- שֵׁם, pl.
Baalei Shem) was a
historical Jewish practitioner of
Practical Kabbalah and
supposed miracle worker.
Employing various methods,
Baalei Shem are...
-
Tongue (2002),
anthologizes the
teachings of
these two books. The
expression baalei lashon hara
literally means "masters of evil tongue", and it
refers to habitual...
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special schools developed for the newly-religious, who came to be
called "
Baalei teshuva" (m. plural), "Baal teshuva" (m. singular), a "Baalat teshuva" refers...
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Practical Kabbalah (Hebrew: קַבָּלָה מַעֲשִׂית
Kabbalah Ma'asit) in
historical Judaism, is a
branch of
Jewish mysticism that
concerns the use of magic...
- תשובה,
baalei teshuva). An
alternative modern term is
hozer beteshuva (חוזר בתשובה) (lit., "returning in repentance"). "In a
place where baalei teshuva...
- The
Tzadikim Nistarim (Hebrew: צַדִיקִים נִסתָּרים, "hidden
righteous ones") or
Lamed Vav
Tzadikim (Hebrew: ל"ו צַדִיקִים,x"36
righteous ones"), often...
-
rabbi who
pioneered various Jewish educational initiatives geared towards baalei teshuva ("returnee to Judaism") outreach.
Packouz was
raised in Portland...
- 2009
around 200,000
Israeli Jews aged 20 and
above defined themselves as "
Baalei teshuva" (בעלי תשובה), Nevertheless, in
practice about a
quarter of them...
- Jews to
embrace plant-based diets. The
organization teaches that "tsa'ar
baalei chaim, the
prohibition on
causing animals pain, is one of the most beautiful...
- to a
substantial number of
baalei teshuva ("returnees" to Judaism). The very
first Yeshiva/Rabbinical
College for such
baalei teshuva,
Hadar Hatorah, was...
