Definitions
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- noun a sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly
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Examples
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That we keep at the same berit priah level, and even go further than the chassidim, cutting off the inner forseskin, not just tearing it back.
More ammunition for the (pro) circumcision wars | Jewschool 2007
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Faced with a particular political position, the chassidim turned geulah on its head, and create a system that works from the inside out, or from the bottom up and by up I mean way up.
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Someone once asked Shlomo Carlebach why, after all the chassidish torah was so awesome, why the homes of the chassidim were so drab, the color and spirit absent?
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Because blaming all those who call themselves “chassidim” for the violence of only a couple of sects and it is coming from somewhere! seems to me to be not only unfair to many, but insufficiently aggressive towards those who are committing violence.
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My point, again, is not to claim that one group is more the “Real” chassidim than another.
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NO, if you want metaphor, I think you definitely have to go to the chassidim.
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This entry was posted on 3/18/2010 01: 38: 00 PM and is filed under charity, israel, kimcha d'pischa, matanos levyonim, passover, purim, two chassidim.
Mystical Paths akivam@gmail.com (Rabbi Nati 2010
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Now we're just two chassidim trying to do what we can for those around us in need.
Mystical Paths akivam@gmail.com (Rabbi Nati 2010
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Other practices of his he told me not to copy since they were particular to Kloisenberg chassidim, whom I had not formally joined.
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And his chassidim overreacted and said "oh, you mean YOU are Moshiach!"
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