The first day of Shavuot this year – Sivan 6, 5770 - May 19, 2010 – marked the 250th anniversary of passing of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, founder of the chassidic movement.
250 Years Since the Baal Shem Tov… Now on the Web
The first day of Shavuot this year – Sivan 6, 5770 – May 19, 2010 – marked the 250th anniversary of passing of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, founder of the chassidic movement.
Through his teachings – and perhaps even more so through his passionate love – the Baal Shem Tov permanently transformed the Jewish landscape. Forevermore changed was the Jewish perspective on G-d, the Torah, the Jewish nation, and every one of G-d’s creations—and the essential unity within all these previously-thought-to-be disparate components.
Click here to visit this new section about The Baal Shem Tov.