Hasidic

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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Adj.

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Hasidic - of or relating to the Jewish Hasidim or its members or their beliefs and practices Chasidic, Chassidic, Hassidic