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Ha·sid
or Has·sid also Chas·sid (KHä'sĭd, KHô'-, hä'-)
n., pl. Ha·si·dim or Has·si·dim also Chas·si·dim (KHä-sē'dĭm,
KHô-, hä-).
A member
of a Jewish mystic movement founded in the 18th century
in eastern Europe by Baal Shem Tov that reacted against
Talmudic learning and maintained that God's presence
was in all of one's surroundings and that one should
serve God in one's every deed and word.
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