• 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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