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Yisroel ben Eliezer (The Baal Shem Tov)
Rabbi Yisroel (Israel) ben Eliezer (רבי ישר×ל בן ×ליעזר ‎ August 27, 1698 – May 22, 1760) is considered to be the founder of Hasidic Judaism (see also Medzhybizh Hasidic Dynasty). He was born in Okopy Swietej Trojcy, a small village that over the centuries has been part of Poland, Russia, Galicia and is now part of Ukraine.
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