Eliyahu Baal Shem of Worms

Rabbi Eliyahu Baal Shem of Worms (c. 1536/37 – 1583) was born in Krakow as the son of the scholar Yosef Jospa,[1] a Spanish Jew.[2] He was one of the few rabbis to be given the Baal Shem title.[1][2][3]

For the Ba'al Shem of Chelm (1550- ), see Elijah Ba'al Shem of Chelm. For Rabbi Elijah Loans (born at Frankfurt-am-Main, 1555; died at Worms, 1636), see Elijah Loans.

References
  1. Schneersohn, Yosef Y. (2004). Lubavitcher Rabbi's Memoirs. 2. Translated by Mindel, Nissan (Revised ed.). Brooklyn, New York: Kehot Publication Society. p. 32. ISBN 0-8266-0622-9. Retrieved Aug 17, 2016.
  2. Schneersohn, Yosef Y. (2004). Lubavitcher Rabbi's Memoirs. 2. Translated by Mindel, Nissan (Revised ed.). Brooklyn, New York: Kehot Publication Society. p. 34. Retrieved Aug 17, 2016.
  3. Zalman Schacter-Shalomi; Netanel Miles-Yepez (2017-08-22). A Heart Afire: Stories and Teachings of the Early Hasidic Masters. Monkfish Book Publishing. pp. 23–4. ISBN 978-1-939681-62-1.

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