Definitions
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- noun beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews
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Examples
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That was the accusation thrown at the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Chasidism, and at countless other great figures in Judaism.
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Again, 1,400 years later, the Ba'al Shem Tov founded Chasidism, a movement that responded to the intellectual restraints of Talmudic study. ⢠Hinduism seems to have taken form approximately 2,000 BCE. 1,400 years later the Buddha taught that there is a middle way between the extremes of asceticism and excess.
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He also pointed out that in particular branches of Chasidism “there is a tradition that believes every mitzvah operates on both the surface plane and the mystical plane.
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This passage in the "Book of the Pious" reminds me of the circumstance under which the originator of the latter-day Chasidism, Israel
The Book of Delight and Other Papers Israel Abrahams 1891
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The academic world hasn't always been friendly to Chasidism or Kabbala.
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The academic world hasn't always been friendly to Chasidism or Kabbala.
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The academic world hasn't always been friendly to Chasidism or Kabbala.
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The academic world hasn't always been friendly to Chasidism or Kabbala.
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The academic world hasn't always been friendly to Chasidism or Kabbala.
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The academic world hasn't always been friendly to Chasidism or Kabbala.
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