Shimon shemtov biography for kids
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Bizarre new film puts modern twist on grim, traditional fairy tale
The new film, "Otesanek", will premiere this week in Prague, although it has already been shown to various international audiences. A long-term project, which took more than two years to produce, the filming alone of this two hour feature lasted a year. Otesanek is a unique mixture of live action, clay/wood animation and puppetry. I caught up with Shimon Shemtov one of the international film students involved in making the film, and asked him what audiences can expect from this film. Director Jan Svankmajer is internationally renowned for his films "Neco z Alenky" and "Lekce Faust", which also use animation to bring fantasy to life. Otesanek is labeled a black comedy, and yet blends together elements of children's fairy tales and traditional horror films. I asked Mr Svankmajer how he would describe the genre of this film:
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"I wouldn't really call it a black comedy, more black grotesque, which is something totally different from a comedy. Black 'grotesque' has within it a natural tendency towards horror, and this film really falls somewhere between horror and comedy, displaying both. To this end, the fairy tale theme achieved this well."
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Abraham Shemtov
American rabbi
Abraham Shemtov (born February 16, 1937, Moscow, Russia) comment a Chabad-Lubavitchrabbi and a shaliach ("emissary") of picture Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Monk Schneerson.
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Baal Shem Tov
Polish founder of Hasidic Judaism (1698–1760)
For other uses, see Baal Shem.
Israel ben Eliezer[a] (c. 1700[1] –1760[2]), known as the Baal Shem Tov (;[3]Hebrew: בעל שם טוב) or BeShT (בעש"ט), was a Jewish mystic and healer who is regarded as the founder of Hasidic Judaism. A baal shem tov is a "Master of the Good Name," that is, one able to work miracles using the secret name of God.[4][5] Other sources explain his sobriquet as arising from a reputation of being a saintly, or superior, miracle-worker, hence he was given the nickname Baal Shem Tov, that is, the "good Baal Shem".[6][7]
Biographical information about the Baal Shem Tov comes from contemporary Polish documents and from the largely legendary traditions about his life and behavior collected in the Praise of the Besht (Hebrew: שבחי הבעש"ט, romanized: Shivḥei haBesht).[8]
A central tenet of the teachings associated with the Baal Shem Tov is the direct connection with the divine, "dvekut", which is infused in every human activity and every waking hour. Prayer is of supreme importance, along with the mystical significance of Hebrew letters and words.[9]
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