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 | | Baal Shem taught (Garden of the Hasidim) to cleave to the Divine that is within you. | | | It is told: Once, when the Baal Shem was on a journey, and stopped at the house of one of his disciples, Rabbi David Leikes, a goverenment order was proclaimed to the effect that on a certain day, at noon, that Talmud was to be burned wherever a volume was found. | | | It is the foundation of the eternal covenant between God and his creation, "I will be YOUR God, YOU, shall be my people." Baal Shem means "Possessor or Master of The (God's) Name", which contemporaries and subsequent followers conferred upon him. |
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http://www.geocities.com/ganesha_gate/baal.html
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| | The Baal Shem Tov |
| | Many miracles are attributed to the Baal Shem Tov and it is said that he taught even the angels, even as legend accounts angels among the disciples of Lord Buddha. | | | The Baal Shem Tov was one with all, and everyone, however lowly and unworthy in the eyes of the people had free access to him, and found in him a great helper. | | | The Baal Shem Tov's vision of humanity included all human beings whether they were regarded saintly or sinful; his vision of life included all aspects of it. |
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http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/saints/baalshemtov.htm
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| | Baal Shem Tov |
| | The keynote of the Baal Shem Tov's teachings is the Imminence of God -- his constant living presence in all situations and in all places. | | | The Hebrew word "Chassidim" merely means "pious ones." It sought to meet the needs of the simple, untutored Jew who was considered inferior by the scholarly. | | | The whole congregation stood terrified by this desecration of the service, but the Baal Shem Tov was happy and called out, "The cloud is pierced and broken, and the power of the Evil one is shattered." |
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http://kustan.tripod.com/baalshem.htm
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| | Tastiest Torah Treats |
| | Besides being a healer and miracle worker, the Baal Shem Tov was a spiritual guide, teaching the ways of mentshlichkeyt and dveykus [attachment to God]. | | | The Baal Shem Tov was a faith healer -- or, to use terms that sound even less Jewish today, a medicine man or shaman -- who helped people through prayers, charms, magic and medications. | | | Poland (whose borders included the Baal Shem Tov's area then) was a rather multicultural country, with various ethnic and religious groups (Poles, Ukrainians, Estonians, Armenians; Greek Orthodox, Catholic, Muslim; etc.) coexisting fairly peacefully most of the time. |
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http://www.kolel.org/tastytreats/mod6.1.html
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| | Legends of the Baal Shem Tov |
| | The Baal Shem Tov’s uniquely joyful approach to prayer, to study, to observance of the Commandments and to love of one's fellow led to the rise of a new movement, Hassidism. | | | The Baal Shem Tov asked him: "when are you coming?". | | | The teachings of the Baal Shem Tov help a person connect with the Divine, and also with other people. |
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http://www.ort.org/ort/edu/benuri/baalshem
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| | Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov (The Besht) |
| | This letter to his brother-in-law tells of the Baal Shem Tov's meeting with the Moshiach in the spiritual world. | | | One of the most important known documents written by the Baal Shem Tov is known as the Holy Epistle. | | | The Moshiach told him that he (the Moshiach) would reveal himself when the Baal Shem Tov's teachings spread throughout the world. |
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http://sigloxxi.il.tripod.com.mx/mitorah/id25.html
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| | Reb Yisroel - The Baal Shem Tov |
| | The Baal Shem Tov explained that the first five words of this pasuk begin with the letter alef, indicating that Hashem, the Master (aluf) of the universe is there, even in the deeds of our enemies. | | | In a similar story, the Baal Shem Tov taught his disciple, Reb Wolf, the different kavanos he should meditate on while blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashana. | | | The Baal Shem Tov asked him to explain a difficult pshat in the Eitz Chaim, a major kabala sefer. |
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http://www.famousrabbis.com/baalshemtov.htm
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| | Baal Shem Tov |
| | At the core of the Baal Shem Tov's beliefs was that the word of God could be passed on through legend and metaphor, stories that at times approach the wonderful enigma of a Zen koan. | | | In the works, you will see the ecstasy of color and emotion, the wonder of movement through God's world and some of the mystery that the Baal Shem Tov imparted in his teachings. | | | Although tremendously un-orthodox, his unique method of worship soon attracted a growing following of believers for whom joy, celebration and God all became intermingled in an ecstatic fervor of worship. |
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http://www.tomblock.com/baaltxt.htm
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| | Baal Shem Tov |
| | To the Baal Shem Tov, G-d existed as a heavenly father to whom he could freely converse with and pour out his heart. | | | Yet the Baal Shem Tov remained a simple person in the eyes of his community, never exhibiting his great Talmudic knowledge or mystical abilities. | | | It is said that he would have been content to live as a nister, but he came to the realization that he must reveal himself for the sake of reviving the spiritual aspects of Judaism. |
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http://www.jewishmag.com/82mag/bst/bst.htm
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| | Moshiach & Geula - Ginsberg |
| | The Baal Shem Tov utilized all kinds of kavanos and yichudim until he finally located him in the priest’s house, about to renounce his faith. | | | The Baal Shem Tov’s disciple was already accustomed to such missions. | | | At that the Baal Shem Tov woke up from his d’veikus. |
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http://www.beismoshiach.org/Ginsberg/ginsberg325.htm
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| | Baal Shem Tov |
| | Believing that the highest form of prayer was an attitude of joy and happiness, of singing and dancing, he taught his followers that a good deed was worth more than all the adherence to the 613 Mitzvoth. | | | We may not ourselves be able to live according to the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov. | | | It is an honor and a pleasure to know that such Jews exist among us. |
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| | Baal Shem Tov - Founder of Hasidism (1700-1760) |
| | When the Baal Shem Tov's disciples tried to write down his sayings, he gently chided them, "There is nothing of me in your pages; you thought you heard what I didn't say." His ecstatic joy would not sit still on a page or be contained in a doctrine. | | | The Baal Shem Tov -- "Master of the Good Name" -- was the title given to Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer of Mezbizk, the founder of Hasidic Judaism. | | | But vibrant communities, especially in the United States and Israel, continue to live out the joyful and compassionate vision of the Baal Shem Tov. |
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http://www.gratefulness.org/giftpeople/BaalShemTov.htm
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| | About the Legends of the Baal Shem Tov |
| | The Baal Shem, as far as I'm concerned, was the most influential spiritual master of the Jewish people for the past 300 years. | | | I see in Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov a far-reaching visionary who transformed the minds and hearts of his colleagues and disciples. | | | They were both spiritual grandchildren of the Holy Baal Shem Tov, the difference was that one lineage developed in Hungary while the other carried the message to Russia. |
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http://www.hasidicstories.com/Articles/Learning_From_Stories/klein_intro.html
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| | Baal Shem Tov |
| | Approximately fifty years after the birth of the Baal Shem Tov, in the year 5507 -- according to a letter he wrote to his brother- in-law -- on the awesome day of Rosh Hashana, the Baal Shem Tov ascended to the supernal chamber of the Moshiach. | | | From finding the most mystical in the most simple of people, the Baal Shem Tov went on to find the most divine sparks in the most mundane, the essence of the One G-d everywhere and in every event. | | | But to them life was a dichotomy: Their study of the mystic works was of one world, their dealings with simple folk in another -- a world affected by their mysticism, but very, very distant from it. |
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http://www.sichosinenglish.com/holiday/shavuos/besht.html
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| | English Baal Shem Tov |
| | The Hassidic movement was originally a group within the Jewish religion, which believed in an active and joyous practice of faith, free from all fossilisation (petrifaction). | | | Even today, the teachings of the great holy Baal Shem Tov and his disciples exercise a strong influence, though no longer in those landscapes where they originated, but in many Jewish communities of the cities in America, Europe and Israel. | | | All we know about him and his thoughts and teachings came onto us by his disciples and their disciples. |
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http://www.klezmorim.at/seite10.htm
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| | "The Maggid of Mezritch" Chapter 2 - The Way to Medzibozh |
| | When the Maggid asked the Baal Shem Tov to explain why the Zohar states that the verse "And these are the judgments..." (Shmos 21:1), refers to the secret of reincarnation, he told his disciple to go to a forest and stand near a tree by a stream. | | | Indeed, it is said that once, when hearing the Baal Shem expound the work of the early Kabbalists, he touched the Baal Shem's hand to convince himself that such wisdom could come from a flesh-and-blood mortal. | | | The Baal Shem later revealed to me that at that moment he had learned the insights gained by Moshe Rabbenu when he ascended Mount Sinai and remained there for forty days and nights without food." Indeed, the Maggid asserted, "I am greater than all Baal Shem Tov's disciples. |
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http://www.nishmas.org/maggid/chapt2.htm
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| | Legends of the Baal Shem Tov |
| | He hoped to be able to overcome the false messiah with the strength of unity, but the beams of strength-giving illumination did not want to abandon the souls to whose assistance they had been sent. | | | Finally he found a shepherd with the fiery spirit of untainted youth, but the power of evil was too frightening for the boy and the Master was left alone once again. | | | With some trepidation, the Baal Shem asked what he wanted. |
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http://www.ort.org/ort/edu/benuri/baalshem/last.htm
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| | the Baal Shem Tov and Prayer |
| | The first two houses of prayer were too full from the prayers, that is to say that the prayers of the assembled did not go up into the heavens to be deposited at G-d's post box. | | | The Baal Shem Tov Teaches us about Prayer | | | He told his students that this would be the place for them to pray since this little synagogue is not filled with prayers. |
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http://www.jewishmag.com/13MAG/DT/bst.htm
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| | Ascent of Safed - In The City of Kabbalah |
| | Once there was a cloth merchant who lived in Medzhibuz, the hometown of the holy Baal Shem Tov. | | | The Torah (Chumash) was given on Shavuot; King David (composer of Tehillim/Psalms) and the Baal Shem Tov (whose teachings are in Tanya) passed away on Shavuot. | | | You can travel along with him and you will not have to fear." Although the merchant wasn't a follower of the Baal Shem Tov, he took his wife's advice. |
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http://www.ascent.org.il/NewAscentOfSafed/Stories/Stories/5763/294-40.html
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| | The Forgotten Letter |
| | “This is a letter from the Baal Shem Tov. | | | The words of the Baal Shem Tov about saying ‘Baruch Hashem’ slipped out of his mind. | | | As he went through the pockets, he felt a letter -- the same one the Baal Shem Tov had given him to deliver years ago. |
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http://www.tzivos-hashem.org/newsletter/nl90/besht.htm
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| | Baal Shem Tov |
| | Baal Shem Tov wrote these letters to his brother-in-law and we have the original manuscripts — they’ve been published," he said. | | | The Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidism (also, Chassidism or Hassidism), writes that he rose to the spiritual worlds. | | | He had an out-of-the-body experience and he writes about the levels, how he went up to the palace of the Messiah and asked the Messiah when he’s going to come to the earth. |
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http://www.spiritualworld.org/hasidic/baalshemtov.htm
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| | Links: An Annotated Internet Guide to Hasidic Stories |
| | www.baalshemtov.com is a site devoted to the teachings, legends, and spiritual practices of the Baal Shem Tov. | | | It includes biographical entries for the great hasidic leaders of the past two hundred years, from the Baal Shem Tov to the leaders of the dynasties of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. | | | In most of the tales there is some unusual event that shook the entire community as well as an explanation of the event by the Tzaddik, the spiritual leader. |
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http://www.hasidicstories.com/Resources/links1.html
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| | "The Maggid of Mezritch" Chapter 3 - A Successor to the Baal Shen Tov |
| | By another account, the Baal Shem's followers agreed that whoever could reveal something exclusive about the master would be deemed the leader appointed from Heaven. | | | Sensing R. Yaakov Yosef's disappointment and dejection, the Baal Shem turned to him and said cheerfully, I know this 'bear' has no feet, but he has broad hands with which to attract hearts, and he is well-qualified to unite all those faithful to Chassidus under his leadership." | | | Each disciple told a story or a word of Torah from the Baal Shem Tov, but nothing new emerged. |
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http://www.nishmas.org/maggid/chapt3.htm
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| | Amazon.ca: Books: The testament of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov |
| | The testament of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov | | | The father of Hassidism the saintly Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov along with his foremost student Rabbi Dovber of Mezhirech present in this book, a clear concise manual containing basic guidelines for the service of The Divine. | | | Amazon.ca: Books: The testament of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov |
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http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0826603998
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| | Commentary Magazine - In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov, translated and edited by Dan Ben-Amos and Jerome R. Mintz |
| | ...Baal Shem Tov, commonly abbreviated to BeShT, is the title by which Rabbi Israel was called... | | | ...E....Not alone a teacher or sage, an interpreter of the law, or a leader of his people, the Baal Shem Tov was also an adept of the secret names of God, the knowledge of which enabled him to perform wonders... | | | ...The Baal Shem Tov was also frequently cruel and unyielding, arrogant and sarcastic, but only if judged by modern standards of decency and worthiness, qualities not called for by the age in which he lived... |
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http://www.commentarymagazine.com/Summaries/V50I3P90-1.htm
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| | PHILTAR - Judaism/Doctrines, Key Terms and Concepts/Baal Shem Tov |
| | Baal Shem Tov's interpretation of God's immanence is said to have been an "
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the supreme insight to be attained prior to the Messianic age." | | | At the age of fourteen, we are told, Baal Shem Tov (or BeShT) joined a group of rabbi's who followed Rabbi Adam Baal Shem. | | | Hashra'ah and the Kabbalah of the Baal Shem Tov (part 5). |
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http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/trans-cultural/judaism/doctrines_key_terms_and_concepts/baal_shem_tov.html
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| | Response to Bar-Hillel and Bar-Natan |
| | - The date of birth of Israel Baal Shem Tov is not mentioned in Margalioth. | | | We were asked where we found a birth date for the Ba'al Shem Tov. | | | Besides the fact that his dates do not meet the |
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| | Baal Shem Tov, R. Israel Chabad.org > Knowledge Base |
| | The name 'Baal Shem Tov' meaning 'the master of the Name', was given him later, when he became known as a great and pious leader, with... | | | The visitor lost no time in explaining to the Baal Shem Tov that he had no special needs or problems which required any intervention or blessing. | | | Israel Baal Shem Tov was born on the 18th day of Elul in the year 5458 in a little town called Okup in the Ukraine. |
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http://www.mychabad.org/search/keyword.asp?kid=98
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| | Elul 18: Baal Shem Tov Day |
| | The eighteenth day of the month of Elul, 12 days before Rosh HaShanah, is the the birthday of the Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, the revealer of the Chassidic movement in 1734, on his 36 | | | He wrote no books, although many claim to contain his teachings. | | | Yaacov-David Shulman is the author of about twenty books. |
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http://www.kabbalaonline.org/Holydays/ellul/Elul_18_Baal_Shem_Tov_Day.asp
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| | The Baal Shem Tov |
| | In the actions of men also, indeed even in the sins that a man does, dwell holy sparks of the Glory of God. | | | The Mystical Meditation of the Baal Shem Tov and Jung | | | A follower, a generation removed, of the Baal Shem Tov was the eighteenth century Polish Kabbalist Rabbi Schnuer Zalman, founder of the Chabad (named after the first letter of the three "intellectual" sefirot Hokhmah, Binah, and Daat) or Lubavitcher (after the town of Lubavitch in Poland where it originated) sect of Hassidism. |
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http://www.kheper.net/topics/Kabbalah/Baal_Shem_Tov.htm
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| | Baal Shem Tov |
| | The emphasis for Baal Shem Tov was on pure rapture, miracles, an immediate approach to the Messiah, an emotional exaltation in prayer and communion with God through ecstasy was the mystical way to the true life and the wholly God-steeped religion. | | | Baal Shem Tov was the founder of the Hasidim movement in Poland around 1750. | | | The Hasidim movement evolved because of Baal Shem Tov's opposition to the rationalism of the Talmud. |
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http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/b/baal_shem_tov.html
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| | Baal Shem Tov Stories from WUJS |
| | The fate of the boy Israel was to go out into the world where he became a great teacher called the Baal Shem Tov. | | | And the heart fell deep, deep into the forgiving world. |
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http://www.wujs.org.il/activist/programmes/stories/baal_shem_tov/8.shtml
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| | Baal Shem Tov Hamefuar al HaTorah - (2 vol.) - By: The Baal Shem Tov |
| | A compendium of commentaries on The Torah and the festivals by the founder of the chassidic movement, the Baal Shem Tov. | | | Reach new understanding each time I read the books. | | | Baal Shem Tov Hamefuar al HaTorah - (2 vol.) - By: The Baal Shem Tov |
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http://www.judaicaplus.com/moreinfo.cfm?product_ID=56
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| | Chasidic Tales-A Dartmouth College Hebrew Resource/Stories of the Baal Shem Tov: The Stolen Halter |
| | The central point of this tale is a classic Chasidic motif: Evil contains within it sparks of holiness -- which the Chasidic rebbe (charismatic teacher) is uniquely empowered to identify and redeem. | | | Like so many tales of the Baal Shem Tov, this one communicates his spiritual vision of the most ordinary happenings of this world -- and involves thieves and horses, two lowly aspects of the material world that the Besht regularly finds himself dealing with and 'elevating'. | | | There is a story that the Baal Shem Tov wanted to set out on a journey, but as it was the time for sanctifying the moon he delayed until nightfall. |
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http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chasidic/hebrew/baal_sh.html
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| | Why the Baal Shem Tov Laughed - Mile Chai Jewish Books and Judaica |
| | In addition, the reader is given a strong sense of how chasidim have lived from their earliest communities to the present. | | | Just as the rebbes often taught their pupils in such a way that they didn't know they were being taught, through her delightful voice, Sterna Citron brings to life the spiritual giants who have influenced a large portion of the Jewish people, passing on their legacies and memories to the modern generation of Jews. | | | Jewish tradition is rich in stories, many of which center around the lives and work of the great chasidic rabbis, known as rebbes. |
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http://www.milechai.com/text1/ShemTov.html
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| | Israeli Dances dot com - Dance Details |
| | CD-Meir Shem Tov - No.16 - 2004 - Folkdances of Israel | | | CD-Meir Shem Tov - Munich - April 2003 |
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http://www.israelidances.com/dance_details.asp?DanceID=4691
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| | The Stricken Hands |
| | The holy Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Baal Shem Tov, is staying here, and he does not allow anyone in.” | | | The Baal Shem Tov listened to their problem, and asked them to remain in Mezibuz for a while, and visit him regularly. | | | The next day, Reb Zundel and his wife, now totally cured, returned with the Baal Shem Tov to Mezibuz. |
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http://www.tzivos-hashem.org/newsletter/nl89/StrickenHands.htm
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| | Baal Shem Tov Foundation - BaalShemTov.com |
| | The Breslov Center Their aim is to bring Rebbe Nachman's wisdom and advice to Jewish men and women from all walks of life and levels of religious observance. | | | Hasidic Stories Home Page Great collection of Hasidic stories including Baal Shem Tov Stories | | | Brief Biography Excellent brief biography of Baal Shem Tov |
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http://www.baalshemtov.com/bstsites.htm
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| | Baal-Shem-Tov |
| | The Great Mission.(The Great Mission: The Life and Story of Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov)(Brief Article)(Book Review) (The Bookwatch) | | | Judaism: The Middle Ages - The Middle Ages The kabbalah flowered during the Middle Ages, combining older trends in Jewish... | | | A legacy of spirit: Music of the Baal Shem Tov (Jewish Advocate, The) |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0805594.html
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| | Baal Shem Tov Foundation - BaalShemTov.com |
| | Would you like to recieve the weekly postings via email? | | | Contact Us Daily Teachings of the Baal Shem Tov: | | | Magically, Rabbi Gershon, the Baal Shem Tov's brother-in-law, has a dry sukkah during a rain storm. |
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| | Baal Shem Tov - Page 38 |
| | What would you do if you knew you would die in six months | | | Bal Shem TOv (whose name means "Master of the Good Name") said... | | | three students once came to the famous rabbi Bal Shem TOv.. |
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| | Amazon.ca: Books: In Praise of Baal Shem Tov |
| | Amazon.ca: Books: In Praise of Baal Shem Tov | | | Unfortunately, one must be careful which books on Chassidus, Chassidim and Chassidic history one picks up and many are written by those who are rather antagonistic towards Chassidim specifically and even Yiddishkeit generally and one could be influenced by their prejudices without being aware they are even there, unless you know what to look for. | | | There are other good books on Chassidus by him that you can't find here like "The Zeide Reb Motele" (about an extremely important Chassidic tzaddik and the great-great grandfather of Rabbi A. Twerski, M.D.). |
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http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1568211473
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| | Baal Shem Tov ketubah by Archie Granot. |
| | The beautiful text from which this ketubah receives its name, scalpeled around the work, is attributed to the Baal Shem Tov and reads: "A light beam emanates from every human being and reaches to the very heavens. | | | And when two souls become one, then both light beams intertwine and flow in oneness. |
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http://www.archiegranot.com/Kluger_Ketubah.html
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| | The Baal Shem Tov on Parshat Shemini -- Darche Noam Institutions |
| | The Arizal, quoted by the Baal Shem Tov zt"l, has a different reading of this Rashi. | | | (from Baal Shem Tov Al HaTora, quoting the Degel Machanei Efraim) | | | On the day of the dedication of the Mishkan, Moshe tells Aharon, "Approach the altar (kerav el hamizbeiach) and make your sin offering and burnt offering. |
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http://www.darchenoam.org/articles/web/parsha/ar_shemini.htm
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