The Besht: Magician, Mystic, and Leader

Index

Abulafia, Avraham,  Abraham (Patriarch), , ,  Adam Baal Shem, , –, , –, , , , , – Ahad Haam,  Aharon (Besht’s brother-in-law),  Aharon Hagadol of Karlin,  Ahia Hashiloni, , ,  Akiva (Rabbi), ,  Alexander, Shochet of Lince, , –, , , , , –,  Alfasi, Yitzhak (Rif),  Annopol,  Ansbach,  Aryeh Yehuda Leib of Boskowits, ,  Ashkenazi, Yosef, ,  Avraham of Dabuasary, –, ,  Avraham Podlisker,  Ayzik, Gvir of Zaslav, , , – Azcari Elazar, ,  Balaam,  Barnai, Yaakov, , –, ,  Bartal, Israel, –, –, ,  Baruch of Kaminka, – Bauminger, Mordechai Shraga, , – Ben Amos, Dan, , – Berdyczewski, Micha Josef,  Binyamin Binush of Krotoszyn, –, , –, , –, , ,  Bitshuv,  Bluma (wife of Gershon of Kotov),  Boskowitz, ,  Breslau, ,  Brod, , , –, , , , ,  Buber, Martin, , ,  Chelm, –,  Chmielnik,  Cleve,  Constantin,  Cordovero, Moshe,  Czartorysky (family),  Dan, Joseph, , , , , , –, –, , –,  David of Korostyshev, – David of Makov, , ,  David (King),  Deliatitz (Dolatycze), ,  Dembowski (Bishop),  Dinur, Ben Zion, –, , , , , , ,  Dneister (river),  Dov Ber, Maggid of Mezerich, , , , , , , , –, –, , –, , , , –, , , , , ,  Dov Ber, Shochet of Lince, , , , , –, , , , ,  Dubnow,  Dubnow, Shimon, , –, , –, , , –, –,  Dunajow, ,  Egypt, , ,  Eibenschütz, Yehonatan, , ,  Elazar of Amsterdam, , –, ,  Eliach, Yaffa,  Eliezer the Great (Rabbi), ,  Elijah (Prophet), ,  Elior, Rachel, –, ,  Eliyahu b. Aharon Yehuda of Chelm, ,  Eliyahu b. Moshe of Luanez, , –,  Eliyahu, Gaon of Vilna,  Eliyahu of Lince,  Emden, Yaakov, ,  Ephraim of Sadilkov, , , , ,  Eshkoli, Aharon Zeev,  Falk of Titchelnik, , , ,  Fechter, Mordechai,  Feld, Yitzhak Dov,  Frankfurt am Main, – Frenkel, David, ,  Frenkel, Hirsch, , ,  Furkes, David, –, –, , ,  Furth, ,  Gabriel (Angel), ,  Galicia, ,  Galina, Moshe,  Galinck,  Gedaliah of Lince, , , , , –, , , , ,  Gedaliah, leaseholder of Sluck, , –  index etkes.qxp 11/23/2004 3:32 PM Page 339 Germany, , , ,  Gershon of Kotov, , , , –, –, , –, , , ,  , , , –, , , , –, –, , , , , , , , –, , –, ,  Goldenberg, Samuel Leib,  Graetz, Heinrich, – Gries, Ze’ev, , –, – Guenzburg, Mordecai Aaron, –,  Hafets Hayim (Yisrael Meir HaCohen),  Halpern, David of Zaslav, , –, ,  Halpern, Israel, , –, ,  Halpern, Shlomo Yitzhak b. Yaakov,  Halpern, Yaakov of Zwaniecz, –,  Halpern, Yoel b. Yizhak Ayzik (Yoel Baal Shem I), –, , –, ,  Halpern, Yoel b. Ori (Yoel Baal Shem II), , , –, –, ,  , , , , ,  Hanoch,  Haran, Raya, – Harbater, Moshe, ,  Hasdai, Yaakov, ,  Hayim ben Atar, ,  Hayim of Brod,  Hayim of Burgkundstadt,  Hayim of Sdeh Lavan, , , –, –,  Hayim of Volozhin,  Hayim Tsanzer,  Hayim, Maggid of Lince, – Hebron,  Heidelberg,  Heller, Meshulam Feibush, –, – Heschel, Abraham Joshua,  Hillel, Moshe,  Hertz (Hirsh) son-in-law of David of Zaslav, ,  Horodna,  Horodezky, Samuel Abba, , –,  Horowitz, Shabtai Sheftel, , ,  Horowitz, Yeshayah,  Hurwitz, Saul Israel, – Idel, Moshe, , ,  Isaac b. Hayim of Volozhin,  Isaac (Patriarch),  Israel, Maggid of Kozhenits,  Israel of Ruzhin,  Israel of Zamosc,  Italy,  Jacob (Patriarch),  Jerusalem, , –, , –, , –, , ,  Jesus, ,  Joseph (Patriarch, son of Jacob),  Kaidanover, Zvi Hirsch, , ,  Kamenets,  Kaminka,  Kapost, , ,  Karo, Yosef, –,  Katz, Baruch,  Katz, Naftali of Poznan, , , ,  Katz, Yaakov b. Moshe of Yanov, ,  Katzenelbogen, Moshe, , , – Katzenelbogen, Pinchas, –, –, –, , , , , – Katzenelbogen, Shaul, , ,  Koenigsburg,  Koretz, ,  Kotov, , –, , –, –, , , ,  Kotses, Zeev Wolf, –, , , , –, –, ,  Krakow,  Land of Israel (sometimes Holy Land), , , , , , –, , –, –, –, , –, –, –, –, –, , , , , –, , , , , –, –, , –, ,  Lanskorn,  Lefin, Menahem Mendel,  Leib of Letitchev (Melamed of Ephraim of Sadilkov),  Leib b. Gershon of Kotov, , – Leipnik, ,  Levinsohn, Isaac Baer, ,  Liberman, Hayim, , , , , ,  Liebes, Yehuda, , ,  Liebsh of Meserich,  Lince, , , , , ,  Lithuania, –, , ,  Luanez,  Lublin,  Lukov,  Luria, Itzchak Ashkenazi (ARI), , , , , , –, , , , , –, , , , –, ,    etkes.qxp 11/23/2004 3:32 PM Page 340 Luria, Shlomo,  Luzzato, Moshe Hayim (RaMHaL), – Luzzatto, Samuel David, – Lvov, , ,  Maharal of Prague,  Maimon, Solomon, , , , ,  Maimonides,  Margaliot, Ephraim Zalman,  Margaliot, Meir, , , ,  Margaliot, Yaakov ,  Margaliot, Yehiel Michal,  Markbreit, ,  Markuze, Moses,  Matatron, ,  Meir of Konstantin, , ,  Melamed, Pinchas,  Menahem Azariah of Pano,  Menahem Mendel of Bar, , ,  Menahem Mendel of Peremyshlyan, , , , –, , –, , , ,  Menahem Mendel of Vitebsk,  Menahem Nahum of Chernobyl,  Mendele Mokher Seforim,  Mendelssohn, Moses,  Michael (Angel), , ,  Miedzybóz, , , –, , , , , , –, , , , , , , , –, –, , –, , , ,  Mieses, Yehuda Leib, – Mintz, Jerome, , – Mohilev, ,  Mondshine, Yehoshua, –, , , –, –, , , –,  Moravia (Mehrin), , – Moshe Hakohen of Stotzin,  Moses, –, ,  Moshe of Kotov, , , , –, , –, ,  Moshe b. Yaakov of Stanow, –,  Moshe b. Yekel of Miedzybóz, –,  Moshe (son-in-law of the sister of Yaakov Yosef of Polonne),  Mount Sinai,  Nachmanides, , , , , – Nahman of Horodenka, , , –, , , , ,  Nahman of Kosov , –, –, –, –, –,  , ,  Nahman Reuben of Samorgon,  Nemirov, , , , ,  Nigal, Gedaliah, , , , , ,  Okopy,  Orbach, Avraham Dov of Chmielnik,  Osterer, Moshe,  Ostra, –, , , ,  Otto, Rudolph,  Pachter, Mordechai,  Pano,  Pavlysh, –, ,  Peretz, Y. L.,  Perl, Yosef, –,  Pesach, Yaakov, –, ,  Pesach b. Yaakov of Kaminka,  Piekarz, Mendel, , –, , , , ,  Pinchas of Koretz, –,  Podhajce,  Podolia, , , ,  Poland, , , , , , , –, , , , –, , –, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  Polonne, , , , ,  Poznan, –, , , ,  Prague, , , ,  Prussia, ,  Radzivill (Duke of), – Rapoport-Albert, Ada, ,  Raszkow, ,  Reiner, Elhanan, , , – Rosman, Moshe, , , , , –, –, , , , –, – Rubinstein, Avraham, , , , –, , , , , ,  Saadia Gaon,  Sabbetai Zvi, , , – Safed, , –, –, , –, , , , –, ,  Salanter, Israel,  Samael, –, , , , , , , ,  Samuel of Kelmy,  Samuel (Prophet),  Sarah, (Matriarch),  Satanow,  Schatz-Uffenheimer, Rivka, ,    etkes.qxp 11/23/2004 3:32 PM Page 341 Schiffer, Yitzhak, ,  Scholem, Gershom, , , , –, –, , , , , –, –, , , –, , , , , , –,  Schverdlik, Avraham,  Sdeh Lavan, , ,  Sharabi, Shalom,  Shargorod, , , , –, , , , ,  Shimon Bar Yohai (Rabbi), , , , , –,  Shimshon of Ostropoli,  Shimshon b. Nahman of Horodenka,  Shlomo of Chelm, –, – Shlomo of Lutsk, , – Shlomo b. Hayim of Jerusalem, ,  Shmeril (father-in-law of Falk of Titchelnik),  Shmeruk, Khone, , , –, –, ,  Shmuel, Moreh Zedek of Polonne,  Shmuel, leaseholder of Sluck, , ,  Shneur Zalman of Ladi, ,  Shohet Azriel,  Sluck, , , , –, – Szepetowka, ,  Tchikanoki,  Teller, Adam, , –, ,  Tishbi, Yeshayah, , –, , , ,  Tluste, ,  Tovele (wife of Shmuel, leaseholder of Sluck), ,  Tsoref, Heschel,  Turniansky, Chava,  Turkey,  Ukraine, , , , , , – Vienna,  Vital, Hayim, , ,  Volhynia,  Volozhin (yeshiva),  Walachia, ,  Wallerstein, , , , ,  Wasserman, Elhanan,  Waszczylo,  Weiss, Joseph, –, , , , , , , , –, , , ,  Werses, Shmuel...