Elijah bar Aaron Judah Baal Shem (about 1520[contradictory] – 1583) was a Polish rabbi and kabbalist who served as chief rabbi of Chełm. One of the most...
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center, there is the coat of arms of Chełm. Elijah Ba'al Shem of Chełm (1550–1583), notable Jewish rabbi Solomon ben Moses of Chelm (1715/16–1781), notable...
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early modern era. Rabbi Elijah Ba'al Shem of Chelm is the oldest historical figure to have been contemporaneously known as a Baal Shem. He was known to study...
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Jewish philosophy (section Elijah Ba'al Shem of Chelm)
teacher of Moses Isserles. Elijah Ba'al Shem of Chelm was also a cousin of Moses Isserles. Rabbi Eliezer ben Elijah Ashkenazi Ha-rofeh Ashkenazi of Nicosia...
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Jacob Emden (category Exponents of Jewish law)
descendant of Elijah Ba'al Shem of Chełm. He lived most his life in Altona (now a part of Hamburg, Germany), His son was Meshullam Solomon, rabbi of the Hambro...
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Rabbi Eliyahu Baal Shem or Elijah Baal Shem may refer to: Rabbi Elijah Ba'al Shem of Chelm (born 1550) Rabbi Elijah Loans (born at Frankfurt-am-Main, 1555;...
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Elia del Medigo (redirect from Elijah Delmedigo)
called Elijah Delmedigo or Elias ben Moise del Medigo and sometimes known to his contemporaries as Helias Hebreus Cretensis or in Hebrew Elijah Mi-Qandia...
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Messiah in Judaism (redirect from Messiah of Israel)
sampler of the world to come, when we sing about Elijah, herald of the messiah, when Havdalah brings Shabbat to a close, when we open the door for Elijah late...
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Jewish eschatology (section The End of Days)
returning to Elijah, the latter enquired, 'What did he say to thee?' — 'peace Upon thee, O son of Levi,' he answered. Thereupon he [Elijah] observed, 'He...
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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,...
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