REL 2029 Chapter : Baal Shem Tov Moses Mendellsohn
Document Summary
Baal shem tov is considered to be the founder of hasidism. He preached the news of god throughout his entire life and his teachings were based on the message that the best way to communicate life he worked as a hebrew teacher and enjoyed telling religious stories to children. As he got older he wondered around to spread god"s name and formed disciples and to be joyful. He was given the title of zaddik ,which translates to righteous person, he believed that god should be apart of every aspect of your life. His branch with god was being humble, performing good deeds, practicing all forms of prayer, of the jewish culture became popular in the 18 century in eastern europe. In effort to keep judaism alive after most of its followers converting out of ridicule to christianity, there was a reform that reached its height in germany during the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth.
