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Even Reb Yainkel and all the Hostre Chassidim together could not tell him!

From Yiddish Tales by Various

"Why, but there are Chassidim, and there will be more—" He stopped suddenly.

From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel

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 Graves, Kersey

Very soon I came into parts where the question of the Chassidim was alive and burning, and indeed into towns where it had a greater living interest than the quarrel of the amulets.

From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel

Sometimes used for Rabbi; sometimes equivalent to Mr.; sometimes applied to the Tzaddik of the Chassidim; and sometimes used as the title of a teacher of young children.

From Yiddish Tales by Various