The Baal Shem Tov

Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov (1698-1760), Founder of the Chassidic Movement

Introduction

Revolution
By Yanki Tauber

Every hundred years or so, a person comes along and changes the way we look at ourselves and our world. But there is something that is rarer still -- someone who will tell us something that we already know

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The Baal Shem Tov's Sixteenth Birthday
From the writings & talks of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch

When the man saw me he asked: "What is a small child doing all alone in the forest? Are you not afraid to be in the forest all by yourself?"

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Stories of the Baal Shem Tov

G-d's Nourishment

Pushcart Prophet

The Master Key

A Bundle of Greens

Popular Names

The Ladder

The Prayerbook

A Pound of Candles

The Baal Shem Tov's Previous Life

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The Truth About the Baal Shem Tov
By Tzvi Freeman

There are many myths and legends about the Baal Shem Tov. Even the most fantastic ones, they say, are true. But there's one, very popular, myth that's not true: the Modern Jewish Legend of the Baal Shem Tov...

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Thirty Six Aphorisms of the Baal Shem Tov

Everything is by Divine Providence. If a leaf is turned over by a breeze, it is only because this has been specifically ordained by G-d to serve a particular function within the purpose of creation.

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Chassidism


	The Rebbes


	The Baal Shem Tov


	Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi


	Special Days on the Chassidic Calendar


	The Chassidic Menorah


	The Chassidic Legacy


	The Rebbe's Prison Diary


	Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson


	The Man and the Century


	Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson


	The Revolutionaries


	The Man Who Mocked The KGB


	My Encounter with the Rebbe


	Mr. Manchester

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