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In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov

Shivḥei ha-Besht

First written 1814–1815

About this book

An annotated English translation of the first collection of stories about the Baal Shem Tov, printed in Hebrew more than fifty years after his death: tales of his youth, his miracles, his disciples and his teaching, and the earliest source for his legend.

The edition

Title
In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov: Shivḥei ha-Besht
Translated by
Dan Ben-Amos, Jerome R. Mintz
Publisher
Indiana University Press, Bloomington
Year
1970

Availability

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Period

Modern1800 CE to 1945 CE

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