Mitnaggedim

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of Mitnagged.
  Mitnagged

  noun

  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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Mitnaggedim

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

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

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

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

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

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin

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