Editing Rebbe (section)

==== Rebbe as conduit ====
Unlike rabbis or non-Hasidic rebbes in other Jewish movements, [[Hasidic Judaism]] considers a "Hasidic rebbe" to be a conduit between Jews and God.<ref name=" Heilman" /> based on traditional Kabbalistic concepts and terminology, [[Hasidic philosophy]] bridged [[deveikut]], a Jewish concept referring to closeness to God, to the Hasidic rebbe, embodying and channeling the [[Ayin and Yesh|Divine flow]] of blessing to the world, because Creation is dependent on the continuous flow of Divine lifeforce, without which it would revert to nothingness.<ref>"God and the Zaddik as the two focal points of Hasidic worship" Ada Rapoport-Albert, in ''Essential Papers on Hasidism'', edited by Gershon Hundert, NYU Press, 1991</ref>