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Hasidic Judaism or Hasidism, from the —' () in Sephardi Hebrew, ' () in Ashkenazi Hebrew and Yiddish, meaning "piety" (or "loving kindness"), is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that promotes spirituality through the popularisation and internalisation of Jewish mysticism as the fundamental aspects of the Jewish faith. It was founded in 18th-century Eastern Europe by Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov as a reaction against overly legalistic Judaism. His example began the characteristic veneration of leadership in Hasidism as embodiments and intercessors of Divinity for the followers. Opposite to this, Hasidic teachings cherished the sincerity and concealed holiness of the unlettered common folk, and their equality with the scholarly elite. The emphasis on the Immanent Divine presence in everything gave new value to prayer and deeds of kindness, alongside Rabbinic supremacy of study, and replaced historical mystical (kabbalistic) and ethical (musar) asceticism and admonishment with optimism, encouragement, and daily fervour. This populist emotional revival accompanied the elite ideal of nullification to paradoxical Divine Panentheism, through intellectual articulation of inner dimensions of mystical thought.
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- Related: Hasidic philosophy, Neo-Hasidism, Kvitel
| Map of the area of activity of the Baal Shem Tov, ... Map of the area of activity of the Baal Shem Tov, and the directions of the Maggid's students' dissemination www.routledge.com/textbooks/0415236614/resources/maps/map49.jpg - Web |
| Map of the spread of Hasidism from 1730 and 1760-7... Map of the spread of Hasidism from 1730 and 1760-75, and its encroachment on the Lithuanian centre of Rabbinic opposition www.routledge.com/textbooks/0415236614/resources/maps/map50.jpg - Web |
| Information on Orthodox Hasidic Jews Information on Orthodox Hasidic Jews www.orthodox-jews.com - Web |
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