Such a Lowly Soul Uplifted to Such Great Dizzying Heights

Rav Yechiel Michel of Zlotschov related that when he first came before the holy Ba’al Shem Tov, the Ba’al Shem asked that he be honored and then told those present, “You should know that he is the son of Yitzchok of Drovitch. Now, let me tell you that his father was given by Heaven such a small soul of such lowly stature, that there is almost no one in this generation who has such a small and lowly, insignificant soul. However, he uplifted this soul to staggering, dizzying heights – to the level of the holy Tanna Rav Shimon bar Yochai!” (Agra Depirka by Rav Tzvi Elimelech of Dynow, Mechaber of Bnei Yissoschor #29)