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The Besht and Robbers

' . . . When he came near the edge, the other mountain moved toward him and the ground became level. . . . '

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The Besht's Journey to the Holy Land

' . . . When the Besht wanted to step on the board he saw there the flaming sword that turned every way . . . '

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The Besht reveals himself to the sect of the Great Hasidim

' . . . At midnight the guest awoke and saw a large fire burning on the oven. He ran to the oven because he thought that the wood on the oven was burning. He saw that it was a great light--then he was hurled backward and he fainted. . . '

The "Besht," or more fully "Baal Shem Tov," is the title of respect given to a number of Jewish teachers and miracle workers, in this case Israel ben Eliezer who lived and taught in southeast Poland in the 1700s and probably was the most famous one, "THE" Besht. (another source says he died around 1760).

From a previously circulating manuscript, Shivhei ha-Besht was published in the Hebrew language in Poland in 1814.

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Admittedly, the time is a little bit late for the heyday of Deism in America. And sometimes foreign books are translated and become popular, and sometimes they do not.
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