## Ba'al Shem Tov, Emor

###### Ba'al Shem Tov, Emor 7:1
[Ba'al Shem Tov, Emor 7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ba%27al%20Shem%20Tov/s/Emor/r/7:1)

הבעל שם טוב היה מיקל בחדש, ופעם אחד נסע עם ר' יחיאל זצלה"ה כשנעשה רב בהוראדנא, וראה שמחמיר, התחיל גם הוא להחמיר:
(מדרש פינחס החדש אות פ"ג).

**Ami Silver, 2020:**
At first, the Baal Shem Tov was lenient about *chadash.* Once, though, he was traveling with Reb Yechiel, who had just been appointed rabbi of Horodnah, and saw that the latter was stringent in the matter, and he too began to be stringent.
*Midrash Pinchas HaChadash* 83