Hasid
Americannoun
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a member of a sect founded in Poland in the 18th century by Baal Shem-Tov and characterized by its emphasis on mysticism, prayer, ritual strictness, religious zeal, and joy.
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an Assidean.
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Etymology
Origin of Hasid
From the Hebrew word ḥāsīd “pious (person)”
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Many of the bodies go from the military base to a Zaka-run centre in Tel Aviv, where on Thursday volunteer Israel Hasid was painstakingly preparing to receive them.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2023
But by the time F. Vizel, a Satmar Hasid, learned that the public library existed at the age of 20, she’d already made a far more critical discovery.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2012
In fact, Mr. Levin is not, strictly speaking, a Hasid, though he wears the familiar black hat and coat of those who are.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2010
At a movie screening after-party, one former Hasid who still dresses the part expressed concern with what kind of Hasidim the guys in the film were.
From Salon ● May 27, 2010
I was invited to the wedding and was the only one there who wasn’t a Hasid.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
From the Reform Rabbi Amiel Hirsch—who had coauthored a widely circulated letter against Mamdani—to the Satmar Hasidim in Brooklyn, New York Jews expressed at least cautious optimism about their mayor elect, if not outright excitement.
From Slate ● Jan. 1, 2026
They say they worry the show describes strictures more typical of, say, the Brooklyn-based Satmar Hasidim, not the less stringent community of which she was part.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
On religious holidays, Skvire Hasidim come from all over the world—New Square has fifteen sister cities—to worship with him.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 26, 2019
The Hasidim contend that they have been primarily buying boarded-up or vacant homes and that solicitations have come from outside investors, not from the families that have moved in.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2017
I follow the strolling Saturday families of brightly wrapped Hindus and then the black-clad Hasidim, and step into all the old churches that were once German and then Korean and are now Vietnamese.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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