notes

(Tales of the Hasidim p.100 "The Sign")
In this tale, the Baal Shem forces an unwilling disciple to bless him, just as Peter was forced to allow Yeshua to wash his feet...

p.103 "In Exile" 
"The Maggid of Mezritch said: 'Now, in exile, the holy spirit comes upon us more easily than at the time the Temple was still standing. 
'A king was driven from his realm and forced to become a wayfarer. When, in the course of his wanderings, he came to the house of poor people, where he was given modest food and shelter, but received as a king, his heart grew light and he chatted with his host as intimately as he had done at court with those who were closest to him. 
'Now, that He is in exile, God does the same.'" 

*Is the Shechinah the same as the Holy Spirit of the Christians? The Ruach HaKodesh? 
*God more easily befriends the humble 

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2438527/jewish/The-Shechina.htm

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