Chasidic Judaism: What is it and where did it come from?
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Hasidism and the Hasidic Movement in the United States
Yeth outreaches a big part of their mission and goal. They're probably the most familiar hasitic group to secular jewish americans. And they know it's a practice for them to set up habad houses, like mission houses, near colleges. One other significant group in that movement, too, is the breast laver group,. Started in ukraine in the 17 nineties and early 18 hundreds, with a court around rab by nachman of breslav. He built up a following fairly quickly, but then died at only 39 years old in 18 ten. So he left behind this mass of brilliant writings and these followers, but he didn't have a successor
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