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A ''Chasid'' (plural: Chassidim) is a title given to the students and followers of the Baal Shem Tov and his students' students who belong to the Chassidic movement. A Chasid is one who engages in avodas Hashem in a pnimiyus way, meaning with their inner soul powers and not just through physical action, combining both their intellectual and emotional capabilities in the fulfillment of Torah and mitzvos. After the spread of Chassidic teachings under the leadership of the Baal Shem Tov, this title became attached to all believers in Chassidic teachings and those who follow its ways. | A '''Chasid''' (plural: '''Chassidim''') is a title given to the students and followers of the Baal Shem Tov and his students' students who belong to the Chassidic movement. A Chasid is one who engages in avodas Hashem in a pnimiyus way, meaning with their inner soul powers and not just through physical action, combining both their intellectual and emotional capabilities in the fulfillment of Torah and mitzvos. After the spread of Chassidic teachings under the leadership of the Baal Shem Tov, this title became attached to all believers in Chassidic teachings and those who follow its ways. | ||
According to Chabad tradition, published by the Frierdiker Rebbe, in the early years of the Chassidic movement, the Baal Shem Tov called his students by names like 'beloved ones,' 'friends,' or 'chevra of beloved ones' and 'chevra of friends,' rather than Chassidim. The name 'Chassidim' first appears in print in the bans of the misnagdim against the Chassidim - which were printed toward the end of the Maggid of Mezritch's life in 1772: "And they are called by the name of Chassidim and holy ones of the Most High"; "And they call themselves Chassidim." This title was interpreted negatively by the misnagdim: "Those who call themselves chassudim or the chassudim group" when they made use of the interchange of the letters shin and samech among Lithuanian Jews. This detail was explained in the teachings of the Frierdiker Rebbe when he elaborates that it would have been more appropriate for the misnagdim to call the Chassidim 'misnagdim,' for one cannot oppose something before it exists, and they apparently preceded them in time, but Divine Providence granted the misnagdim the merit to call the Chassidim by their proper name. | According to Chabad tradition, published by the Frierdiker Rebbe, in the early years of the Chassidic movement, the Baal Shem Tov called his students by names like 'beloved ones,' 'friends,' or 'chevra of beloved ones' and 'chevra of friends,' rather than Chassidim. The name 'Chassidim' first appears in print in the bans of the misnagdim against the Chassidim - which were printed toward the end of the Maggid of Mezritch's life in 1772: "And they are called by the name of Chassidim and holy ones of the Most High"; "And they call themselves Chassidim." This title was interpreted negatively by the misnagdim: "Those who call themselves chassudim or the chassudim group" when they made use of the interchange of the letters shin and samech among Lithuanian Jews. This detail was explained in the teachings of the Frierdiker Rebbe when he elaborates that it would have been more appropriate for the misnagdim to call the Chassidim 'misnagdim,' for one cannot oppose something before it exists, and they apparently preceded them in time, but Divine Providence granted the misnagdim the merit to call the Chassidim by their proper name. | ||