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Yente (18th-century) was a Jewish spritiual Hasidic leader. She wore the tallit.

She was a disciple of Baal Shem Tov, who declared her to be a prophet. She became a figure of pilgrimage, to whom both men and women came and gave gifts in exchange for gifts and blessings.

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