Besht
Americannoun
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They clung to him as though he were the reincarnation of the Besht, as though he were their student tzaddik, so to speak.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
For a long time there was terrible bitterness between the Mitnagdim, the opponents of Hasidism, and the followers of the Besht.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
Now, this Gaon of Vilna, or Hagra, was perhaps no less dissatisfied with prevailing conditions than the Besht, but his remedy for them was as different as the two personalities were unlike.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Raisin, Jacob S.
From the South had come the impulse of religious revivalism through the followers of the Besht, and the North was showing signs of awakening through the reforms of the Gaon.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Raisin, Jacob S.
Polonnoy, Jacob Joseph of, follower of Besht, 65; his Toledot Ya'akob Yosef burnt in Vilna, 76; mentioned, 122, 132.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Raisin, Jacob S.
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