הבעש"ט ז"ל זכותו יגן עלינו, נשמתו היה כל כך גבוה אשר לא היה אפשר לבוא לזה העולם אם היה לאביו איזה כח התאוה, על כן היה אביו בן מאה שנה כשנולד לו הבעל שם טוב, שכבר נתבטל ממנו כח התאוה ולא היה נולד רק בעזר הש"י. (אמרי נועם).
The soul of the Baal Shem Tov was so high that it was impossible for it to enter this world if his father had had any physical desire.8There is a classic teaching, stretching as far back as the Midrash, that the thoughts of the parents during marital relations affect the nature of the children who are born. The soul of the Baal Shem Tov so transcended physicality that he could only be born to elderly parents, who no longer had physical desires. Therefore, his father was one hundred years old when the Baal Shem Tov was born. His desires had already been annulled, and the Baal Shem Tov was only born with G-d’s help. Imrei Noam
הבעש"ט ז"ל זכותו יגן עלינו, נשמתו היה כל כך גבוה אשר לא היה אפשר לבוא לזה העולם אם היה לאביו איזה כח התאוה, על כן היה אביו בן מאה שנה כשנולד לו הבעל שם טוב, שכבר נתבטל ממנו כח התאוה ולא היה נולד רק בעזר הש"י.
(אמרי נועם).
The soul of the Baal Shem Tov was so high that it was impossible for it to enter this world if his father had had any physical desire.8There is a classic teaching, stretching as far back as the Midrash, that the thoughts of the parents during marital relations affect the nature of the children who are born. The soul of the Baal Shem Tov so transcended physicality that he could only be born to elderly parents, who no longer had physical desires. Therefore, his father was one hundred years old when the Baal Shem Tov was born. His desires had already been annulled, and the Baal Shem Tov was only born with G-d’s help.
Imrei Noam