- baalshem
- baal·shem
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Baalshem — /bahl shem /, n. a person who works miracles by calling upon the name of God, esp. one of the German and Polish Jews of the 16th 19th centuries considered to be saintly and to possess magical powers. Also, Balshem. [ < Heb ba al shem lit., master … Universalium
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BaalShem Tov — Baal Shem Tov (bälʹ shĕmʹ tōvʹ), Originally Israel ben Eliezer. 1700? 1760. Polish born Jewish religious leader and mystic who founded Hasidism. * * * … Universalium
balshem — variant of baalshem * * * /bahl shem /, n. Baalshem … Useful english dictionary
Balshem — /bahl shem /, n. Baalshem. * * * … Universalium
baʿal shem — ▪ Judaism also spelled Baalshem, or Balshem (Hebrew: “master of the name”), plural Baʿale Shem, Baaleshem, or Baleshem, in Judaism, title bestowed upon men who reputedly worked wonders and effected cures through secret knowledge of the … Universalium
Israel ben-Eliezer Baal Shem Tov (Besht) — (c. 1700–60) Founder of Chassidism. The facts of the Baal Shem Tov’s life are overgrown with a dense thicket of legend. He left no writings of his own, except possibly some letters. The sources about him were the oral traditions of his… … Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
