Hasidic Judaism

Religious subgroup of modern Judaism HasidismHebrew: חסידותA tish of the Boyan Hasidic dynasty in Jerusalem, holiday of Sukkot, 2009ScriptureTorah, Talmud, Kabbalistic textsTheology Jewish mysticism (Kabbalah), Haredi JudaismPolityDynastic, led by a RebbeMajor dynastiesSee List of Hasidic dynasties and groupsRegionWorldwide, primarily Israel, United StatesLanguageYiddish, Hebrew, English, local languagesFounderBaal Shem TovOriginc. 1730-1770 present-day Western Ukraine (Moldavia, Podolia, Volhynia etc.)SeparationsMisnagdim, HaskalahMembers130,000 households (2016) Part of a series onJews and Judaism Etymology Who is a Jew? Jewish studies Religion God in Judaism (names) Principles of faith Mitzvot (613) Halakha Shabbat Holidays Prayer Tzedakah Land of Israel Brit Bar and bat mitzvah Marriage Bereavement Baal teshuva Off the derech Philosophy Ethics Kabbalah Messiah Claimants Customs Rites Synagogue Rabbi Texts Tanakh Torah Nevi'im Ketuvim Talmud Mishnah Gemara Rabbinic Midrash Tosefta Targum Beit Yosef Mishneh Torah Tur Shulchan Aruch Zohar History General Timeline Land of Israel Name "Judea" Historical population History of Israel Modern historiography Leaders Antisemitism An