• ben Eliezer or Yisroel ben Eliezer (1698 – 22 May 1760), known as the Baal Shem Tov (/ˌbɑːl ˈʃɛm ˌtʊv, ˌtʊf/; Hebrew: בעל שם טוב) or as the BeShT, was a...
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    mystical healer known as the Baal Shem Tov. His teachings imbued the esoteric usage of practical Kabbalah of Baalei Shem into a spiritual movement, Hasidic...
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    Mezeritcher Maggid, was a disciple of Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer (the Baal Shem Tov), the founder of Hasidic Judaism, and was chosen as his successor to...
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  • runner Baal Shem Tov (c.1698–1760), Jewish mystic and healer from Poland Joseph ibn Shem-Tov (died 1480), Judæo-Spanish writer Moshe Shem Tov (1924–2005)...
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  • illustrate the family of Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidic Judaism. The first chart shows the Baal Shem Tov's close family: his closest relatives...
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    reside in Israel and in the United States. Israel Ben Eliezer, the "Baal Shem Tov", is regarded as its founding father, and his disciples developed and...
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    Hebrew with a new approach in Lurianic Kabbalah. Yisrael ben Eliezer Baal Shem Tov (1698–1760), founder of Hasidism in the area of Ukraine, spread teachings...
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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, before...
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    world. Rebbe Yisrael Baal Shem Tov – founder of Hasidism Rebbe Dovber, the Maggid of Mezritch – primary disciple of the Baal Shem Tov Rebbe Elimelech of...
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    Yitzhak Aharon Korff (category Descendants of the Baal Shem Tov)
    direct descendant of the Baal Shem Tov, the 18th century founder of the Hasidic movement, through both the Baal Shem Tov's grandson Rabbi Boruch of Medzhybizh...
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