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Chasidic Judaism: What is it and where did it come from?

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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Was It a Rabbi's Relationship With the Baal Shem?

Hacitic movement was informal, not very organized. It spread most quickly around the southern parts of eastern europe,. This is where it more caught on. There was a divide in ashkanazi world between german jews and galizianes. And these opponents and critics were called mitnagdim. The vilna jewish community at this time was big; there were many scholars. Their main leader was this kind of cariic scholar named salijah salmanon. He embodied the sort of ascetic style of pre-precious men. But he had outsized influence because he wrote tracts to condemn other communities. So he had to keep himself awake all night reading

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