[Prayer] rises from sefirah to sefirah until it arrives at desire [ratzon], which cleaves in keter… and when the prayer arrives at the place of desire, all of the gates above and below are opened before him, and there is no impediment or obstacle to his entreaty, for he is in the world of mercy… and he is able to perform signs and wonders, because it is as though at that moment the world was created… and thus you can understand the secret of the prayer of the righteous who prayed and derived all of their needs by means of miracles and wonders, because they entered into the world of mercy in their prayer, which is the place from which the world is renewed.

Translated by Hartley Lachter