Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lsuc.UUCP Path: utzoo!lsuc!simone From: simone@lsuc.UUCP (Simone Sherman) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish,net.roots Subject: Australian looking for descendants of the Baal Shem Tov Message-ID: <389@lsuc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 23:50:12 EST Article-I.D.: lsuc.389 Posted: Mon Feb 11 23:50:12 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Feb-85 07:41:02 EST Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto Lines: 19 The following letter appeared in last week's Canadian Jewish News: Are you a descendant of the Baal Shem Tov? I am a Jewish genealogist researching a book on the so-called Master of The Good Name, a Polish mystic said to have founded the Chasidic movement, and have already documented evidence of 2,000 of his descendants. Mark Tedeschi 3 Dorman Crescent Lindfield, N.S.W. 2070 Australia I thought someone out there might be interested in this. Simone Sherman -- {utzoo pesnta nrcaero utcs}!lsuc!simone {allegra decvax ihnp4 linus}!utcsrgv!lsuc!simone