your occasional reminder that "Kwisatz Haderach" comes from "kefitzat ha-derekh", "shortening of the way"—miraculously travelling a great distance in a short amount of time, attributed to various Biblical figures, Chasidic sages, etc.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefitzat

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@nev oh! they even say that it means "shortening of the way" in the book, but we never knew it was from an actual Hebrew (i'm assuming; it looks like Hebrew at least) phrase
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