Baal Shem Tov
Ben Porat Yosef
Later compilation
Ben Porat Yosef
בן פורת יוסף
Jacob Joseph's second book, printed in Korets in 1781: homilies on Genesis and sermons for special occasions, with many traditions introduced by "I heard from my master". Its value for the history of the Besht lies above all in the appendix, where the letter known as *Igeret ha-Kodesh*, with the account of the 1746 ascent and the Messiah's answer, was first published.
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Authorship note
Work of Jacob Joseph of Polonne; it contains quoted teachings of the Besht and, at the end, the Besht's letter to Abraham Gershon of Kuty.
Editions and translations
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Hebreo
Baal Shem Tov
Ben Porat Yosef
The Conscious LibraryBen Porat Yosef
Korets, 1781
Primera edición.
Other works by Baal Shem Tov
- Igeret ha-Kodesh (Letter to Abraham Gershon of Kuty) · 1750
- Tsava'at ha-Rivash (The Testament of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem) · 1793
- Keter Shem Tov (Crown of the Good Name) · 1794
- Shivhei ha-Besht (In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov) · 1815
- Toledot Ya'akov Yosef · 1780
- Tsafnat Pa'neah · 1782
- Ketonet Passim · 1866
- Likkutim Yekarim (Precious Gleanings) · 1792
- Degel Mahaneh Efrayim · 1810
- Sefer Baal Shem Tov (The Book of the Baal Shem Tov) · 1938
- Kabbalistic commentary on Psalm 107 (attributed) · 1804
- Letters of the "Kherson genizah" (spurious) · 1918
- Founder of Hasidism (Moshe Rosman) · 1996
- The Besht: Magician, Mystic, and Leader (Immanuel Etkes) · 2000
- The Circle of the Baal Shem Tov (Abraham J. Heschel) · 1985
Sources
- Israel Baal Shem Tov, Igeret ha-Kodesh (carta a Abraham Gershon de Kuty), impresa en Jacob Joseph de Polonne, Ben Porat Yosef, Korets, 1781; texto hebreo en Sefaria (ed. Eichen, Jerusalén, 2011).
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