CHASYDYZM (Hasidism) ON THE

POLISH LAND

HEBR. THE MAN OF GOOD NAME

BAAL SZEM TOW PROPERLY: IZRAEL BEN ELIEZER

http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Baal_Szem_Tow

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