Chassidim

Ha·sid or Has·sid also Chas·sid  (äsd, ô-, hä-)

n. pl. Ha·si·dim or Has·si·dim also Chas·si·dim (ä-sdm, ô-, hä-)

A member of a Jewish mystic movement founded in the 18th century in eastern Europe by Baal Shem Tov that reacted against Talmudic learning and maintained that God's presence was in all of one's surroundings and that one should serve God in one's every deed and word.

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[From Hebrew sîd, pious, from sad, to be kind; see sd in Semitic roots.]

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Ha·sidic adj.

Ha·sidism n.

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Chassidim - 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 Chasidim, Hasidim, Hasidism, Hassidim 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