Hayyim Samuel Jacob Falk

Baal Shem of London
Portrait of Falk attributed to John Singleton Copley[1]
Personal life
BornHayyim Samuel Jacob Falk
1708
Fürth or Pidhaytsi
Died17 April 1782 (aged 73–74)
London, Great Britain
BuriedAlderney Road Jewish Cemetery, London
Religious life
ReligionJudaism

Hayyim Samuel Jacob Falk (Hebrew: חיים שמואל יעקב דפאלק מרדיולה לנידו; 1708 – 17 April 1782), also known as the Baal Shem of London and Doctor Falckon, was a rabbi, Baal Shem, kabbalist and alchemist.

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