hasidim

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Devout Jews who refused to forsake their religion during the persecutions of the Syrian monarch Antiochus Epiphanes (second century b c e )
Literally, "pious ones" May refer to a medeival German sect, but usually used in reference to a particular Orthodox movement founded by Israel Ba'al Shem Tov in Poland in the late 17th century There is an emphasis on the joy of prayer, ecstatic prayer, and also the notion of bringing Kabbalah to everyone in some form There are various sects which follow different rebbes as thier leaders, such as the Lubavitcher, Satmar, and Bratslavers adj , Hasidic, sing Hasid
sect of Orthodox Jews who follow the Mosaic Law strictly
Sect Of The Essenes, Ultra-Orthodox
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