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The Legend of the BAAL-SHEM Translated from the German by Maurice Friedmanįirst published as Legende des Baalschem in Frankfurt, 1908 First published in English 1955 by Harper & Row This second edition first published 2002 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 © 1955, 2002 the Estate of Martin Buber Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. * Not available in the United States and Canada Martin Buber titles available from Routledge: Between Man and Man The Legend of the Baal-Shem* Meetings: Autobiographical Fragments Ten Rungs: Collected Hasidic Sayings* The Way of Man* Also available: Martin Buber: The Life of Dialogue by Maurice S.Friedman His works include I and Thou, The Way of Man and Between Man and Man. Martin Buber (1878–1965) was one of the greatest religious thinkers of the twentieth century, and was nominated for Nobel prizes for both Literature and Peace. As a delicate portrayal both of the Baal-Shem’s mystical faith and of Eastern European Jewish daily life, The Legend of the Baal-Shem is an ideal introduction to Hasidic religious thought, and to Martin Buber’s own influential philosophy of love and mutual understanding. Initially scorned by the Rabbinical establishment, the Baal-Shem’s fierce piety ultimately made him a figure of devotion among commoners, peasants and visionaries. Prefaced by an explanation of the life and principles of the Hasidim, they tell of the Baal-Shem’s life in early eighteenthcentury Podolia and Wolhynia, and of the birth of his revelatory faith, founded on active love, joy and private longing for God. These twenty captivating stories about Israel ben Eliezer, the founder of Hasidism known as ‘the BaalShem’ or ‘Master of God’s Name’, offer a profound and charming account of the genesis of Judaism’s most significant mystical movement.