Baal Shem Tov
c. 1698–1760
Jewish mystic and founder of Hasidic Judaism.
Baal Shem Tov (c. 1698–1760) was a rabbi, born in Okopy and died in Medzhybizh.
- Known as
- Rabbi
- Category
- Religious Figures
- Born
- c. 1698, Okopy
- Died
- 1760, Medzhybizh
Alive at the same time as Baal Shem Tov
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