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Chassid
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[ khah-sid, hah-; Ashkenazic Hebrew khaw-sid; Sephardic Hebrew khah-seed ]
Chassid
/ xəˈsid; həˈsɪdɪk; ˈhæsɪd /
noun
- a sect of Jewish mystics founded in Poland about 1750, characterized by religious zeal and a spirit of prayer, joy, and charity
- a Jewish sect of the 2nd century bc , formed to combat Hellenistic influences
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Derived Forms
- Chassidic, adjective
- ˈˌ, noun
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Other Word Forms
- ·· [hah-, sid, -ik, h, uh, -], adjective
- s· noun
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Example Sentences
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The Chassid�m are not punctilious about observing the prescribed time limits for the recitation of the Shema.
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If a Chassid goes astray, what does he become?
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Again the eyes of the first Chassid dilated dangerously.
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Do you forget what the Chassid said of the man who foreknew in his lifetime that for him there was to be no heaven?
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Wrongly attributed to a single writer, Judah Chassid, the "Book of the Pious" was really the combined product of the Jewish spirit in the thirteenth century.
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