Hasidic Judaism (from the Hebrew: Chasidut חסידות, meaning "pious", from the Hebrew root word chesed חסד meaning "loving kindness") is a Haredi Jewish religious movement. Some refer to Hasidic Judaism as Hasidism, and the adjective Chasidic/Hasidic (or in Yiddish Chasidish חסידיש) applies. The movement originated in Eastern Europe (Belarus and Ukraine) in the 18th century. Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer (1700–1760), also known as the Ba'al Shem Tov Including:

• Hasidic Judaism - History
• Hasidic Judaism - Prelude
• Hasidic Judaism - Israel ben Eliezer
• Hasidic Judaism - The spread of Hasidism
• Hasidic Judaism - Opposition
• Hasidic Judaism - Since the Holocaust
• Hasidic Judaism - Religious practice and culture
• Hasidic Judaism - Fundamental conceptions
• Hasidic Judaism - Liturgy and prayer
• Hasidic Judaism - Dress
• Hasidic Judaism - Ritual Bathing
• Hasidic Judaism - Families
• Hasidic Judaism - Languages
• Hasidic Judaism - Footnotes

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Hasidic Judaism, Hasidic Judaism - History, Hasidic Judaism - Prelude, Hasidic Judaism - Israel ben Eliezer, Hasidic Judaism - The spread of Hasidism, Hasidic Judaism - Opposition, Hasidic Judaism - Since the Holocaust, Hasidic Judaism - Religious practice and culture, Hasidic Judaism - Fundamental conceptions, Hasidic Judaism - Liturgy and prayer, Hasidic Judaism - Dress, Hasidic Judaism - Ritual Bathing, Hasidic Judaism - Families, Hasidic Judaism - Languages, Hasidic Judaism - Footnotes

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Hasidic Judaism - Prelude. In Poland, where the bulk of Jewry had established itself since the sixteenth century, the struggle between traditional rabbinic Judaism and radical Kabbalah-influenced mysticism became particularly acute after the Messianic movement of Sabbatai Zevi in the 17th century. Leanings toward mystical doctrines and sectarianism showed themselves prominently among the Jews of the south-eastern provinces of Poland, while in the north-eastern provinces, in Lithuania, and in White Russia, rabbini ...

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Hasidic Judaism, Hasidic Judaism - History, Hasidic Judaism - Prelude, Hasidic Judaism - Israel ben Eliezer, Hasidic Judaism - The spread of Hasidism, Hasidic Judaism - Opposition, Hasidic Judaism - Since the Holocaust, Hasidic Judaism - Religious practice and culture, Hasidic Judaism - Fundamental conceptions, Hasidic Judaism - Liturgy and prayer, Hasidic Judaism - Dress, Hasidic Judaism - Ritual Bathing, Hasidic Judaism - Families, Hasidic Judaism - Languages, Hasidic Judaism - Footnotes

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Yisrael Alter (October 12, 1895 - February 20, 1977) who was also known by the title of his Torah work/s as the Bais Yisrael was an Orthodox Judaism rabbi who lead the Hasidic Judaism Ger (Hasidic dynasty) as its fourth rebbe ("spiritual leader"). He succeeded his father Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter and he was the Gerrer rebbe from 1948 until his death in 1977. The dynasty began in the Poli ...

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• Yisrael Alter - Rebbes of Ger

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Hasidic Judaism was founded by Israel ben Eliezer (1700-1760), also known as the Baal Shem Tov, or the Besht. His disciples attracted many followers; they themselves established numerous Hasidic sects across Europe. Hasidic Judaism eventually became the way of life for many Jews in Europe; it came to the United States during the large waves of Jewish emigration in the 1880s. Early on, there was a serious schism between the Hasidic and non-Hasidic Jews. European Jews who rejected the Hasidic movement were dubbed by the Hasidim as mitna ...

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Jewish denominations, Jewish denominations - Background: Jewish ethnic divisions, Jewish denominations - Divisions, Jewish denominations - Hasidic Judaism, Jewish denominations - Other divisions, Jewish denominations - Development of modern denominations in response to the Enlightenment, Jewish denominations - Table illustrating the range of Jewish denominations, Jewish denominations - External link

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Avraham Mordechai Alter (December 25, 1866 - June 3, 1948) who was also known by the title of his Torah book/s as the Imrei Emes was an Orthodox Judaism rabbi who was the rebbe and spiritual leader of the Ger (Hasidic dynasty) of Hasidic Judaism in Poland from the town of Góra Kalwaria (known as "Ger" in short). He succeeded his father Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter as the third rebbe of the Ger Hasidic dynasty, and was the Gerrer rebbe from 1905 to 1948. He was known throughout Poland. He was influential in establishing the A ...

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• Avraham Mordechai Alter - Rebbes of Ger

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Yitzchak Meir Alter (also Rottenburg, Rothenburg or Rothenberg as an alternate for "Alter") (1798(?) - March 10, 1866), was also known as the Chidushei Harim for his Torah book/s. He is sometimes referred to fondly as Reb Itchie Mayer by his followers. He was an Orthodox Judaism rabbi and founder of the Ger (Hasidic dynasty) within Hasidic Judaism in the town of Góra Kalwaria ("Ger" in short) in Poland.He came from a very distinguished family of Rabbis, among the most prominent in Germany and Poland. He was a descendant ...

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• Yitzchak Meir Alter - Rebbes of Ger

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Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter (1847 - 1905), also known by the title of his Torah book/s as the Sfas Emes, was born in Warsaw, Poland and died in Góra Kalwaria, Poland. He was an Orthodox Judaism rabbi and succeeded his grandfather, Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Alter, as second rebbe of the Ger dynasty of Hasidic Judaism. His father, Rabbi Abraham Mordka Alter, died when Yehudah Aryeh was only eight years old, so that when it came time to lead the Ger Hasidic dynasty, he was under-age and he refused the mantle of leadership ...

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• Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter - Rebbes of Ger

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Rebbe (Hebrew: רבי also rebbi) is a title that may be given to a Rabbi in Orthodox Judaism, particularly within Hasidic Judaism. It is a Hebrew word denoting "my teacher". It is also used by Orthodox Jews when they talk of their first or main teacher of Torah. Rebbe - In Jewish history. Historically, the early teachers of the Mishnah (in early Greek and Roman times) were called Rebbe, such as Rabbi Akiva, Rebbi Judah haNasi and Rebbi Simeon bar Yohai.

Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam כ"ק אדמו"ר מבאבוב, שליט"א (b. 1955) is the son of Grand Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (1907-2000) of Bobov. At the funeral of his father, the late Grand Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam; after his older brother Grand Rabbi Naftali Halberstam (1930-2005) was declared Grand Rabbi, it was also announced that he is the Rav Hatzair (Junior Rabbi). Upon the death of his half-brother, Grand Rabbi Naftali Halberstam, Bobov split in two. Many chose to follow Rabbi Ben Zion, while many chose to follow Rabbi Mordecai Davi ...

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Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. It is one of the first recorded monotheistic faiths and one of the oldest religious traditions still practiced today. The tenets and history of Judaism are the major part of the foundation of other Abrahamic religions, including Samaritanism, Christianity, and Islam. Over at least the last two thousand years, Judaism has not been monolithic in practice, and has not had any centralized authority or binding dogma. Despite this, Judaism in all its variations has remained tightly bound ...

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• Judaism - Introduction
• Judaism - Monotheism
• Judaism - Practical worship and the laws
• Judaism - Traditional view of the development of Judaism
• Judaism - Critical historical view of the development of Judaism
• Judaism - Religious doctrine and Principles of Faith
• Judaism - The traditional Jewish bookshelf
• Judaism - Jewish Law and interpretation
• Judaism - What makes a person Jewish?
• Judaism - Jewish philosophy
• Judaism - Jewish denominations
• Judaism - Jewish denominations in Israel
• Judaism - Karaism
• Judaism - Jewish prayer and practice
• Judaism - Prayers
• Judaism - Jewish holidays
• Judaism - Torah readings
• Judaism - Synagogues and Jewish buildings
• Judaism - Dietary laws: Kashrut
• Judaism - Family purity
• Judaism - Life-cycle events
• Judaism - Community leadership
• Judaism - Classical priesthood
• Judaism - Prayer leaders
• Judaism - Specialized religious roles
• Judaism - Jewish religious history
• Judaism - Ancient Jewish religious history
• Judaism - Historical Jewish groupings to 1700
• Judaism - Persecutions
• Judaism - Hasidism
• Judaism - The Enlightenment and Reform Judaism
• Judaism - The Holocaust
• Judaism - The present situation
• Judaism - Judaism and other religions
• Judaism - Christianity and Judaism
• Judaism - Islam and Judaism
• Judaism - Jews and Judaism
• Judaism - Jewish law and religion
• Judaism - Comparative

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Ben Zion Halberstam (pronounced Ben Tzion) (1874-1941) was the leader of the Bobover Hasidim. At the age of thirty-one he succeeded his father, Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (1847-1905) as the Rebbe ("grand rabbi") of Bobov thus being crowned as the spiritual leader of thousands of Hasidim. He was a scion of Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1798-1876). He was the author of a Hassidic commentary on the Bible called Kedushas Tzion. Rabbi Ben Zion was murdered by the Nazis in 1941, and was succeeded by his son Rabbi Shlomo Halbers ...

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Yakov (Yankel) Aryeh Alter (born 1936) is a Hasidic rabbi, and since 1996 has been the seventh rebbe of the Ger Hasidim in Israel, with disciples and branches in Europe and the United States. Ger originated in Poland in the town of Góra Kalwaria ("Ger" in short) and its leaders moved to the British Mandate of Palestine during the Holocaust. It is probably the largest single Hasidic group in Israel at the present time. Following the brief leadership of his uncle Rabbi Pinchas Menachem Alter who had been the sixth rebbe of Ger u ...

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• Yakov Aryeh Alter - Rebbes of Ger

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Haredi or Charedi Judaism, often also called ultra-Orthodox Judaism, is the most theologically conservative form of Orthodox Judaism. The term "ultra-Orthodox" is controversial, as it is often considered to be pejorative, and is rarely used by the Jews to whom it is applied; they generally prefer Haredi (חֲרֵדִי, a Hebrew term which is derived from Harada (fear, anxiety) and could be interperted as "one who trembles in awe of God"), Yeshivish ...

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• Haredi Judaism - Practices and beliefs
• Haredi Judaism - Views of halakha
• Haredi Judaism - Lifestyle and family
• Haredi Judaism - Dress
• Haredi Judaism - History
• Haredi Judaism - Modern origins
• Haredi Judaism - Effects of the Holocaust
• Haredi Judaism - Present day
• Haredi Judaism - Israel
• Haredi Judaism - United States
• Haredi Judaism - United Kingdom
• Haredi Judaism - Organisations
• Haredi Judaism - Rabbinical leaders
• Haredi Judaism - External link

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Rabbi (Classical Hebrew רִבִּי ribbī;; modern Ashkenazi and Israeli רַבִּי rabbī) in Judaism, means "teacher", or more literally "great one". The word "Rabbi" is derived from the Hebrew root-word RaV, which in biblical Hebrew means "great" or "distinguished, (in knowledge)". In the ancient Judean schools the sages were addressed as רִבִּי (Ribbi or Rebbi) — in recent centuries being re-vocalized to Rabbi ("my master"). This term of respectful address ...

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• Rabbi - History
• Rabbi - Moses and Joshua: The first rabbis
• Rabbi - Era of the Tanakh the Hebrew Bible
• Rabbi - Sages as rabbis
• Rabbi - The role of the rabbi in the last 200 years
• Rabbi - Women and the rabbinical credential
• Rabbi - Modern Orthodox trends in female leadership
• Rabbi - Becoming a rabbi
• Rabbi - Orthodox Judaism
• Rabbi - Haredi and Hasidic Judaism
• Rabbi - Conservative and Masorti Judaism
• Rabbi - Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism
• Rabbi - Acceptance of who is a rabbi
• Rabbi - Rabbinic seminaries unrelated to the major Jewish denominations
• Rabbi - Becoming a rabbi: To have or not to have ordination

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Bais Yaakov or Beit Yaakov or Beth Jacob (literally "House [of] Jacob" in Hebrew) is a loosely-organized group of Orthodox Jewish day schools throughout the world for young Jewish females from religious families. The name comes from a verse in Exodus 19:3, in which the term "house of Jacob" is traditionally understood in Judaism to refer to the female segment of the Jewish nation. Orthodox Jewish males usually attend schools known as yeshivas. Bais Yaakov - History. The Bais Yaakov movement wa ...

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• Bais Yaakov - History
• Bais Yaakov - Current
• Bais Yaakov - Educational approach
• Bais Yaakov - Curriculum
• Bais Yaakov - Locations
• Bais Yaakov - Hasidic schools

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Bobov, (or Bobover Hasidism) (חסידות באבוב) is a Hasidic group within Haredi Judaism originating in Bobowa, Southern Poland and now headquartered in the neighborhood of Borough Park in Brooklyn, New York. It has branches in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn; Monsey, New York; Miami; Montreal; Toronto; Antwerp and London. In Israel Bobov has its headquarters in Kiryath Bobov in Bat Yam, and branches in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak and Ashdod. Bobov Hasidic dynasty - Outline of the dynasty. < ...

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• Bobov Hasidic dynasty - Outline of the dynasty
• Bobov Hasidic dynasty - History
• Bobov Hasidic dynasty - First rebbe of Bobov
• Bobov Hasidic dynasty - Second rebbe of Bobov
• Bobov Hasidic dynasty - Third rebbe of Bobov
• Bobov Hasidic dynasty - Fourth rebbe of Bobov
• Bobov Hasidic dynasty - Present Bobov
• Bobov Hasidic dynasty - Bobov congregation of 48th Street
• Bobov Hasidic dynasty - Bobov congregation of 45th Street
• Bobov Hasidic dynasty - Important Bobover literature

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Rabbi Israel (Yisroel) ben Eliezer (רבי ישראל בן אליעזר, about 1698 Okopy Świętej Trójcy – May 22, 1760 Międzyborz) was a Jewish Orthodox mystical rabbi who is better known to most religious Jews as the Holy Baal Shem ("der Heiliger Baal Shem" in Yiddish), or most commonly, the Baal Shem Tov. The name "Baal Shem Tov" is usually translated into English as "Master of the Good Name", with "Tov" ("Good") modifying "Shem" ("[Divine] Name"), although it is more correctly understood as a combination of ...

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• Israel ben Eliezer - Early life and marriage
• Israel ben Eliezer - Development as leader and challenges
• Israel ben Eliezer - Disputes with the Frankists
• Israel ben Eliezer - His legacy
• Israel ben Eliezer - Elements of Besht's doctrines
• Israel ben Eliezer - Opposition to Luria's Kabbalah
• Israel ben Eliezer - Influence on Hasidism
• Israel ben Eliezer - Characteristics
• Israel ben Eliezer - In legend
• Israel ben Eliezer - His miracles
• Israel ben Eliezer - Bibliography

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The Breslov movement of Hasidic Judaism was founded by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810), who was the great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism. Breslover Hasidim usually refer to him as "Rebbe Nachman" or "Rabbenu" (rah-BAY-noo, meaning "our teacher") or simply "the Rebbe". The name of Breslov itself comes from the town of Bratslav (which was known among the Jews as "Breslov"), where Rebbe Nachman spent most of the last eight years of his life. Bratslav is a small town in the Ukrainian Republic, located o ...

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• Breslov Hasidic dynasty - Breslov approach
• Breslov Hasidic dynasty - Breslov forms of meditation
• Breslov Hasidic dynasty - The Rosh Hashana kibbutz
• Breslov Hasidic dynasty - Additional pilgrimages
• Breslov Hasidic dynasty - Main Books of the Breslov Sect

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World Agudath Israel (The World Israelite Union) was established in the early twentieth century as the political arm of Orthodox Judaism. Its base was in Eastern Europe where traditional Judaism was strong before the Second World War and was undergoing a revivial due to the Hasidic movement. Its origins lie in a conference held at Kattowitz (Katowice) in 1912 after the Tenth World Zionist Congress had defeated a motion by religious Zionists for funding for religious schools. This defeat resulted in a number of religious Zionists (or < ...

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