Baal Shem Tov

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Hasidic rebbe Jewish mystic founder of Hasidic Judaism rabbi religious leader

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

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Baal Shem Tov canonical	6
Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov	1
Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov	1
the Baal Shem Tov	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hasidic rebbe ⓘ Jewish mystic ⓘ founder of Hasidic Judaism ⓘ rabbi ⓘ religious leader ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Besht ⓘ Baal Shem Tov ⓘ surface form: Rabbi Israel 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 ⓘ Zvi Hirsch ⓘ surface form: Tzvi Hirsh
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	Hasidism ⓘ surface form: Chabad Hasidism Hasidism ⓘ surface form: Hasidic Judaism Hasidism ⓘ surface form: Polish Hasidism Dov Ber of Mezeritch ⓘ surface form: Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch Rabbi Nachman of Breslov ⓘ Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of Polonne ⓘ Hasidism ⓘ surface form: Ukrainian Hasidism
language	Hebrew ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ
legacy	considered founder of the Hasidic movement ⓘ
movement	Hasidism ⓘ surface form: Hasidic Judaism
name	Baal Shem Tov self-link ⓘ
occupation	healer ⓘ rabbi ⓘ teacher ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Podolia ⓘ Western Ukraine ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
spouse	Chana ⓘ
tradition	Kabbalah ⓘ
veneratedAs	saintly figure ⓘ tzaddik ⓘ
veneratedIn	Hasidism ⓘ surface form: Hasidic Judaism

Referenced by (9)

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

Hasidism → hasKeyFigure → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ

Hasidism → alsoKnownAs → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ

subject surface form: Israel ben Eliezer

Shneur Zalman of Liadi → influencedBy → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov

Jewish theology → associatedWithFigure → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ

Israel ben Eliezer → hasAlias → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ

Baal Shem Tov → name → Baal Shem Tov self-link ⓘ

Baal Shem Tov → alsoKnownAs → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov

Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev → influencedBy → Baal Shem Tov ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Baal Shem Tov