Legacy
The Baal Shem Tov directly imparted his teachings to his students, some of whom founded their own respective Hasidic dynasties. These students include:
- Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of Polonoy (1710–1784)
- Rabbi Ze'ev Wolf Kitzes of Medzhybizh (~1685-1788)
- Rabbi Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov (1721–1786)
- Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch (1704–1772) traced to King David by way of Rabbi Yohanan, the sandle-maker and master in the Talmud
- Rabbi Pinchas of Korets (1728–1790)
- Rabbi Nachum Twerski of Chernobyl (1730–1797) founder of the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty.
- Rabbi Leib of Shpola (1725–1812)
- Rabbi Avraham Gershon of Kitov, brother-in-law of The Baal Shem Tov (1701–1761); descendant (possibly the grandson) of Shabbatai ha-Kohen (“the ShACh”) (1625–1663).
- Rabbi Meir Margolius of Ostroha
- Rabbi Moshe Chaim Ephraim of Sudilkov/Ephrayim of Sudylkov (his grandson)
- Rabbi Boruch of Medzhybizh {his grandson}
- Rabbi Meir Hagadol of Premishlan (1703–1773)
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—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)