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Israel ben Eliezer, Baal Shem Tov
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Israel ben Eliezer, Baal Shem Tov, or Besht (1700–60). Founder of E. European
Ḥasidism. Many legends are circulated about the life of Israel Ben Eliezer. On his thirty-sixth birthday, he is said to have revealed himself as a new charismatic leader. He worked as a teacher and a healer, travelling round the Jewish communities of E. Europe, attracting many followers by his charm and magnetism. His teachings were partly derived from the
Kabbalah, but his main emphasis was on individual salvation through which the world would be redeemed. He maintained that ‘every Jew is a limb of the
Shekhinah’, but some individuals have superior spiritual qualities (the
Zaddik). Not only should the Zaddik teach his people to worship God, he should help the sinner to repent and, through special acts, restore the souls of sinners who have died.
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Unforgettable visit to Baal Shem Tov's grave
Newspaper article from: Cleveland Jewish News; 9/4/1998; 580 words
; ...04-1998 Unforgettable visit to Baal Shem Tov's grave HOWARD M. COHN Special...visiting the grave site of Israel Baal Shem Tov, whose 300th birthday is this...traveled to the grave sites of the Baal Shem Tov and all the rebbes in the Chabad...
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Rabbi Kazen has qualities of the Baal Shem Tov
Newspaper article from: Cleveland Jewish News; 9/4/1998; 700+ words
; ...Rabbi Kazen has qualities of the Baal Shem Tov SUSANNAH HESCHEL Special to the...hero from the past, such as the Baal Shem Tov, we assume that their great qualities...that is not always the case. The Baal Shem Tov initiated a new kind of leadership...
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The Circle of the Baal Shem Tov: Studies in Hasidism.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Shofar; 9/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; The Circle of the Baal Shem Tov: Studies in Hasidism, by Abraham...Hasidism in 1972. The Circle of the Baal Shem Tov contains Heschel's four essays...s youth' (The Circle of the Baal Shem Tov, p. 4). In this he resembles...
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Light and Fire of the Baal Shem Tov.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2006; 410 words
; 0826417728 The light and fire of the Baal Shem Tov. Buxbaum, Yitzhak. Continuum Publishing Group 2005...speaker and storyteller. Here he collects stories about Baal Shem Tov (1700-60) that he finds to portray the great and...
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The Great Mission.(The Great Mission: The Life and Story of Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov)(Brief article)(Book review)
Newspaper article from: Reviewer's Bookwatch; 12/1/2005; ; 560 words
; ...The Life And Story Of Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov is the story of the man who first...books previously written about Ball Shem Tov who founded the Chasidic movement...unbroken pedigree chain from Ball Shem Tov down through the modern era. A seminal...
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South Street Pre-Rosh Hashanah Celebration: Open Air Shofar Making Factory Baal Shem Tov Chassidic Rock Band.
PR Newswire; 9/18/2003; 527 words
; ...amp; prizes, the distribution of apples & honey, light refreshments, and live Chassidic rock music from the Baal Shem Tov Band. Don't miss your opportunity to have a lot of fun, and learn more about the Jewish New Year. It's a day...
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The Great Mission.(The Great Mission: The Life and Story of Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Bookwatch; 9/1/2005; 457 words
; ...who first explained Jewish mysticism to the general public in The Great Mission: The Life And Story Of Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov. But readers anticipating a biography alone will find much more here: The Great Mission blends in philosophy and...
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Besht Kept Secret: A Radical Take on the Ba'al Shem Tov
Newspaper article from: Forward; 8/2/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Miedzyboz (the town where the Ba'al Shem Tov lived for the last two decades of...Balszam Doktor...Liber" ("Dr. Baal Shem, exempt from taxes"). It emerges...reconstruction, the Ba'al Shem Tov was a relatively learned kabbalist...
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A STORY OF LIGHT AND HOPE Doug Lipman spins a tale for Hanukkah
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/21/1997; ; 700+ words
; The story of the Baal Shem Tov, who founded the Hasidic movement...Soul of Hope: An Epic Tale of the Baal Shem Tov" tonight at 7 at the Cambridge...order to keep hope alive, the Baal Shem Tov had to do four mystical acts...
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Faith and the lawyer's practice
Magazine article from: St. John's Law Review; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Mezeritch went to study with the Baal Shem Tov, who was the founder of the Hasidic movement on Judaism.5 The Baal Shem Tov gave the Maggid a book and asked...him.6 The Maggid read but the Baal Shem Tov said that that that was not satisfactory...
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Baal Shem Tov
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Baal Shem Tov Born: c. 1700 Okopy, Poland Died...ben Eliezer, who is generally known as Baal Shem Tov. Early life Israel ben Eliezer was born...worker of wonders. He was called the Baal Shem Tov, which means Good Master of the Name...
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Baal Shem Tov (1698-1760)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Baal Shem Tov (1698-1760) Founder of the Jewish...son of Eliezer, he became known as the Baal Shem Tov, "Master of the Good Name," or the...Hilsenrad, Zalman Aryeh, comp. The Baal Shem Tov: His Birth and Early Manhood. Brooklyn...
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Baal-Shem-Tov
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Baal-Shem-Tov , c.1698-1760, Jewish founder of...as a miracle healer; hence the name Baal-Shem-Tov [Heb.,=master of the good name...R. Mintz, ed., In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov (tr. 1970).
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Israel ben Eliezer, Baal Shem Tov
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Israel ben Eliezer, Baal Shem Tov, or Besht (1700–60). Founder of E. European Ḥasidism . Many legends are circulated about the life of...
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Baal Shem
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Baal Shem. Suite for vn. and pf. by Bloch, comp. 1923, subtitled ‘3 pictures of Chassidic Life’. Baal Shem Tov (Master of the Good Name) founded the Jewish sect of Chassidism in 17th...
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