Editing Chassid (section)

== The significance of the Title ==
Many explanations have been written about the names 'Chassid' and 'Chassidim'. One of them was given by the Frierdiker Rebbe in response to a non-Jew's question: "The names Chassid and Chassidim indicate superiority over the ordinary, as Chassidus indicates a type of knowledge that is higher than the type of knowledge in the revealed Torah, and the name Chassid indicates a person who in all his matters conducts himself with superiority over the ordinary - studying Chassidus, davening with enthusiasm, giving tzedakah and performing chesed with excellence."

The Alter Rebbe once expressed an idea to call the Chassidim "Baalei Teshuvah," because their avodas Hashem according to the system of Chassidus brings them to true teshuvah. However, he reconsidered this idea, lest people say that whoever is not a Chassid is a rasha chas v'shalom.

In one of the Frierdiker Rebbe's writings where he describes the beginning of the Chabad movement, he writes: Chabad Chassidus demands from those who follow its approach - in addition to the lifestyle of other Chassidim - to study the knowledge of Chassidus and that the learning should lead to practical action in transforming the nature of middos. Elsewhere he adds that a Chassid is not only one who is connected to the Rebbe but also one who is devoted to the Rebbe's activities.

In Hayom Yom (21 Adar I), the Rebbe writes: "In Chabad Chassidus, the title Chassid refers to one who recognizes his essential being and standing in Torah knowledge and learning, and his situation in mitzvah observance. He knows what he lacks and applies himself with concern to fill what is missing, and increases in discipline through kabbalas ol."
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