#likuteimoharah65 #baalshemtov
About to call it a day however I came across something I wanted to share. I am reading to catch up for the Likutei Moharan class and in the commentary (annotated by Chaim Kramer) on section 1 in the paragraph that states, "a soul is rectified through someone's death," it say this,
Rabbi Nachman told this story in Uman in 1810. The Baal Shem Tov once arrived in a certain town where he fell into a very deep melancholy and despair. Though alarmed by his despondent state, the townspeople did not dare ask him about it. After a day and a half the Baal Shem Tov requested that all visitors to the town be brought to him. Two individuals were found and quickly taken to where the Baal Shem Tov was staying. The townspeople later heard him arguing with these two visitor. Rebbe Nachman then said that although he did not remember all the details of the story, the essence of the matter was that there were souls that had be trapped in this town for three hundred years without being able to ascend. All these years they had looked for a person of stature, capable of effecting their tikkun but had not found anyone who could undertake the task. When the Baal Shem Tov arrived in the town, these souls came to him seeking rectification. This was the reason for his depression, since it was indeed a very weighty task. It seemed that the only way the Baal Shem Tov could accomplish this mission was if he were to die. But this was not the right time for that, and so he involved the two visitors in order to bring about the rectification of all those many souls. (tzaddik #87)

Wouldn't it have been cool to have been a fly on the wall and found out how this story ended.

All this make so much sense of the writings of Yeshua's life and death. The agony of torture and death itself to rectify souls that were trapped. It is said that many souls walked the earth at Yeshua's resurrection. I just bet they ascended he did also. I just think it is so cool that Rabbi Nachman can explain what Yeshua was doing better than years spent in the church. There is one other commentary that I thought was a good explanation of what Yeshua was doing and why he said what he said at the time of his death but I will save that for tomorrow.

Matt. 27:51-54
Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many. So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, ‘Truly this was the Son of God’!