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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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