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DISCOVERING TORAH
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ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT teachings of the great Chassidic Master, Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, is that everything that a person sees or hears is a message from Above. The message is there; it is our job to take note of it, and to decipher it.
Take the common gesture of pointing a finger at another. What one is in fact actually doing in making that gesture is pointing three fingers back at oneself! This means that what one is seeing in the other person is actually a reflection of onesel...
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Unforgettable visit to Baal Shem Tov's grave
Cleveland Jewish News
; Cleveland Jewish News 09-04-1998 Unforgettable visit to Baal Shem Tov's grave HOWARD M. COHN Special to the CJN I was profoundly inspired while visiting ...
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The Baal Shem Tov, Revealed Anew
The New York Jewish Week
; New book illuminates the most influential rebbe of all. Some 300 years ago in what's now Ukraine, a young boy, Yisroel Ben-Eliezer, couldn't stand to stay in the classroom. He'd run away into nearby forests and fields. On one of his runaways he came upon a small house, illuminated from within. On
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Rabbi Kazen has qualities of the Baal Shem Tov
Cleveland Jewish News
; Cleveland Jewish News 09-04-1998 Rabbi Kazen has qualities of the Baal Shem Tov SUSANNAH HESCHEL Special to the CJN Sometimes when we celebrate a hero ...
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[ OUT & ABOUT ]
Chicago Sun-Times
; A series of artwork depicting the beliefs and legends of the 18th century Jewish visionary Baal Shem Tov is on exhibit at the ARC Gallery. "Paintings from the Baal Shem Tov" by artist Tom Block features "the ecstasy of color and emotion, the wonder of movement through God's world and some of the
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A STORY OF LIGHT AND HOPE Doug Lipman spins a tale for Hanukkah
The Boston Globe
; The story of the Baal Shem Tov, who founded the Hasidic movement in Judaism, is one of light and hope, an appropriate tale to be spun at Hanukkah, which begins this year on Tuesday. It's a simple tale, according to storyteller Doug Lipman, who will perform "The Soul of Hope: An Epic Tale of the
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Many branches from one trunk: a valedictory lesson
Cleveland Jewish News
; Gottesman, Michael Cleveland Jewish News 10-14-2005 Just as the Twelve Tribes of Israel had different identities, we all have our own ... united by our root, Torah Umadah. The future begins now. Article copyright the Cleveland Jewish News. V.98;
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Unanswered Prayers
The Jewish Week
; Riskin, Shlomo The Jewish Week 08-19-2005 At the end of his life, Moses made two requests to God, one that is biblically expressed and the other merely suggested between the lines. The one openly expressed comes at the very beginning of this week's Torah portion, and is his heartfelt request to
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`Rachel's Love'
Chicago Sun-Times
; `Rachel's Love' Through June 13 Athenaeum Studio, 2936 N. Southport Tickets: $15; (312) 902-1500. Highly recommended Hamlet wondered why people were so deeply moved by mere actors when real-life tragedies were so much grander. Watching Redmoon Theater's tender and whimsical new production,
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Reforma (México D.F., México)
; Byline: Armando Fuentes Aguirre Me habría gustado conocer a Israel ben Eliezer, llamado Baal Shem Tov. Nació en Ucrania, en 1700, y vivió justamente 60 años. Quiero decir que vivió 60 años justamente. Carnicero, maestro, sanador, encargado de una taberna, Shem Tov hizo
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Ten For The Ages: From 1,000 years of the Jewish story, the episodes that linger still.
The New York Jewish Week
; Ten For The Ages: From 1,000 years of the Jewish story, the episodes that linger still. JONATHAN MARK ASSOCIATE EDITOR Yes, the millennium is a Christian moment in time, but Jews were there for all of it. With all the lists marking the end of the epoch, there's a Jewish story deserving to be told.
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