Ba'al Shem Tov, Bereshit 9/בעל שם טוב על התורה·בראשית ט׳

1I heard from the late R. Yaakov Yosef HaKohen, who heard my grandfather (the Baal Shem Tov) once say: “At times, the world stands on the highest levels, and at times, it stands on the lowest levels. But now that I am in the world, it stands on the highest levels.Degel Machane Ephraim, Balak