Besht
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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
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
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 Jacob S. Raisin
Tradition said that Isaak Todros' ancestor, that Reb Nohim who had waged a battle of ideas with Hersh Ezofowich, was for some time a pupil of Besht, the founder of that curious sect.
From An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story by C. S. de Soissons
Your grandfather, who lies in Lemberg, was no friend to the followers of Besht.
From Ghetto Tragedies by Israel Zangwill
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