that by the time a child reaches maturity, he or she has been fully inculcated into the Torah's lifestyle and is ready to accept his or her obligations.
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![]() Chasidic Masters
At the burning bush, G-d informed Moses that he would lead his brethren into freedom. But Moses expressed doubt that the Jews would heed his directives, G-d then gave him three signs. The Shem miShmuel says the merit of the forefathers represented by these three signs gave them the necessary faith to go out of bondage.
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![]() Contemporary Kabbalists
When Moses took his wife and children back with him to Egypt, he mounted them on the same donkey that Abraham had saddled on his way to fulfill G-d's command to sacrifice Yitzchok
. This donkey is also the one that the Mashiach will ride, indicating that Moses should not regard the redemption from Egypt as a failed attempt to reach the ultimate redemption but as a necessary phase in it. |
![]() Beginner
Mystical Story
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