Baalshem

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[ bahl-shem ]

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noun

a person who works miracles by calling upon the name of God, especially one of the German and Polish Jews of the 16th–19th centuries considered to be saintly and to possess magical powers.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Baalshem¹

From Hebrew baʿal shem literally, “master of the name”

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Example Sentences

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This passage in the "Book of the Pious" reminds me of the circumstance under which the originator of the latter-day Chasidism, Israel Baalshem, is said to have married.

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baal kore Baal Shem-Tov

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