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Haredi
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Noun1.Haredi - any of several sects of Orthodox Judaism that reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel
Jewish Orthodoxy, Orthodox Judaism - Jews who strictly observe the Mosaic law as interpreted in the Talmud
religious order, religious sect, sect - a subdivision of a larger religious group


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Some haredim in the city of Beit Shemesh even firebombed pizza stores with mixed seating and beat a woman for refusing to move to the back of the bus so as to meet "modesty" standards.
Prominent rabbis called for a mass mobilisation in protest at what they consider to be profaning the Sabbath, and for three straight weekends police clashed with thousands of stone- and nappy-throwing Haredim in and around Mea Shearim, bastion of the ultra-Orthodox community.
Aa Opposition to the study of Ha-Tikva is shared by ultra-religious Jews known as the Haredim.
 
 
 
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