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  • noun Plural form of tzaddik.

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Examples

  • What does ‘belief in tzaddikim’ mean, theologically?

    Inter-Lubav Infighting Leaves 770 in Shambles | Jewschool 2006

  • While you “tzaddikim” are crying over your little synagogue of hate, 300 Palestinians were made homeless by bulldozers in Gaza.

    Tearing Down the Synagogue of Hate | Jewschool 2004

  • Well, I cant argue with your argument about inpiring people to be tzaddikim and the ‘Yeshiva Advocacy program’.

    Israel Advocates Gear Up To Exploit Ignorant Youth | Jewschool 2004

  • While you “tzaddikim” are crying over your little synagogue of hate, 300 Palestinians were made homeless by bulldozers in Gaza.

    2004 January | Jewschool 2004

  • But even tzaddikim have to deal with the confusions of being human — contradictory thoughts, unwanted feelings, false starts, dead ends.

    Fringe People 2003

  • All our mundane activities and conversations are certainly evil as far as the tzaddikim are concerned.

    A Simple Jew 2009

  • For we must judge them favorably, since, "A person is not held responsible for what he says in his pain" (Bava Basra 16b) - and indeed, the tzaddikim suffer great pain from us.

    A Simple Jew 2009

  • But even our good - namely, our prayers, which for us would be considered good - are also bad for the tzaddikim.

    A Simple Jew 2009

  • Hadassah, her other name, is suggestive of her virtuous character, for the righteous are likened to haddassim, the fragrant myrtle bush that endures through summer and winter - like the tzaddikim who prevail both in this world and the next.

    unknown title 2009

  • For our prayers distract and confuse them greatly, insofar as they are intermixed with extraneous thoughts, distractions and confusion of all kinds; and these prayers with all their attendant confusion come to the tzaddikim to be elevated.

    A Simple Jew 2009

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