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

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Mitnaggedim

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

The struggle between Hasidim and Mitnaggedim ended with the conversionist policy of Nicholas I, which united them against the Maskilim.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

Hasidim, 65;   their teachings, 66, 67, 150;   spread, 69;   persecuted by the Mitnaggedim, 76, 131;   efforts at reconciliation with Mitnaggedim, 120-121, 260;   reformed, 122;   united with Mitnaggedim against Haskalah, 134;   fought by Maskilim, 168.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

Thus began the bitter fight against Haskalah, in which Hasidim and Mitnaggedim, forgetting their differences, joined hands, and stood shoulder to shoulder.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

His true greatness is revealed by his attempts, the first made in his generation perhaps, to reconcile the Hasidim with the Mitnaggedim, and these in turn with the Maskilim.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin