{"id":581,"date":"2018-09-09T07:15:49","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T07:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/09\/it-is-told-that-in-every-generation-there-are\/"},"modified":"2018-09-09T07:15:49","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T07:15:49","slug":"it-is-told-that-in-every-generation-there-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tumblr.scrollofthoth.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/09\/it-is-told-that-in-every-generation-there-are\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

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It is told that in every generation there are times when hope threatens to leave this world. At such times, the Baal Shem Tov, the great Jewish mystic, would go into a secret place in the forest. There he would light a special fire and say a holy prayer speaking the long-forgotten most sacred name of God.<\/i>The danger was averted and hope stayed alive.<\/i><\/p>\n

In later times when disaster threatened, the Maggid of Mezritch, his disciple, would go to the same place in the forest and say, \u201cRibono Shel Olam, Master of the Universe, I do not know how to light the fire, but I can say the prayer.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

And again the danger was averted and hope stayed alive.<\/i><\/p>\n

Still later, his disciple, Moshe Leib of Sasov, would go to the same place in the forest and say, \u201cRibono Shel Olam, Master of the Universe, I do not know how to light the fire or say the prayer, but I found my way to this\u00a0 place, and that must be enough.\u201d And it was. Hope stayed alive.<\/i><\/p>\n

And later when Israel of Rizhyn needed intervention from heaven, he sat in his chair with his head in his hands and say, \u201cRibono Shel Olam, Master of the Universe, I no longer know how to light the fire, nor how to say the prayer, I can\u2019t even find our way to that place, but I can tell the story and that must enough.\u201d And it was.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

And it still is. As long as stories are told, hope stays in the world. – a Hasidic tale<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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