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[[File:The Kever of the Baal Shem Tov.jpg|250px|thumb|right|The Kever of the Baal Shem Tov]]
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[[File:The Baal Shem Tov signature.png|250px|thumb|right|The Baal Shem Tov signature]]
| name = Rabbi Yisroel ben Eliezer
| image = [[File:The Kever of the Baal Shem Tov.jpg|250px]]
| description =The Kever of the Baal Shem Tov
| alias = The Baal Shem Tov
| birth_date = 18 Elul 5458
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| passing_date = 6 Sivan 5520
| passing_place = Mezhibuzh
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| students = [[The Maggid of Mezritch]]
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| signature = [[File:The Baal Shem Tov signature.png|250px|alt=The Baal Shem Tov signature]]
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'''Rabbi Yisroel Baal Shem Tov''' (abbreviated as Besht) was initially the leader of hidden tzaddikim and later became the founder and creator of the Chassidic movement, from which all Chassidic courts developed and branched out.
'''Rabbi Yisroel Baal Shem Tov''' (abbreviated as Besht) was initially the leader of hidden tzaddikim and later became the founder and creator of the Chassidic movement, from which all Chassidic courts developed and branched out.