R. Nahumnu, the Boyaner Rebbe (from Chernovitz) once related: The Ruzhiner asked a follower: “What is the meaning of ‘He makes the wind blow and rain fall’” [Amidah Prayer]? The follower did not know the meaning.
The Ruzhiner said: “‘makes blow’ [mashiv] has the meaning of exalted as in ‘maketh the solitary to dwell [moshiv yehidim] in a house’ ]Ps. 68:7[. ‘He makes the wind blow’ – “when can one become exalted in spirituality?”– “when ‘rain [geshem] falls’ – when one makes the material [gashmiyusdigkait] lowly.” Rabbi Teomim heard this from the Boyaner.
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Rabbi Teomim
