- a variation of Chasid.
Chassid
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Chassidim
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a sect of Jewish mystics founded in Poland about 1750, characterized by religious zeal and a spirit of prayer, joy, and charity
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a Jewish sect of the 2nd century bc , formed to combat Hellenistic influences
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"To-morrow you shall speak with her, and no man shall know," said the oldest Chassid.
From Ghetto Tragedies by Israel Zangwill
"Through the sons, of course," said the young Chassid.
From Ghetto Tragedies by Israel Zangwill
Wrongly attributed to a single writer, Judah Chassid, the "Book of the Pious" was really the combined product of the Jewish spirit in the thirteenth century.
From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Israel Abrahams
Chayyim Malach, Judah Chassid, and other Galician mystics, in the second decade of the eighteenth century brought down upon themselves a rabbinical decree of excommunication.
From Jewish History : an essay in the philosophy of history by S. M. (Simon Markovich) Dubnow
Do you forget what the Chassid said of the man who foreknew in his lifetime that for him there was to be no heaven?
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill
"Ay," said he; "but I know also that in some towns where the Chassidim are in the ascendant, they depose their Rabbis and appoint a minion of Baer instead."
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill
"The whole company of Chassidim broke some plates."—A betrothal custom.
From Yiddish Tales by Various
Even Reb Yainkel and all the Hostre Chassidim together could not tell him!
From Yiddish Tales by Various
"But there are no Chassidim in our place," said I, trembling myself, half with excitement, half with sympathetic terror.
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill
And more especially as their title, according to Dr. Ginsburg, had been changed before from Chassidim to Essenes.
From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
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