The Knowledge of G-d:
Kabbalah and Chassidus
"In the sixth century of the sixth millennium, the gates of heavenly wisdom
will be opened, as will the wellsprings of earthly wisdom, preparing the
world to be elevated in the seventh millennium." (Zohar I, 117a)
We are experiencing a revolution of knowledge and technology. All this is a
prelude to the final redemption, when there will be neither famine nor war,
neither envy nor strife, because goodness will flow in abundance and all
delightful things will be as available as dust. The occupation of the entire
world will be solely to know G-d -- The Rebbe
The Baal Shem Tov (1698-1760), founder of the Chassidic movement,
experienced an elevation of the soul to the chambers of heaven . It was here
that he met with Moshiach. The Baal Shem Tov asked, "When will you arrive?"
Moshiach replied, "When your teachings will be disseminated to the farthest
realms." What are the Baal Shem Tov's teachings? The inner dimensions of
Torah, the secrets of Creation. When this Divine wisdom fills the world, it
ushers in the era of Moshiach and allows us to begin to know G-d..
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