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	University of Florida News - As Hasidic population grows, Jewish politics may shift right
		Hasidic, which means “pious” in Hebrew, refers to a Jewish movement that believes in a strict interpretation of the laws and ethics of the Torah, the first five books of the Bible.
		Hasidic Jews also tend to have large, traditional families, with most Hasidic women working in the home, although Hasidic women are not forbidden from entering the workplace.
		Hasidic Jews believe in living close together, within walking distance of a synagogue, so these settlements tend consist of closely spaced apartments or rowhouses – a far cry from the big-house, big-lawn American suburban archetype.
	news.ufl.edu /2006/11/27/hasidic-jews (791 words)

	A Life Apart: Hasidism In America -- Inside the Community: A Holy Life
		The landmarks of the Hasidic neighborhood, the prayer house (the shtibl), ritual bath (mikveh), studyhouse (besmedresh), rebbe's residence, and school, are usually all within walking distance of one another.
		Hasidism said that endless disputation of biblical commentaries by a scholarly elite was dry religious legalism and that what mattered was faith, feeling, and love--of God, and of fellow men.
		Hasidism believes that wholehearted personal participation in worship contributes to "uplifting" the Hasid toward divinity--achieving dvaykus, the state of adhering, cleaving, or becoming one with God--and that each individual has a responsibility to seek out the "divine sparks" hidden within all of creation.
	www.pbs.org /alifeapart/intro_2.html (1761 words)

	A Life Apart: Hasidism in America -- A Brief Introduction to Hasidism
		Soon after its founding in the mid-eighteenth century by Jewish mystics, Hasidism rapidly gained popularity in all strata of society, especially among the less educated common people, who were drawn to its charismatic leaders and the emotional and spiritual appeal of their message, which stressed joy, faith, and ecstatic prayer, accompanied by song and dance.
		Hasidism is not a denomination but an all-embracing religious lifestyle and ideology, which is expressed somewhat differently by adherents of the diverse courts (also called "sects").
		Hasidic tales, intriguing and memorable doorways into a complex world of Hasidic thought, religious themes, and humor, are fruits of a long and continuing oral tradition.
	www.pbs.org /alifeapart/intro.html (722 words)

	Hasidic Judaism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elimelech of Lezhinsk affirmed belief in Tzaddikism as a fundamental doctrine of Hasidism.
		In fact, Hasidic philosophy, especially the Chabad school, views all physical and psychological phenomena as relative and illusionary; God, the absolute reality in itself, is beyond all physical or even spiritual concepts and boundaries.
		However, many Hasidic dynasties have their own specific adaptation of nusach Sefard; some, such as the versions of the Bobover and Dushinsky Hasidim, are closer to nusach Ashkenaz, while others, such as the versions of Chabad-Lubavitch and Munkacz are closer to nusach Sefarad of the Arizal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hasidic_Judaism (4887 words)

	ethnic costumes : Jewish Hasidic
		Hasidic Jews have maintained their identity in many countries, although they have been influenced by local clothing styles.
		Hasidic Jews are a relatively small group, but are widely known because of the destinctive dress and hair style worn.
		Hasidism is a religious movement which gave rise to a pattern of communal life and leadership as well as a particular social outlook.
	histclo.com /style/ethnic/ethnicjew.html (2285 words)

	Hasidic Judaism and Lutheran Pietism by The Rev. Mark Isaacs, ELCM Pastor.
		On the spiritual side, many Jews were attracted to the new Hasidic movement after the profound shock and disappointment of the messianic expectations that surrounded the kabbalist Shabbetai Zevi (1627-1676) and his “prophet” Nathan of Gaza (1644-1680).
		Hasidism also stresses the idea that all men are equal before God (we would say “the priesthood of all believers”), and that sincere prayerful devotion (a revolution in prayer life) is preferable to traditional Talmudic study.
		Again, Hasidism was a dynamic counter-cultural and enthusiastic folk movement that enriched the lives of the Jew people as a group separating them from their Christian neighbors by language, culture, religion, and civil status.
	www.elcm.org /theology/hasidicrelattoPietististicLutheran.html (6585 words)

	Hasidism.info -- FAQ on Hasidism (Chassidism) Part 2 of 3
		Hasidic hat styles are often based on the styles which were worn in the part of Eastern Europe where the particular group originated, or the style that their Rebbe wore in the Old Country.
		Although some (not all) Hasidic woman do shave their heads, this practice is not based on a religious commandment, but is a custom based on a number of possible reasons.
		An elderly Hasidic woman from Poland once told me that the first thing she would hear before a pogrom (a violent attack on a Jewish community) was the howling and barking of dogs in the distance, which got louder as the mob came nearer.
	www.pinenet.com /~rooster/hasid2.html (10516 words)

	Hasidism.info -- a FAQ on Hasidism (Chassidism) Part 1-A of 3
		A-1: A Hasidic (Hah-SEE-dik) or Chassidic (with a gutteral CH sound) Jew is a Jew who practices Hasidism (HAH-see-DIZZ-um), which is a form of mystical Orthodox Judaism that began in the 1700's in Eastern Europe.
		Hasidic Jews can often be recognized by their distinctive style of dress.
		Hasidic groups themselves are reluctant to release population figures, or even take a census, for many reasons, one of which is, that it is considered bad luck to count people.
	www.pinenet.com /~rooster/hasid1.html (6032 words)

	Hasidic philosophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hasidic Philosophy or Chassidic philosophy (also Hasidism or Hassidism, Chassidus or Chassidut or Chasidut) is the teachings and philosophy underlying Hasidic Judaism.
		Hasidic Philosophy teaches a method of contemplating on God and His greatness (see Jewish meditation), as well as the inner significance of the Mitzvos (commandments and rituals of Torah law).
		Hasidic Philosophy is the knowledge of God, which Hasidic philosophy maintains is the essence of the Torah and of everything in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hasidism (1938 words)

	Amazon.com: Hasidic Responses to the Holocaust in the Light of Hasidic Thought: Books: Pesach Schindler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the popular mind, Hasidic Jews (and Orthodox Jews in general) are often seen as cowards who did not fight back, and are usually written off as "useless" or "obsolete" by the Zionist movement for not having grabbed guns to kill the Nazis.
		But in "Hasidic Responses," the reader learns that many Hasidic Jews did resist the Nazis -- not with guns, but by drawing on the inner strength of Hasidic teachings about the ultimate goodness of God, the honor and privilege or martyrdom, and the value of sanctifying every moment of life through Torah and mitzvot.
		As a Hasidic Jew myself, it is my hope that readers of this book will come to understand that the Hasidim who died in the Holocaust -- many by taking stands for their faith and refusing to be dehumanized -- were true martyrs, not the helpless victims they are so often portrayed to have been.
	www.amazon.com /Hasidic-Responses-Holocaust-Light-Thought/dp/0881253103 (1320 words)

	Religious Movements Homepage: Hasidism
		Hasidism would have continued to be a force in contemporary life had it not been for Nazism
		Despite opposition to Hasidism, Hasidic teachings were carried to communities throughout Eastern and Central Europe by Hasidic disciples who had witnessed the new ways and the new miracles at first hand at the court of Dov Ber and later at the Courts of other Rebbes
		Martin Buber was a philosopher, storyteller, and scholar of Hasidism.
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/hasid.html (4180 words)

	Hasidim head to Bethlehem - New Hampshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hundreds of Satmars and other Hasidim, or fervently Orthodox Jews, drive north from New York to enjoy the cool mountain air and tree-lined vistas for which the tourist town is known.
		The city Jews have little interaction with the local country Jews, though some visiting Hasids tour Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation, a newly refurbished, 19th-century, white wooden building with a tall peaked roof and gabled windows.
		One of the borrowed Torahs turned out to be damaged, Salomon recalls, so a Hasidic Torah scribe who was vacationing in Bethlehem repaired the marred letters at no charge and returned the scroll as good as new.
	www.jewishaz.com /jewishnews/020927/findingside1.html (457 words)

	israelinsider: Briefs: Thousands of Hasidic Jews to hold annual celebration at spiritual leader's tomb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Thousands of Hasidic Jews from around the world gathered Thursday in the central Ukrainian town of Uman to mark the Jewish New Year, or Rosh Hashana, at the tomb of their spiritual leader.
		Some 12,000 Jews from the Bratslav Hasidic movement had gathered in the quiet town by Thursday to pray at the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, who died in 1810.
		Nachman, the great grandson of the founder of Hasidism, is renowned for his mystical interpretations of Jewish texts, and promised on his deathbed to help anyone who came and prayed beside his tomb.
	web.israelinsider.com /Articles/Briefs/9487.htm (493 words)

	Links: An Annotated Internet Guide to Hasidic Stories
		She explains Hasidism and the Baal Shem Tov in easy-to-understand terms while placing them within a the general framework of Jewish history and Judaism, as a whole.
		It includes biographical entries for the great hasidic leaders of the past two hundred years, from the Baal Shem Tov to the leaders of the dynasties of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.
		Rabbi Tzvi Rabinowicz, the author of this collection, is a descendant of famous hasidic and rabbinic families in Poland.
	www.hasidicstories.com /Resources/links1.html (1972 words)

	CNN.com - Books - Author finds story in clash between Iowa town and Hasidic Jews - October 24, 2000
		The Jews had relocated from Brooklyn and rescued the town's faltering slaughterhouse by packaging kosher meat and shipping it out, making millions of dollars in the process.
		The book is framed by the annexation vote that was fiercely opposed by the Jews -- so much that if it was approved for the slaughterhouse, the Jews claimed they would leave Postville.
		But Bloom learned quickly how different his world was from the Lubavitchers when Bloom, his son, and their Hasidic host passed three locals fixing a sidewalk.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/books/news/10/24/postville/index.html (1213 words)

	A Hasidic Migration Renews Crown Heights Tensions — A Jewish Magazine, an Interfaith Movement
		Until a few years ago, the Jews of the Lubavitch Hasidic sect living in Crown Heights told their children to not to venture south of Empire Boulevard into the African-American and Afro-Caribbean neighborhood of Flatbush.
		Thus, Hasidic families are moving farther south and settling near and in Flatbush for cheaper living spaces in proximity to the synagogue.
		Williams and Keith do not think that the friction caused by the Hasidic migration to Flatbush or the lack of affordable housing for minorities will be the spark that sets off another riot.
	www.tikkun.org /magazine/specials/article.2006-04-19.0748120119 (1493 words)

	Catholic World News : Hasidic Jews Build World's Largest Synagogue In Ukraine
		The project was initiated by Israel Tuker from the Israeli town of Tsfat, who is the current director of the International Foundation for Hasidic Jews in Bratslav.
		The construction of the synagogue and the restoration of Rabbi Nakhmann's grave are important, according to the project's organizers, because each year more and more Hasidic Jews visit Uman.
		According to statistics given by the World Jewish Congress in 1996, there currently are 400,000 Jews in Ukraine and 550,000 Jews in Russia.
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=4170 (211 words)

	For the love of G-d - gay Hasidic Jews and movies - Brief Article Advocate, The - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Director Sandi Simcha DuBowski is sitting on the deck of his Greenwich Village apartment--a quiet, green oasis where he has shared Jewish holidays with friends and held the wrap party for his documentary film Trembling Before G-d.
		These people yearn to reconcile love for their faith with their sexuality and must do so under the threat of isolation from their families and ostracism from their community.
		Michelle could take comfort from Malka and Leah, a couple who delight in the rituals of their faith despite facing a lack of acceptance.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2001_Oct_23/ai_79236011 (975 words)

	Hurrying across Brooklyn Bridge on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		For me, it's totally out of the ordinary--I'd never even seen Hasidic Jews until my first visit to NYC five years ago.
		You certainly won't see anyone who dresses like this in Japan (which is my "everyday" scene) ;-)
		You are right: Hasidic Jews are not that common.
	flickr.com /photos/esthet/2655334 (611 words)

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