Mitnagged

American  

[mis-nah-gid, meet-nah-ged] / mɪsˈnɑ gɪd, mit nɑˈgɛd /

noun

Judaism.

• Mitnaggedim
  plural

1. a member of an Orthodox Jewish movement in central or eastern Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries that advocated an intellectual, legalistic approach to Judaism and opposed the emotional, mystical approach of the Hasidim.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Mitnaggedim
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Mitnagged

1900–05; < Medieval Hebrew mithnaggēdh, Yiddish misnaged < Hebrew mithnaggēdh opposing, opponent

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Mitnaggedim

The enlightened element also lost confidence in one who, instead of boldly attacking superstition, preferred, while in Minsk, to identify himself not only with the Mitnaggedim, but even with the Hasidim.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

Intermarriage, social intercourse of any kind, was prohibited between Hasidim and Mitnaggedim.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

Mitnaggedim, opposition to Hasidism, 70, 131;   efforts of, at reconciliation with Hasidim, 120-121;   make common cause with Hasidim against Maskilim, 134, 260.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

Hasidim and Mitnaggedim discovered that while they were fighting each other, a common enemy was undermining the ground on which they stood.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

Repulsed by the Mitnaggedim, he sought help with the Hasidim.

From The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) by Nahum Slouschz