Chassidic
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9.3
- adjective
- /kəˈsɪdɪk/
- After all, it is difficult to believe the paper would print a similar comment about Chassidic Jews in black coats and hats talking on cell phones, about African Americans in dashikis and kente cloth talking on cell phones, or about almost any other group (Chinese, Polish, Mexican, take your pick) at, say, an ethnic festival wearing "traditional garb" and talking on cell phones.
Examples
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He worked for one of the Chassidic community's institutions and helped many people by performing activities prohibited to Jews on the Sabbath.
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Another famous chassidic story goes as follows: Reb Leib Saras once said: "I do not go to R. Dov Baer of Mezritch, his great teacher, to learn interpretations of the Torah."
Academic text (1992) -
On Thursdays from six to eight, a university professor conducted a seminar on Chassidic thought.
Fiction book (1997) -
I will conclude with another one of my favorite stories from R. Nachman, another great Chassidic rabbi (b. 1772).
Academic text (1992) -
He was quite famous in his time as the initiator of the Chassidic Ashkenaz, a movement of Jewish mysticism in Germany.
Blog text (14) -
The Chassidic community in Haifa was shocked to discover this week that the man who for years had served as the local "Sabbath gentile" was in fact Jewish.
Blog text (4) -
So here we were, playing through a version of the classic scene that's right up there in the tribal imagination with Lot's Wife and the Burning Bush, the one where the camera pans around Annie Hall's family dinner table to reveal Woody Allen in full Chassidic regalia.
Academic text (2012) -
Indeed, had Minister Farrakhan fixed his sights one digit lower, he may well have been swinging with the 18th-century Chassidic sage, Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, not to mention my uncle Julius, who presented my wife and me with a wedding gift valued at two and a half times Chai as measured in 1965 dollars.
Fiction book (2000) -
A professor's lecture focused on Chassidic philosophy and its impact on Jewish spirituality.
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The Chassidic community celebrates the festival of Sukkot with great enthusiasm and devotion.
Synonyms
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9.4
A person or community of Jews who follow strict religious rules
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9.9
Of a Jewish group that follows traditional practices and strong religious beliefs
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9.6
Relating to a Jewish group called Hasidim and their religious customs
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chassidic comes from the Hebrew word hasid, meaning 'pious' or 'devout', and it entered English through Yiddish. So Chassidic describes the Hasidim and their way of life — people and traditions that emphasize deep faith, joy, and spiritual prayer.