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• Baal Shem-Tov
  Baal Shem-Tov

  noun

  Israel ben EliezerBesht, c1700–60, Ukrainian teacher and religious leader: founder of the Hasidic movement of Judaism.
• Baal Shem Tov
  Baal Shem Tov

  noun

  original name Israel ben Eliezer ?1700–60, Jewish religious leader, teacher, and healer in Poland: founder of modern Hasidism

Baal Shem-Tov

American  

[bahl shem-tohv, -tohv, bahl shem-tawv, -tawv] / ˈbɑl ˈʃɛmˈtoʊv, -ˌtoʊv, ˈbɑl ˈʃɛmˈtɔv, -ˌtɔv /

Or Baal Shem-Tob

noun

1. Israel ben EliezerBesht, c1700–60, Ukrainian teacher and religious leader: founder of the Hasidic movement of Judaism.

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Baal Shem Tov British  

/ bɑːl ˈʃɛm tɒv, ˈʃɑːm /

noun

1. original name Israel ben Eliezer ?1700–60, Jewish religious leader, teacher, and healer in Poland: founder of modern Hasidism

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Baal Shem Tov

A direct descendant of Hasidic Judaism's founder, The Baal Shem Tov, Abby's parents considered her their first-born son and a future rabbi - but she was adamant that she was a girl.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2020

On Wikipedia, he read about Baal Shem Tov, an 18th century Jewish mystic who our father says is our ancestor, and the pop-punk band Rancid, which rocked his adolescence.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2013