Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism
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Examples
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Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, the great Chassid, used a similar metaphor when he famously said, All the world is a very narrow bridge.
The Blessing of a B Minus Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2010
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This afternoon at the Kotel a very fine looking elderly Chassid walked past the tefillin stand.
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Elie and his father Shlomo - a Chassid or Orthodox Jew of Hungarian descent - were later transported to Buchenwald where his father died before the liberation of the concentration camp in April 1945.
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Continued the Chassid: "What if the lamp is at sea?"
Chabad.org Weekly Magazine [ Sukkot & Simchat Torah 5770 - October 2-11, 2009 ] 2009
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If you know of another post-Chaza”l definition of “Chassid”, please let me know.
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You sound like the Israeli who just told me to get off the computer for him and when I told him that I was using it, he replies, “What, you’re not a Chassid?”
Inter-Lubav Infighting Leaves 770 in Shambles | Jewschool 2006
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