Baal Shem Tov

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Baal Shem Tov was an 18th-century Jewish mystic and spiritual leader regarded as the founder of the Hasidic movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hasidic rebbe ⓘ
Jewish mystic ⓘ
founder of Hasidic Judaism ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Besht ⓘ
Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
linked to: Baal Shem Tov
birthCountryHistorical Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
birthDate circa 1698 ⓘ
birthName Israel ben Eliezer ⓘ
birthPlace Okopy ⓘ
birthRegion Podolia ⓘ
burialPlace Medzhybizh ⓘ
centuryActive 18th century ⓘ
child Adil ⓘ
Tzvi Hirsh ⓘ
linked to: Zvi Hirsch
coreTeaching immanence of God in all things ⓘ
importance of simple faith ⓘ
joy in divine service ⓘ
value of prayer and devekut ⓘ
countryOfActivity Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
deathCountryHistorical Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
deathDate 1760 ⓘ
deathDateHebrewCalendar 6 Sivan 5520 ⓘ
Shavuot 5520 ⓘ
deathPlace Medzhybizh ⓘ
deathRegion Podolia ⓘ
ethnicity Ashkenazi Jewish ⓘ
fieldOfWork Hasidic thought ⓘ
Jewish mysticism ⓘ
founded Hasidic movement ⓘ
influenced Chabad Hasidism ⓘ
linked to: Hasidism

Hasidic Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Hasidism

Polish Hasidism ⓘ
linked to: Hasidism

Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch ⓘ
Rabbi Nachman of Breslov ⓘ
Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of Polonne ⓘ
Ukrainian Hasidism ⓘ
linked to: Hasidism
language Hebrew ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
legacy considered founder of the Hasidic movement ⓘ
movement Hasidic Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Hasidism
name Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
occupation healer ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
regionOfActivity Podolia ⓘ
Western Ukraine ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
spouse Chana ⓘ
tradition Kabbalah ⓘ
veneratedAs saintly figure ⓘ
tzaddik ⓘ
veneratedIn Hasidic Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Hasidism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hasidism → hasKeyFigure → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Israel ben Eliezer → alsoKnownAs → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
subject linked to: Hasidism
Shneur Zalman of Liadi → influencedBy → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Shneur Zalman of Liadi → influencedBy → Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
linked to: Baal Shem Tov
Jewish theology → associatedWithFigure → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Israel ben Eliezer → hasAlias → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Baal Shem Tov → name → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Baal Shem Tov → alsoKnownAs → Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
linked to: Baal Shem Tov
Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev → influencedBy → the Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
linked to: Baal Shem Tov
Dov Ber of Mezeritch → teacher → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Baal HaTanya → influencedBy → The Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
linked to: Baal Shem Tov
Likkutei Amarim (Tanya) → influencedBy → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Jewish thought → hasKeyFigure → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Sefer Noam Elimelech → influencedBy → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz → teacher → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Yisrael ben Eliezer → alsoKnownAs → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Besht → alternateName → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Besht → alternateName → Baal Shem Ṭov ⓘ
linked to: Baal Shem Tov
Besht → acronymOf → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Master of the Good Name → refersTo → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Master of the Good Name → meaning → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Master of the Good Name → honorificFor → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Okopy → hasNotablePersonBornHere → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Medzhybizh → significantPerson → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of Polonne → teacher → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Zvi Hirsch → father → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Zvi Hirsch → notableRelative → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
Rabbi Nachman of Breslov → grandsonOf → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ