Chassid

or Cha·sid

[ khah-sid, hah-; Ashkenazic Hebrew khaw-sid; Sephardic Hebrew khah-seed ]

noun

, Judaism.

, plural Chas·sid·im [kh, ah-, sid, -im, hah-, kh, aw-, see, -dim, kh, ah-see-, deem].

1. Hasid.

Chassid

/ xəˈsid; həˈsɪdɪk; ˈhæsɪd /

noun

1. a sect of Jewish mystics founded in Poland about 1750, characterized by religious zeal and a spirit of prayer, joy, and charity
2. a Jewish sect of the 2nd century bc , formed to combat Hellenistic influences

Derived Forms

• Chassidic, adjective
• ˈChassidˌism, noun

Other Words From

• Chas·sid·ic [hah-, sid, -ik, h, uh, -], adjective
• Chassid·ism noun

Example Sentences

The Chassid�m are not punctilious about observing the prescribed time limits for the recitation of the Shema.

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If a Chassid goes astray, what does he become?

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Again the eyes of the first Chassid dilated dangerously.

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Do you forget what the Chassid said of the man who foreknew in his lifetime that for him there was to be no heaven?

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Wrongly attributed to a single writer, Judah Chassid, the "Book of the Pious" was really the combined product of the Jewish spirit in the thirteenth century.

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