Chasidut zu Dewarim 8:5

The King in the parable is God, the Ultimate Sovereign. The Jewish nation is the crown prince, as we are called in the Torah, “children of God.” The Torah refers to our relationship with God in paternal terms (see Deut. 8:5). The wise professor who saved the prince was Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov,²He was born circa 1698 and passed away in 1760. The phrase Baal Shem Tov lit-erally means “master of the good name.” He had a good name for he always judged the deeds of others favorably, and his prayers for others brought about miracles. known by the abbreviation “Besht,” who started a movement of ecstatic Jewish observance, Chasidus.