The Hasidim, or "pious ones" in Hebrew, belong to a special movement within Orthodox Judaism, a movement that, at its height in the first half of the nineteenth century, claimed the allegiance of ...

Reveals the untold tale of shocking events and anomalous figures in the history of Hasidism This fascinating volume reveals some of the dark, dramatic episodes concealed in the folds of the hasidic ...

Hasidism arose against the background of conditions in eighteenth-century Poland, a troubled time of foreign invasions, peasant uprisings, a declining central government, and conflict between ...

Sects and Denominations of Hasidism Hasidic Judaism encompasses a diverse array of sects, each with its own customs, practices, and spiritual leaders.