Hasidism

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Hasidism is a Jewish spiritual revival movement that emerged in 18th-century Eastern Europe, emphasizing joyful worship, mysticism, and close attachment to charismatic religious leaders known as rebbes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious movement
Orthodox Judaism movement
alsoKnownAs Baal Shem Tov
branchOf Haredi Judaism
linked to: Haredi Jews
coreText Kedushat Levi
Likkutei Moharan
Noam Elimelech
Tanya
developedFrom Rabbinic Judaism
emergedInCentury 18th century
emergedInRegion Belarus
Eastern Europe
Poland
Ukraine
emphasizes attachment to God
attachment to the rebbe
devekut
inner intention in commandments
joyful worship
mysticism
prayer
song and nigunim
spiritual revival
storytelling
experiencedOppositionInCentury 18th century
experiencedOppositionInRegion Lithuania
foundedBy Israel ben Eliezer
hasConcept tzaddik
hasDemographicCenter Antwerp
Belgium
Bnei Brak
Brooklyn
Canada
Israel
Jerusalem
New York City
United Kingdom
United States
hasDressCode distinctive traditional clothing
hasDressElement bekishe
kapoteh
payot
shtreimel
hasEducationalInstitution Hasidic girls' school
cheder
yeshiva
hasKeyFigure Baal Shem Tov
Israel ben Eliezer
hasLanguageOfDiscourse Hebrew
Yiddish
hasLeadershipStructure charismatic leadership
dynastic leadership
hasLeaderTitle rebbe
hasMajorDynasty Belz
Bobov
Breslov
linked to: Hasidism

Chabad-Lubavitch
linked to: Hasidism

Ger
Karlin-Stolin
Sanz
Satmar
linked to: Haredi Jews

Skver
linked to: Skvyra

Vizhnitz
hasPractice farbrengen
hitbodedut
nigunim
tish
hasRitualFocus communal gatherings
prayer over study
hasSocialCharacteristic Yiddish-speaking communities
insular communities
large families
hasTheologicalTheme divine sparks in material world
immanence of God
importance of intention in mitzvot
joy as religious ideal
sanctification of everyday life
hasViewOnModernity generally anti-assimilationist
hasViewOnSecularCulture restrictive
hasViewOnZionism varied
includesGroupWithViewOnZionism anti-Zionist
non-Zionist
pragmatically pro-Israel
influencedBy Jewish mysticism
linked to: Kabbalah

Kabbalah
Lurianic Kabbalah
linked to: Safed Kabbalah
opposedBy Mitnagdim
religiousTradition Judaism
viewsTzaddikAs exemplary righteous person
spiritual intermediary

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Kabbalah relatedDiscipline Hasidism
Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora hasReligiousMovement Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Haredi Jews hasMajorBranch Hasidic Jews
linked to: Hasidism
Etz Chaim hasInfluenced Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Isaac Luria influenced Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Zohar influenced Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Hasidism hasMajorDynasty Chabad-Lubavitch
linked to: Hasidism
Hasidism hasMajorDynasty Breslov
linked to: Hasidism
Souls on Fire mainSubject Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Souls on Fire religiousTradition Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Borough Park hasReligiousCommunity Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Counting of the Omer associatedMovement Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Hungarian Jews religiousDenomination Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Berditchev, Russian Empire knownFor Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Berditchev, Russian Empire hasJewishInstitution Hasidic courts
linked to: Hasidism
Contemporary Judaism hasMovement Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Nusach Sefard associatedWith Hasidism
Yiddish literature isLinkedTo Hasidism
Beit midrash practicedBy Hasidic Jews
linked to: Hasidism
Polish Jews knownFor Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Martin Buber influencedBy Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Bnei Brak hasReligiousCommunity Hasidic Jews
linked to: Hasidism
Ashkenazi Jews religiousDenominationsPresent Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
tzaddik associatedWith Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Vilna Gaon opposedMovement Hasidism
Shneur Zalman of Liadi movement Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Shneur Zalman of Liadi founded Chabad Hasidism
linked to: Hasidism
Shneur Zalman of Liadi founded Chabad-Lubavitch movement
linked to: Hasidism
Shneur Zalman of Liadi schoolOfThought Chabad
linked to: Hasidism
Shneur Zalman of Liadi influenced Chabad Hasidism
linked to: Hasidism
Rashbi movementAssociation Hasidism
Lag BaOmer observedBy Hasidic Jews
linked to: Hasidism
Isaac Luria influenced Hasidic Judaism
subject linked to: the Ari
linked to: Hasidism
Shimon bar Yochai veneratedIn Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Pinchas Menachem Singer denomination Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Seder Hishtalshelut associatedWith Chabad Hasidism
linked to: Hasidism
Noam Elimelech movement Hasidism
Noam Elimelech influenced Polish Hasidism
linked to: Hasidism
Noam Elimelech influencedBy Baal Shem Tov tradition
linked to: Hasidism
Safed Kabbalah influenced Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Oshpitsin historicalPopulationGroup Hasidic Jews
linked to: Hasidism
Vizhnitz religiousBranch Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Menachem Mendel Hager religiousBranch Hasidic Judaism
subject linked to: Vizhnitz
linked to: Hasidism
Sanz religiousMovement Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Israel ben Eliezer movement Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
Israel ben Eliezer founded Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism