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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Hasidic Judaism 13
Hasidic Jews 2
Breslov 1

Statements (90)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious movement
Orthodox Judaism movement
alsoKnownAs Baal Shem Tov
branchOf Haredi Jews
surface form: Haredi Judaism
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 of America
surface form: 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
Hasidism self-linksurface differs
surface form: Breslov

Hasidism self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chabad-Lubavitch

Ger
Karlin-Stolin
Sanz
Haredi Jews
surface form: Satmar

Skvyra
surface form: Skver

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 Kabbalah
surface form: Jewish mysticism

Kabbalah
Safed Kabbalah
surface form: Lurianic Kabbalah
opposedBy Mitnagdim
religiousTradition Judaism
viewsTzaddikAs exemplary righteous person
spiritual intermediary

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this entity surface form: Hasidic Judaism
Nusach Sefard associatedWith Hasidism
Etz Chaim hasInfluenced Hasidism
this entity surface form: Hasidic Judaism
this entity surface form: Hasidic courts
Haredi Jews hasMajorBranch Hasidism
this entity surface form: Hasidic Jews
Hasidism hasMajorDynasty Hasidism self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chabad-Lubavitch
Hasidism hasMajorDynasty Hasidism self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Breslov
this entity surface form: Hasidic Judaism
this entity surface form: Hasidic Judaism
this entity surface form: Hasidic Judaism
Isaac Luria influenced Hasidism
this entity surface form: Hasidic Judaism
Zohar influenced Hasidism
this entity surface form: Hasidic Judaism
Martin Buber influencedBy Hasidism
this entity surface form: Hasidic Judaism
Yiddish literature isLinkedTo Hasidism
this entity surface form: Hasidic Judaism
Polish Jews knownFor Hasidism
this entity surface form: Hasidic Judaism
Souls on Fire mainSubject Hasidism
this entity surface form: Hasidic Judaism
Beit midrash practicedBy Hasidism
this entity surface form: Hasidic Jews
Kabbalah relatedDiscipline Hasidism
this entity surface form: Hasidic Judaism
this entity surface form: Hasidic Judaism