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 | | This teaching practically led to the contribution by the people of their last pennies toward the support of their tzaddik (rebbe), and the tzaddik untiringly "poured forth blessings on the earth, healed the sick, cured women of sterility," etc. A multiplicity of Hasidic dynasties contested for supremacy. |
 | | The Bolshevik revolution and the rise of Communism saw the disintegration of the Hasidic centers in the Ukraine such as Chabad, Breslov, and the dynasties of Chernobyl and Ruzhin. |
 | | In fact, one of the most controversial innovations of Hassidic practice involves the near-abolition of the traditional specified times of day by which prayers must be conducted (zemanim), particularly the morning prayer; the preparations for prayer, including partaking of food (also proscribed by strict halachic literalism) take precedence and may extend into the allotted time. |
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