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Baal

1,425 words, approx. 5 pages

Baal BAAL. The name Baal (bʿl) is a common Semitic appellative meaning "lord" that is used as a proper name for the West Semitic storm god in ancient Near Eastern texts dating fro... Read more

Baʿal Shem Tov

896 words, approx. 3 pages

Baʿal Shem Tov BAʿAL SHEM TOV (master of the good name), popular designation for Yisraʾel ben Eliʿezer (c. 1700–1760), the founder of the Hasidic movement in eastern... Read more

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Baal Shem Tov

385 words, approx. 2 pages

The founder of modern Hasidism was the Polish-born Israel ben Eliezer (ca. 1700-ca. 1760), who is generally known as Baal Shem Tov (Good Master of the Name).Israel ben Eliezer was born to aged parents... Read more