Another positive trait of our Rabbi, the Baal Shem Tov, was that the light of the Messiah began to shine with him – a tradition we have received from Tzaddikim, the foundations of the world. The Baal Shem Tov himself asked the Messiah, “When will Master come?” and the latter replied, “When your teachings are known throughout the world.”¹³, p. 12a) Thus G-d arranged for many great Jewish sages to become his students. Divrei Shalom, Introduction

footnotes: ¹³ “It is known that the Messiah told the Baal Shem Tov that his coming depends upon the spreading of the Baal Shem Tov’s disciples throughout the world. Therefore, whenever a book based upon the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov is introduced to the world, it hastens the redemption.” (Divrei Shalom