Jacqueline Nicholls
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Rebbe's maid:The one who stood between heaven and earth

Rebbe was dying and the rabbis, and his maid, prayed for his life. She went up to the roof and her prayer referred to Rebbe being caught in a struggle between the ones above (heaven) and the one's below (earth). She initially sided with the rabbis, but when seeing his physical suffering she changed her mind. She disturbed the rabbis' prayers by breaking a vessel. This disrupted the concentration and Rebbe was able to die. 

The rabbis aren't able to speak of Rebbe's death and just see him as a vessel of holy Torah. She is able to see Rebbe as a holy person, and as a physical body. She can see both sides, and when her prayer of words fails, she acts. 
 
(Ketubot 104a)
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