CHASYDYZM (Hasidism) ON THE
POLISH LAND
HEBR. THE MAN OF GOOD NAME
BAAL SZEM TOW PROPERLY: IZRAEL BEN ELIEZER
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BIOGRAPHY
Baal Szem Tow
Was born in the year 1700 in Okopy (Holy Trinity Trenches) and died in 1760 in Międzybórz
(Medzhybizh). He was a plebeian mystic, a miracle man and the first teacher of Polish Hasidism. Most tales about his life are legendary in their
nature…
THE FAMILY LAND
DOCTRINE
1. An ecstatic prayer was most important in connection with rapid body movements.
2. A prayer is the cleanest and the most perfect way of life.
3. A belief in his being a real intermediary between heaven and
4. Conviction that he can excuse each sinner and that he can contempt each sinner, for instance for rejecting his teaching.
5. Practising mystical “adhering” to God during everyday activities, eg. eating.
„REVALATION”
When he was barely over twenty years old he went to the Carpathian Mountains in order to prepare
himself spiritually for “revelation”- which was announcing a mission – through strict asceticism. He worked physically excavating clay, which was sold by his wife. When he was 36 years old, his
revelation appeared as Baal Shem Tov – he healed a demoniac. In spring 1739 he attempted to reach the Holy Land, yet he never managed to get there
and after nearly a one year stay in Istanbul he came back to Podole (Podolia).
PHOTO MADE BEFORE 1939 YEAR
HIS HOUSE IN MIĘDZYBÓŻ
MISSION
Besht claimed that through his teaching he was to lead the world to salvation. It was a role
traditionally ascribed to Elias. Basht manifested his identification with this prophet. He did not give
speeches, and in synagogues he only said prayers
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ISTAMBUL AND HOLLY LAND
The place of grave Baal Szem Towa- Międzybórz
CHASIDISM FROM HEBREW: „PIOUS, FAITHFUL TO GOD ”
THE GENESIS
• Born in XVII in Wołyń and Podole
• Lack of one geographic center
HASIDIC GROUPS
UNIFYING ELEMENTS
ATTITUDE TOWARDS HASIDISM
THE OPPONENTS
THE FOLLOWERS
WHY CHASIDISM SUCCEED?
BIBLIOGRAFIA
• Tomaszewski Jerzy, Żbikowski Andrzej, Żydzi w Polsce leksykon, historia i kultura, Warszawa 2001.
• Bobrzyńska Zofia, Żebrowski Rafał, Polski słownik judaistyczny, dzieje, kultura, religia, ludzie. Warszawa 2003
• Alina Cała, Hanna Węgrzynek, Gabriela Zalewska, Słownik Historia i kultura żydów polskich, Warszawa 2000.
• Michała Galasa, Światło i słońce . Studia z dziejów chasydyzmu, Kraków 2006
• Doktór Jan, Baal Szem Tow. Próba nowego spojrzenia, Kwartalnik Historii Żydów, 2002 nr 4.
• Marc- Alain Ouaknin, Chasydzi, Warszawa 2002. • Tommasz Jelonek, Chasydzi radośni mistycy żydowscy, Kraków 2007.
• http://www.sztetl.org.pl/pl/term/24,chasydyzm/• http://chasydzi.e-siec.com/chasydyzm-wspolczesnie.htm• http://www.chasydyzm.lauder.lodz.pl/biogrbeszt.htm