Chasidic
Devout Jewish movement
Chasidic describes the religious movement and lifestyle of Chasidism, a branch of Orthodox Judaism founded in 18th-century Eastern Europe emphasizing joyful worship, mysticism, and devotion to a spiritual leader (rebbe).
Chasidic Jews are recognizable by distinctive dress—black hats, long coats, side curls (payot): a Chasidic neighborhood in Brooklyn, Chasidic teachings.
Also spelled Hasidic.
Hasidic spiritual leader
- yeshivaJewish religious study institution
- TorahJudaism's core scripture
- tishDismissive exclamation
- tefillinJewish prayer boxes worn daily
Shabbat · kosher · shul · mikveh · halacha · minyan · tallis · kiddush
Address to deity
- pietySincere religious devotion
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- joyIntense positive emotion
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
enthusiasm · zeal · spirituality · reverence · humility · holiness · sincerity · singing
Successive family rulers
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- ChabadHasidic Jewish outreach movement
- WilliamsburgColonial-era Virginia city
rebbe
Hasidic spiritual leader
tefillin · Shabbat · kosher · shul · mikveh · halacha · minyan · tallis · kiddush · havdalah
prayer
Address to deity
ecstasy · enthusiasm · zeal · spirituality · reverence · humility · holiness · sincerity · singing · dancing
dynasty
Successive family rulers
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- ChabadHasidic Jewish outreach movement
- WilliamsburgColonial-era Virginia city
Kabbalah
Jewish esoteric tradition
- ayinHebrew alphabet's sixteenth character
Chasidicsecular
Nonreligious, worldly
irreligious · assimilated · non-practicing · unaffiliated · lapsed
Chasidicassimilated
Absorbed into a whole
secularized · cosmopolitan · integrated · acculturated · worldly