Hayyim Samuel Jacob Falk
Baal Shem of London | |
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Pidhaytsi | |
Died | 17 April 1782 (aged 73–74) |
Religion | Judaism |
Buried | Alderney Road Jewish Cemetery, London |
Hayyim Samuel Jacob Falk (
Biography
Falk was born in either
Rabbi
He died on 17 April 1782 and was buried in Alderney Road Cemetery, Mile End, London.
Folklore
Many stories exist regarding Falk's extraordinary powers. According to one account, Falk made secretive visits to Epping Forest in his carriage, where he was said to have buried some treasure. On one of these occasions a wheel came loose from the vehicle on the Whitechapel Road, but followed the carriage all the way to the forest. When Falk ran short of coal, he was said to have performed a magical feat involving three shirts and a ram's horn.[5] Falk was also able to keep candles burning miraculously, and to transport objects from one place to another.[citation needed]
Some claimed that he had saved the
Diary
Falk kept a diary containing records of dreams and the Kabbalistic names of angels. This can be found in the library of the
Notes
- 1.^ Variations of this portrait, originally subtitled "Baal Shem", are sometimes erroneously used to represent the Baal Shem Tov.[7]
References
- Picciotto, James. Sketches of Anglo-Jewish History. London: Soncino Press, 1956.
- Katz, David S. (1997). The Jews in the History of England, 1485–1850. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-820667-5.
- Godwin, Joscelyn (1995). The Theosophical Enlightenment. Albany: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-2151-2.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Joseph Jacobs and Hermann Adler (1901–1906). "Falk, Ḥayyim Samuel Jacob". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
- Rantzow, George Louis Albert (Georg Ludwig Albrecht von Rantzau). Mémoires du comte de Rantzow, vol. 1, Pierre Mortier Amsterdam (1741). First translation ever published by Renate Ricarda Timmermann: Die Memoiren des Grafen von Rantzau, vol. 1, Profund-Verlag (2015), ISBN 978-3-932651-14-4
Footnotes
- ^ Rantzow, George Louis Albert. "Mémoires du comte de Rantzow" p. 2 and pp. 197-223, Oxford Univ.; German translation: "Die Memoiren des Grafen von Rantzau" p. 1 and pp. 70-79
- ^ Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. "Review:Emanuel Swedenborg, Secret Agent on Earth and in Heaven: Jacobites, Jews, and Freemasons in Early Modern Sweden".
- ISBN 978-3-11-013744-6.
- ^ "Alderney Road Cemetery, Mile End". Jewish East End of London.
- ^ Isaacs, Hyam (1850). Ceremonies, Customs, Rites, and Traditions of the Jews. William Buck. pp. 355–356.
- ISBN 978-965-342-850-8.
- ^ "Ba'al Shem Tov". tovste.info. Retrieved 28 October 2014;"The Ba'al Shem
Tov". onthemainline. 15 March 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
External links
- Dr. Samuel Jacob Falk: A Sabbatian Adventurer in the Masonic Underground by Marsha Keith Schuchard