Kefitzat Haderech

Kefitzat Haderech (Hebrew: קְפִיצַת הַדֶּרֶךְ, Qəfiẓat haDéreḫ or Kfitzat haDérech Qəp̄îṣáṯ hadDéreḵ) is a Jewish Kabbalic term that literally means "contracting the path." It refers to miraculous travel between two distant places in a brief time. The Talmud lists three biblical stories in which this miracle occurs. In early stories of the Chasidic movement, wonder-working rabbis are ascribed the ability to reach destinations with unnatural speed.

The name Kwisatz Haderach from Frank Herbert's Dune series, translated as "the Shortening of the Way", is presumably derived from the term kefitzat haderech.