Hasidic Judaism

Hasidic Judaism (Hebrew: Chasidut חסידות, meaning "pious" from the Hebrew root word chesed חסד meaning "loving kindness") is a Haredi Jewish religious movement. It is also known as Hasidism, and the adjective Chasidic/Hasidic (or in Yiddish Chasidish חסידיש) is applied. It originated in Eastern Europe (Belarus and Ukraine) in the 18th century.

References

• Boteach, Shmuel Wisdom, Understanding, and Knowledge: Basic Concepts of Hasidic Thought Jason Aronson, 1995, ISBN 0876685572
• Buber, Martin and Fetterman, Bonny V. (ed.) Tales of the Hasidim: Book One: The Early Masters and Book Two: The Later Masters (Two books in one) Schocken Books; 1961, 1991, ISBN 0805209956
• Finkel, Avraham Yaakov Contemporary Sages: The Great Chasidic Masters of the Twentieth Century Jason Aronson, 1994, ISBN 1568211554.
• Nadler, Allan The Faith of the Mithnagdim: Rabbinic Responses to Hasidic Rapture Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998, 1997 ISBN 0801855608
• Schochet, Elijah Judah The Hasidic Movement and the Gaon of Vilna, Jason Aaronson, 1994, ISBN 1568211252
• Encyclopedia Judaica, Hasidic Judaism, Keter Publishing