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What Did the Baal Shem Tov Actually Teach?

The Emunah Series

Basics of Emunah #16: What Is Chassidus? The Real Story

The Talmud states that the Tzaddik can create worlds. But how? What was the contribution of the Baal Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe? Why does Chassidus dissect G-dliness so much? Understanding the process of integrating our individuality with its true essence.

Aware of Your True Essence, Your Words Create Worlds

Basi L'Gani 5715 -- Shiur 6

Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov (1698-1760), the founder of Chassidism, granted Judaism a sophistication, depth, and richness, which allow us to appreciate Torah with a new light.

One of his most fundamental teachings was that G-d was not a force above the world manipulating and controlling it, but rather G-d was the name we use to describe the very truth and essence of Reality; the core and backdrop of all existence.

Therefore, in every thought there was meaning, in every experience there was joy, in every encounter there was energy of the Divine. You can find G-d in all.

This class takes us on a journey into one of the Baal Shem Tov&rsquo;s teachings on how to deal with alien and destructive thoughts that inundate us during prayer and meditation. 150 years before the birth of psychoanalysis, the Baal Shem Tov taught us how the external manifestation of a thought may eclipse its inner meaning. Every thought needs healing and sublimation. Yet there are exceptions.

The Holiness of Unholy Thoughts: Chassidus & Psychoanalysis 

Shavous -- Yartzeit of the Baal Shem Tov

The Baal Shem Tov's Approach to Addictive & Dysfunctional Thoughts

Yud Tes Kislev 5769 (2009), live in Flatbush, in Brooklyn, NY. The Message of Chassidism for Our Times: A Global Celebration of Song &amp; Inspiration

Light, Life, Miriam bas Bilgah, Yehuda & Tamar, Yosef and His Brothers

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Who Was the Baal Shem Tov? - The Birth of Chassidus: The Story of the Baal Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe

The Birth of Chassidus: The Story of the Baal Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe

Who Was the Baal Shem Tov?

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Birthday of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov (1698), founder of the Chassidic movement,  and of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745), founder of Chabad

Who Was the Baal Shem Tov?

The Birth of Chassidus: The Story of the Baal Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe

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