Tzava'at HaRivash Chapter 99
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יודע צדיק נפש בהמתו פירוש אפילו הנפש הוא מחבר לעבודת הבורא ומלת יודע הוא לשון התחברות:
The Way of The Baal Shem Tov. Adapted into English by Rabbi Amiram Markel and Yehudah Shimon Markel, 2020
It states,¹⁷⁶ “The Tzaddik knows-Yode’ah-יודע his animal soul.” The explanation is that he even binds his animal soul to the service of the Creator, blessed is He. For, the term “knows-Yode’ah-יודע” is a term of binding and adhesion.
footnotes: ¹⁷⁶ Proverbs 12:10