Baal Shem Tob

Variant of Baal Shem Tov

Baal Shem Tov definition

Baal· Shem· Tov (bäl′ s̸hem′ tōv′)

(born Israel ben Eliezer) 1700?-60; Jewish religious leader in Poland: founder of Hasidism
also Baal Shem Tob

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