Baal Shem Tov

POLAND/UKRAINE · 18TH CENTURY

LVL 24 ◈ Mystic of Light 4 Teachings

85 / 85

+68 per encounter

Temperament

“Ecstatic, singing, warm. Finds heaven in the shepherd boys whistle.”

Specialties

hasidic joy devekut wordless niggun everyday holiness

Attributes

Wisdom

8/10

Courage

6/10

Clarity

5/10

Discipline

5/10

Compassion

10/10

Insight

9/10

Drop · Relic

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Niggun Tuning Fork A silver prong that hums a wordless melody of ascent.

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Biography

Founder of Hasidism who taught that joy itself is a gate and that the simplest shepherd could reach the heavens. He walked Carpathian forests singing.

Teaching 01

“From every human being a light reaches straight to heaven, and when two souls find each other, a stream bursts forth.”

— Hasidic tradition · Yiddish

Teaching 02

“Forgetfulness leads to exile; remembrance is the secret of redemption.”

— Hasidic tradition · Yiddish

Teaching 03

“Let your joy be so complete that sorrow has nowhere left to sit down.”

— Hasidic tradition · Yiddish

Teaching 04

“A teaching will arrive when the student is ready.”

— Baal Shem Tov