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Fear builds walls to bar the light.

Baal Shem Tov

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Baal Shem Tov
Died: 1760
Died: May 22
Healer
Rabbi
Yisroel ben Eliezer
Israel ben Eliezer
Besht
Rabbi Yisroel Baal Shem Tov
Master of the Good Name
Wall
Fear
Light
Builds
Walls
Bars

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