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Examples
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MY, have you posted on the hipster v. hasid battle on the paved over bike lane on Bedford ave in Brooklyn?
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Chef Jason Marcus of Traif demos his psychedelic foie gras, eggs, hot sauce, and maple gastrique, and also tells a memorable story about a rogue hasid who came in one night.
Josh Ozersky: How Traif Came to Williamsburg Josh Ozersky 2010
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Chef Jason Marcus of Traif demos his psychedelic foie gras, eggs, hot sauce, and maple gastrique, and also tells a memorable story about a rogue hasid who came in one night.
Josh Ozersky: How Traif Came to Williamsburg Josh Ozersky 2010
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Her father, a Habad hasid, was a timber merchant who set great store on educating his daughters and sent them to the “Heder ha-metukan,” headed by the Hebrew teacher Moshe Rubinchek.
Hanna Rovina. 2009
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There's a famous Hasidic story about a hasid going to learn with his rebbe not to learn any particular text, but rather to see how he ties his shoelaces.
Jay Michaelson: An Introduction To Kabbalah Part 5: Choosing A Teacher 2009
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At the stormy debates around the family Sabbath table — between her brother Eliyahu, a member of the Labor Zionist movement, Freiheit; her sister Zlatka, a Communist; and her father, a fervent hasid — Plotniczki would often throw out some witty, incisive remark that made everyone laugh, thereby diffusing the tension.
Hantze Plotniczki. 2009
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Little Hantze was especially pampered, even by her father, a pious hasid burdened by financial woes.
Hantze Plotniczki. 2009
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As Maimonides puts it, a person whose character traits are balanced can be called wise (hakham), while a person who goes beyond the mean when circumstances warrant is known as pious (hasid):
Maimonides Seeskin, Kenneth 2008
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I got there just in time to hear a 70-something hasid with a big white beard standing next to a tacky oil painting of R.
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I got there just in time to hear a 70-something hasid with a big white beard standing next to a tacky oil painting of R.
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