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Pshishkhah Ḥasidism

Jewish religious movement

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established by Przysucha

  • In Jacob Isaac ben Asher Przysucha

    …a new form of Ḥasidism, Pshishkhah Ḥasidism, based on his belief that the wholehearted observance of one’s duty as a Jew was of greater value than the performance of miracles, which he felt appealed to the ignorant and materialistic. Because Przysucha and his followers believed that prayer should be offered…

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