Ba'al Shem Tov
Rabbi Yisrael Ba’al Shem Tov and the Hidd...
Rabbi Yisrael Ba’al Shem Tov was born to his parents, Eliezer and Sarah, on the 18th of Elul 5458 (1698). When he was a small
Where is Zaideh? The Secret of a Name
Suffering causes the power latent in the Jewish people’s collective soul to be revealed from its potential state. Salvation is not something external to the
The Alter Rebbe: How the Ba’al Shem Tov S...
The AlterRebbe (18 Elul 5505 [1745]—24 Tevet 5573 [1812] was the founder of Chabad and the author of the Shulchan Aruch Harav and the seminal
The Ba’al Shem Tov: Rejoice and Dance
When the Ba’al Shem Tov was ten years old, he was already a member of the cohort of hidden tzaddikim. When he was seventeen, he
Ba'al Shem Tov: Fear Only God
How the Ba'al Shem Tov overcame fear.
The Ba'al Shem Tov's Anti-Particle: Parts 1...
Who serves God better than the Ba'al Shem Tov? Rabbi Ginsburgh delves into the deep, messianic meaning of this Ba'al Shem Tov story.
Ba’al Shem Tov: Think Good and it Will Be...
When the Ba’al Shem Tov was about ten years old, he was already a member of the company of hidden tzadikim. At seventeen years old,
You Mean I Missed Him?
Translated and excerpted from Rabbi Ginsburgh’s book, ‘Or Yisrael,’ Volume 3 page 30. Rabbi Gershon of Kitov once asked the Ba’al Shem Tov to arrange