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ba'al shemIn Judaism, a title bestowed on men who worked wonders and cures through secret knowledge of the names of God. The practice dates to the 11th century, long before the term was applied to certain rabbis and Kabbalists. They were numerous in 17th- and 18th-century eastern Europe, where they exorcised demons, inscribed amulets, and performed cures using herbs, folk remedies, and the Tetragrammaton. Because they combined faith healing with use of the Kabbala, they clashed with physicians, rabbis, and followers of the Haskala. See also Ba'al Shem Tov. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The rabbi to whom Gershon travels is in fact the Ba'al Shem Tov, the founder of the Hasidic movement, who lived in Poland in the eighteenth century. Recalling the teaching of the Ba'al Shem Tov--"remembrance is the secret of redemption"--Kammen argues that conflicting accounts of the past, competing in a marketplace of memories, are most conducive to true recollection. |
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