Borrowed from Hebrew בעל חסד (“master of kindness”).
baal chesed (plural baalei chesed)
- (Judaism) A highly generous or righteous person.
2009 April 27, Micha Berger, “Avigdor Lieberman, our realistic new Foreign Minister (Naomi Ragen)”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated[1] (Usenet):The greatest ba'al chessed is one with the broadest notion of self, including as many people as possible.
