Rabbi Israel Ba’al Shem Tov ... but now that I am only half a body this is no longer possible.” How did the Baal Shem Tov experience God’s presence through his marriage to Hanah?

Most Jews know that sexual activities between a husband and wife are a Mitsvah. Many Jews know that lovemaking on Shabbat is a double Mitsvah. Some Jews know that the Kabbalah (the Jewish mystical ...

Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer, known as the Baal Shem Tov, is regarded as the founder of Hasidism, bringing back verve and religious fervor to Jewish people across Europe and Eurasia. His teachings ...