Once, when the Baal Shem Tov prayed the Kabbalas Shabbos prayers in the field, all the flocks gathered around him and bleated the entire time he was praying. It is said that with his prayers, he lifted up all the lower levels, until even the flocks and the herds attained a realization of G-d, and cried out with him.¹², p. 58, who says this happened when the Baal Shem Tov recited the words: “He sets the needy on high from affliction, and makes families like a flock” (Psalms 107:41). Divrei Elmelech, Bechukosai

footnotes: ¹² See Toldos Adam