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n. Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer, widely regarded as the founder of Hasidic Judaism.
"My ancestor appears in a few stories with the Baal Shem Tov."
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בעל שם טוב ba'al shem tov 'master of the good name'
Ba'al Shem Tov
Often abbreviated to simply Besht.
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