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~~'''The Four Masters of the Divine Name'''~~

Chabad tradition describes a chain of hidden tzaddikim known as '''''Ba'alei Shem''''' — Masters of the [Divine] Name — who transmitted an inner tradition of Kabbalistic secrets from generation to generation, until Chassidus was revealed openly by Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov.

~~== Background ==~~

Chabad tradition describes a chain of hidden tzaddikim known as ''Ba'alei Shem'' — Masters of the [Divine] Name — who transmitted an inner tradition of Kabbalistic secrets from generation to generation, until Chassidus was revealed openly by Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov.

This chain,<ref>Described primarily in the ''Sefer HaZikhronos'' (Book of Remembrances) of the Frierdiker Rebbe.</ref> preserved through centuries of concealment, was the hidden preparation for the public flowering of Chassidus. Each of the four Ba'alei Shem — [[Eliyahu Baal Shem]], [[Yoel Baal Shem]], [[Adam Baal Shem]], and the [[Baal Shem Tov]] — was renowned in his own right for his righteousness and deeds. But their deeper historical significance lies in what they formed together: a golden, unbroken chain that paved the way for the revelation of the Torah's inner dimension — first through the general Chassidic path opened by the holy Baal Shem Tov and continued by the [[Maggid of Mezeritch]], and later through Chabad Chassidus, which is, in the words of Chabad teaching, "none other than the Torah of the Baal Shem Tov itself."

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-'''The Four Masters of the Divine Name'''
+Chabad tradition describes a chain of hidden tzaddikim known as '''''Ba'alei Shem''''' — Masters of the [Divine] Name — who transmitted an inner tradition of Kabbalistic secrets from generation to generation, until Chassidus was revealed openly by Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov.
-== Background ==
-Chabad tradition describes a chain of hidden tzaddikim known as ''Ba'alei Shem'' — Masters of the [Divine] Name — who transmitted an inner tradition of Kabbalistic secrets from generation to generation, until Chassidus was revealed openly by Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov.
 This chain,<ref>Described primarily in the ''Sefer HaZikhronos'' (Book of Remembrances) of the Frierdiker Rebbe.</ref> preserved through centuries of concealment, was the hidden preparation for the public flowering of Chassidus. Each of the four Ba'alei Shem — [[Eliyahu Baal Shem]], [[Yoel Baal Shem]], [[Adam Baal Shem]], and the [[Baal Shem Tov]] — was renowned in his own right for his righteousness and deeds. But their deeper historical significance lies in what they formed together: a golden, unbroken chain that paved the way for the revelation of the Torah's inner dimension — first through the general Chassidic path opened by the holy Baal Shem Tov and continued by the [[Maggid of Mezeritch]], and later through Chabad Chassidus, which is, in the words of Chabad teaching, "none other than the Torah of the Baal Shem Tov itself."