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Hasidut

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Hasidut (from the Hebrew: חסידות, Sephardic pronunciation: [ħasiˈdut] [ḥasidut]; Ashkenazic pronunciation: [χasiˈdus] [chasidus]; "piety" or "loving-kindness"), alternatively transliterated as hasiduth, may refer to:

  • Hasidic Judaism - a branch of Orthodox Judaism, founded in 18th-century Eastern Europe by Rabbi Yisroel ben Eliezer (Baal Shem Tov)
  • Hasidic philosophy - the teachings, interpretations, and various practices of Judaism as articulated by the Hasidic movement
  • List of Hasidic dynasties

See also

  • Hasid (term)
  • Hasideans
  • Ashkenazi Hasidim

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