Besht

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human rabbi religious leader

Besht is the acronymic name of Israel ben Eliezer, the 18th-century Jewish mystic and healer who founded Hasidic Judaism.

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Label	Occurrences
Besht canonical	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ rabbi ⓘ religious leader ⓘ
acronymOf	Baal Shem Tov NERFINISHED ⓘ
alternateName	Baal Shem Tov NERFINISHED ⓘ Baal Shem Ṭov NERFINISHED ⓘ Israel ben Eliezer NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Medzhybizh NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	18th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth	circa 1698 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1760 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Ashkenazi Jew NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Hasidic thought ⓘ Jewish mysticism ⓘ
founderOf	Hasidic Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHonorific	Baal Shem NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Dov Ber of Mezeritch NERFINISHED ⓘ Hasidic rabbis ⓘ early Hasidic dynasties ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Hebrew ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ
movement	Hasidic Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameMeaning	Master of the Good Name ⓘ
notableIdea	centrality of joy in divine worship ⓘ devekut (cleaving to God) ⓘ immanence of God in all things ⓘ spiritual value of simple faith ⓘ
notableStudent	Dov Ber of Mezeritch NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	healer ⓘ mystic ⓘ rabbi ⓘ teacher ⓘ
patronymicName	ben Eliezer NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Okopy NERFINISHED ⓘ Podolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Medzhybizh NERFINISHED ⓘ Podolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Podolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
veneratedIn	Hasidic Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Israel ben Eliezer → hasAlias → Besht ⓘ

Baal Shem Tov → alsoKnownAs → Besht ⓘ