Baal Shem Tov
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Baal Shem Tov was an 18th-century Jewish mystic and spiritual leader regarded as the founder of the Hasidic movement.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baal Shem Tov canonical | 6 |
| Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov | 1 |
| Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov | 1 |
| the Baal Shem Tov | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1215615 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Baal Shem Tov Context triple: [Hasidism, hasKeyFigure, Baal Shem Tov]
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A.
Shneur Zalman of Liadi
Shneur Zalman of Liadi was an 18th-century Hasidic rabbi, mystic, and founder of Chabad Hasidism, renowned for his works Tanya and Shulchan Aruch HaRav and his systematic exposition of Jewish mysticism.
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B.
Isaac Luria
Isaac Luria was a 16th-century Jewish mystic and rabbi whose innovative teachings in Safed profoundly reshaped Kabbalistic thought and practice.
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C.
Vilna Gaon
The Vilna Gaon was an 18th-century Lithuanian Jewish rabbi, Talmudist, and Kabbalist renowned for his immense scholarship and leadership of the non-Hasidic Misnagdim movement.
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D.
Moshe Cordovero
Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
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E.
Shimon bar Yochai
Shimon bar Yochai was a 2nd-century Jewish sage and mystic traditionally regarded as the author of the Zohar and a central figure in Kabbalistic tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Baal Shem Tov Target entity description: Baal Shem Tov was an 18th-century Jewish mystic and spiritual leader regarded as the founder of the Hasidic movement.
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A.
Shneur Zalman of Liadi
Shneur Zalman of Liadi was an 18th-century Hasidic rabbi, mystic, and founder of Chabad Hasidism, renowned for his works Tanya and Shulchan Aruch HaRav and his systematic exposition of Jewish mysticism.
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B.
Isaac Luria
Isaac Luria was a 16th-century Jewish mystic and rabbi whose innovative teachings in Safed profoundly reshaped Kabbalistic thought and practice.
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C.
Vilna Gaon
The Vilna Gaon was an 18th-century Lithuanian Jewish rabbi, Talmudist, and Kabbalist renowned for his immense scholarship and leadership of the non-Hasidic Misnagdim movement.
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D.
Moshe Cordovero
Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
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E.
Shimon bar Yochai
Shimon bar Yochai was a 2nd-century Jewish sage and mystic traditionally regarded as the author of the Zohar and a central figure in Kabbalistic tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hasidic rebbe
ⓘ
Jewish mystic ⓘ founder of Hasidic Judaism ⓘ rabbi ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Besht
ⓘ
Baal Shem Tov ⓘ
surface form:
Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov
|
| birthCountryHistorical | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ |
| birthDate | circa 1698 ⓘ |
| birthName | Israel ben Eliezer ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Okopy ⓘ |
| birthRegion | Podolia ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Medzhybizh ⓘ |
| centuryActive | 18th century ⓘ |
| child |
Adil
ⓘ
Zvi Hirsch ⓘ
surface form:
Tzvi Hirsh
|
| coreTeaching |
immanence of God in all things
ⓘ
importance of simple faith ⓘ joy in divine service ⓘ value of prayer and devekut ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ |
| deathCountryHistorical | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1760 ⓘ |
| deathDateHebrewCalendar |
6 Sivan 5520
ⓘ
Shavuot 5520 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Medzhybizh ⓘ |
| deathRegion | Podolia ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Ashkenazi Jewish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Hasidic thought
ⓘ
Jewish mysticism ⓘ |
| founded | Hasidic movement ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hasidism
ⓘ
surface form:
Chabad Hasidism
Hasidism ⓘ
surface form:
Hasidic Judaism
Hasidism ⓘ
surface form:
Polish Hasidism
Dov Ber of Mezeritch ⓘ
surface form:
Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch
Rabbi Nachman of Breslov ⓘ Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of Polonne ⓘ Hasidism ⓘ
surface form:
Ukrainian Hasidism
|
| language |
Hebrew
ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ |
| legacy | considered founder of the Hasidic movement ⓘ |
| movement |
Hasidism
ⓘ
surface form:
Hasidic Judaism
|
| name | Baal Shem Tov self-link ⓘ |
| occupation |
healer
ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Podolia
ⓘ
Western Ukraine ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| spouse | Chana ⓘ |
| tradition | Kabbalah ⓘ |
| veneratedAs |
saintly figure
ⓘ
tzaddik ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Hasidism
ⓘ
surface form:
Hasidic Judaism
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Baal Shem Tov Description of subject: Baal Shem Tov was an 18th-century Jewish mystic and spiritual leader regarded as the founder of the Hasidic movement.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Israel ben Eliezer
this entity surface form:
Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov
this entity surface form:
Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov
this entity surface form:
the Baal Shem Tov