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Chasidim

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Noun1.Chasidim - a sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly
Jewish Orthodoxy, Orthodox Judaism - Jews who strictly observe the Mosaic law as interpreted in the Talmud
Chasid, Chassid, Hasid, Hassid - a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism


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in breiteren Kreisen zumal des pharisaischen Judentums durchsetzte, mu[ss] man an die Blutopfer denken, welche erst die Chasidim, die "Frommen" und dann die Pharisaer zu zahlen hatten.
85) The publication of Yaakov Yosef's book in 1780 led to calls that it be burnt and to the Gra's support of a new round of bans against the Chasidim the next year.
Living in Kazimierz for some months, I saw these very same puppet Jews often, draped with the gangly arms of Israeli teenagers posing for their friends' cameras, or piously ignored by American Chasidim on pilgrimage, who stood praying, unruffled, next to their cardboard doppelgangers.
 
 
 
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