Which Jewish religious movement was founded by Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov?
Baal Shem Tov supplements and detailed indices, and were published by the Chabad publishing house Kehot in Brooklyn NY. Baal Shem Tov Israel ben Eliezer (born circa 1698, died 22 May 1760), known as the Baal Shem Tov (, ) or as the Besht, was a Jewish mystical rabbi from Poland, who is regarded as the founder of Hasidic Judaism. "Besht" is the acronym for Baal Shem Tov, which means "Master of the Good Name" or "one with a good reputation". The little biographical information about the Besht comes from oral traditions handed down by his students (Jacob Joseph of Polonne and others)
Yoel Baal Shem Rosh yeshiva for some 50 years. Rabbi Yoel Baal Shem (I) was the teacher of Rabbi Adam Baal Shem of Ropczyce () who instructed Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov in Kabbalah. Stories and teachings of Rabbi Yoel Baal Shem (I) can be found in various kabbalistic "sefarim", especially in two "sefarim", "Mifalos Elokim" and "Toldos Adam" which earned the imprimatur of his grandson, Rabbi Yoel Baal Shem (II), the son of Uri. Rabbi Yeshaya Heilprin, son of Yoel Helprin (II), was also a kabbalist and expert in kabbalistic amulets. Yoel Baal Shem Yoel Baal Shem () was an Orthodox Jewish