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Baal Shem Tov (bälʹ shĕmʹ tōvʹ), Originally Israel ben Eliezer. 1700?-1760.
Polish-born Jewish religious leader and mystic who founded Hasidism.
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BaalShem Tov
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Israel ben-Eliezer Baal Shem Tov (Besht) — (c. 1700–60) Founder of Chassidism. The facts of the Baal Shem Tov’s life are overgrown with a dense thicket of legend. He left no writings of his own, except possibly some letters. The sources about him were the oral traditions of his… … Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
baʿal shem — ▪ Judaism also spelled Baalshem, or Balshem (Hebrew: “master of the name”), plural Baʿale Shem, Baaleshem, or Baleshem, in Judaism, title bestowed upon men who reputedly worked wonders and effected cures through secret knowledge of the … Universalium
