בעל שם טוב
(Baal Shem Tov)
Geographic origin: Miedzyboz, Podolie
Memory register · custodian, not owner
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Besht — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/beshtOne name, a hundred faces.
The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.
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עברית · Hebrew1
Rabbi Israël Baal Shem Tov
Fondateur du hassidisme
Rabbi Dov Ber de Mezritch
Successeur du Besht, grand diffuseur du hassidisme
The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at Yad Vashem records the women, men, and children murdered during the Shoah. You can search there for the people who bore the name Besht.
Search “Besht” on Yad VashemThe search is performed directly in the Yad Vashem archives; Zakhor neither copies nor retains any personal data. The presence or absence of a name in the database is not exhaustive.