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Ḥasīd (Hebrew: חסיד, "pious", "saintly", "godly man"; plural חסידים "Hasidim") is a Jewish honorific, frequently used as a term of exceptional respect in the Talmudic and early medieval periods.
The terms hasid and hasidut, meaning "pietist" and "piety", have a long history in Judaism. The Talmud and other old sources refer to the "Pietists of Old" (Hasidim haRishonim) who would contemplate an entire hour in preparation for prayer. The phrase denoted extremely devoted individuals who not only observed the Law to its letter, but ...
The Hebrew word hasid means "pious". It was thus a natural term of self-identification for various individuals and groups. The name "Hasidim" occurs at several points in the Book of Psalms in the sense of "the pious". [1]
Etymologically, the term, hasid is a title used for various pious individuals and by various Jewish groups since biblical times, [4] and an earlier movement, the Hasidei Ashkenaz of medieval Germany was also called by this name. [4] Today, the terms hasidut and hasid generally connote Hasidic philosophy and the followers of the Hasidic movement ...
A Hasidic dynasty or Chassidic dynasty is a dynasty led by Hasidic Jewish spiritual leaders known as rebbes, [1] and usually has some or all of the following characteristics: ...
The novel explores the spiritual struggle of a Chabad Hasid who doubts his faith and finally finds peace in doing charitable work. [168] Novelist Chaim Potok authored a work My Name is Asher Lev in which a Hasidic teen struggles between his artistic passions and the norms of the community. The "Ladover" community is a thinly veiled reference to ...
Judah he-Hasid Segal ha-Levi [1] (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה הֶחָסִיד, romanized: Yəhūdā heḤasīd, lit. 'Judah the Pious'; c. 1660 in Siedlce – 19 October 1700 in Jerusalem, Ottoman Syria) was a Jewish preacher who led the largest organized group of Jewish immigrants to the Land of Israel in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The themes depicted within it most significantly portray the religious ideology of the Chassidei Ashkenaz. Sefer Hasidim contains over two thousand stories. Sefer Hasidim are told to individuals gathered around a leader and this leader was called a hasid bakhamor a Pietist Sage. The Pietist, as an individual but even more as a Sage, was ...