Then, the cantor stood up and swore that he once learnt Torah from the Baal Shem Tov, and fired burned around them until they were so purified that they heard the Torah from our Master like Israel received it at Mount Sinai, with thunder and lightening and the mighty blasts of the shofar. It was exactly like Mount Sinai!

For the sounds [of Mount Sinai] never ceased, being Divine; however, a person needs holiness and purity [to hear them]. Rabbi Elimelech replied, “I have not achieved that, though it comes as no surprise, for the service and holiness of our Master Israel [Baal Shem] was extremely great. Especially, in that his holy practices were in that pure place, the Nestir river, and from Achiya HaShiloni.⁷ Fortunate is the person who merits this.” The G‑d-fearing who hear this will understand that all the above mentioned levels were attained by Rabbi Elimelech, or ones similar to them. From the Manuscripts of R. Yitzchok Isaac of Komarno

footnotes: ⁷ The Baal Shem Tov learned Torah from the prophet Achiya HaShiloni, who lived in the land of Israel during the First Temple Period