Ḥasidism

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Ḥasidism: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	German Ḥasidism • Chasidism

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Judaism Marrano Samaritan Haskala Pharisee Zealot Boethusian Jewish religious year Musar klezmer music Zionism

Key People

Peabody, George

George Peabody

American merchant, financier, and philanthropist

Eleazar ben Judah Of Worms

German rabbi

Judah ben Samuel

German Jewish mystic