Baal Shem Tov
Polish founder of Hasidic Judaism (1698-1760) · Died at 61
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Something wrong?Israel ben Eliezer, known as the Baal Shem Tov or BeShT (בעש״ט), was a Jewish mystic and healer regarded as the founder of Hasidic Judaism. A baal shem tov is a "Master of the Good Name" - that is, one able to work miracles using a secret name of God.
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1758 Polish tax census of Medzhybizh showing "Balsam" in house #95
Monument to the Baal Shem Tov in Medzhybizh (before restoration in 2006-2008), inscribed רבי ישראל בעל שם טוב![The old synagogue of Medzhybizh (c. 1915). This building, which was never used by Israel (he preferred an alternate minyan),[6] burned during World War II. Today a replica attracts tourists to Medzhybizh under the name "Baal Shem Tov Shul".[21] A second replica opened in 2022 as a community synagogue in Wesley Hills, NY.[22]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Besht_Shul1_Medzhibozh.jpg/500px-Besht_Shul1_Medzhibozh.jpg)
The old synagogue of Medzhybizh (c. 1915). This building, which was never used by Israel (he preferred an alternate minyan),[6] burned during World War II. Today a replica attracts tourists to Medzhybizh under the name "Baal Shem Tov Shul".[21] A second replica opened in 2022 as a community synagogue in Wesley Hills, NY.[22]
An 18th-century Kabbalistic siddur in the Chabad library. Chabad claims that Israel used this siddur.
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Israel ben Eliezer, known as the Baal Shem Tov or BeShT (בעש״ט), was a Jewish mystic and healer regarded as the founder of Hasidic Judaism. A baal shem tov is a "Master of the Good Name" - that is, one able to work miracles using a secret name of God. Other sources explain his sobriquet as arising from a reputation of being a saintly, or superior, Baal Shem ('miracle-worker'); hence, he was given the nickname Baal Shem Tov.
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