Baal Shem Tov (1698-1760)
Baal Shem Tov was the founder of the Hasidim movement in Poland around 1750. The Hasidim movement evolved because of Baal Shem Tov's opposition to the rationalism of the Talmud.
The Baal Shem Tov
In all that is in the world dwell holy sparks, no thing is empty of them. In the actions of men also, indeed even in the sins that a man does, dwell holy sparks of the Glory of God. The Baal Shem Tov ...
Its founder, the Baal Shem Tov (Besht), Israel ben Eliezer, like Luria left little in written form, aside from some letters, and his life when written down was already material for hagiography, the Shivei haBesht, "In Praise of the Besht", ...
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This move towards a messianic philosophy fostered the Hasidic movement, which made the Kabbalah more widely accessible. The most important figure here was Israel ben Eleazar (1698-1760), known as the Baal Shem Tov, the "Master of the Holy Name." ...
 See also: Mystic, World, Esoteric, Christ, Mater
  
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