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Baal•shem

Pronunciation: (bäl-shem'), [key]
—n.
a person who works miracles by calling upon the name of God, esp. one of the German and Polish Jews of the 16th–19th centuries considered to be saintly and to possess magical powers. Also,Balshem.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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