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Selection from Torah Teachings
Ha·sid or Has·sid also Chas·sid (KHä'sĭd, KHô'-,
hä'-)
n., pl. Ha·si·dim or Has·si·dim also Chas·si·dim (KHä-sē'dĭm,
KHô-, hä-).
A
member of a Jewish mystic movement founded in the
18th century in eastern Europe by Baal Shem Tov
that reacted against Talmudic learning and
maintained that God's presence was in all of one's
surroundings and that one should serve God in
one's every deed and word.
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