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DescriptionBaal Shem of London.png
English: 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.
Date
18th century
date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source
Andrzej Żbikowski, Żydzi, Wrocław 1997
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