The Baal Shem Tov

1698–1760

Israel ben Eliezer, 1698–1760. Founder of Hasidism. He taught that a simple person praying from the heart stands no lower than a scholar, and that joy is not the reward for service but the manner of it.

Days on which this name is the person of the day in 2026

• 2026-01-27 · 320
• 2026-04-02 · 185
• 2026-06-17 · 455
• 2026-08-12 · 32
• 2026-10-12 · 365
• 2026-12-27 · 428

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Non-Hebrew names are written in Hebrew letters by ordinary transliteration; variants exist, and the number depends on the spelling. We show the letters so it can be checked. This is a coincidence of counting, not a claim about fate. It is interesting exactly insofar as you can see how it was counted.