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Keywords: Besht.jpg This portrait by J S Copley is often mistaken to be that of Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer also known as the Baal Shem Tov It is in fact a portrait of Hayyim Samuel Jacob Falk who was known as the Baal Shem of London http //www jewishgen org/JCR-UK/susser/roth/jpgs/29 JPG JCR-UK Creator John Singleton Copley PD-old-100 <gallery> File Baal Shem Tov PNG </gallery> 1708 births 1782 deaths Kabbalists Baal Shem Rabbis from England Portrait paintings by John Singleton Copley |