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Chassidim

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Noun

1. chasidim, chassidim, hasidim, hasidism, hassidim

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

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Chassidim

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plural noun
Chassid

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Chassidim

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n. pl. Ha·si·dim or Has·si·dim also Chas·si·dim (ä-sēdĭm, 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.
n.
Variant of Hasid.

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