Israel ben Eliezer (c. 1700 –1760), known as the Baal Shem Tov (/ˌbɑːl ˈʃɛm ˌtʊv, ˌtʊf/; Hebrew: בעל שם טוב) or BeShT (בעש"ט), was a Jewish mystic and...
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mystical healer known as the Baal Shem Tov. His teachings imbued the esoteric usage of practical Kabbalah of Baalei Shem into a spiritual movement, Hasidic...
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Dov Ber of Mezeritch (section Visit to Baal Shem Tov)
Mezeritcher Maggid, was a disciple of Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer (the Baal Shem Tov), the founder of Hasidic Judaism, and was chosen as his successor to...
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illustrate the family of Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidic Judaism. The first chart shows the Baal Shem Tov's close family: his closest relatives...
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reside in Israel and in the United States. Israel Ben Eliezer, the "Baal Shem Tov", is regarded as its founding father, and his disciples developed and...
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world. Rebbe Yisrael Baal Shem Tov – founder of Hasidism Rebbe Dovber, the Maggid of Mezritch – primary disciple of the Baal Shem Tov Rebbe Elimelech of...
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Elijah Ba'al Shem of Chelm (1550–1583) and the Baal Shem of London (1708–1782). Yisrael Baal Shem Tov began his activity as a traditional Baal Shem, before...
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Eliezar Baal Shem Tov (1698–1760), founder of Chasidism Rabbi Boruch of Medzhybizh (1757–1811), son of Udl the daughter of the Baal Shem Tov Rabbi Nachman...
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Deaf in Israel Tomer Shem-Tov (born 1978), Israeli football player Victor Shem-Tov (1915–2014), Israeli politician Baal Shem Tov (c. 1698–1760), Jewish...
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Yitzhak Aharon Korff (category Descendants of the Baal Shem Tov)
direct descendant of the Baal Shem Tov, the 18th century founder of the Hasidic movement, through both the Baal Shem Tov's grandson Rabbi Boruch of Medzhybizh...
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