zaddik

or tzad·dik

[ Sephardic Hebrew tsah-deek; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English tsah-dik ]

noun

, Hebrew.

, plural zad·di·kim [tsah-dee-, keem, tsah-, dee, -kim, -, dik, -im].

1. a person of outstanding virtue and piety.
2. the leader of a Hasidic group.

Word History and Origins

Origin of zaddik¹

ṣaddīg, literally, “righteous”

Example Sentences

Maimonides knew Joseph ibn Zaddik favorably, but he was not familiar with the "Microcosm."

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Reward and punishment of the real kind, Ibn Zaddik thinks, are not in this world but in the next.

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In his discussion of the attributes Ibn Zaddik offers little if anything that is new.

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We must now review briefly the practical part of Ibn Zaddik's philosophy as it is found in the fourth part of the "Microcosm."

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Saadia and Ibn Zaddik show clearly that they did not understand the precise meaning of the definition.

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