Zaddik

Hasidism, which revolved round the intimate connection between a charismatic leader (titled Zaddik or Rebbe) and the community of his adherents, forged a strong new bond between husband and wife through their common allegiance to their Rebbe.

Hasidism. 2009

If the ossuary said something like 'James the Zaddik' or 'Just One,' which is how many referred to him -- including Hegesippus from the Second Century CE and Eusebius from the Fourth -- then I would have more willingly credited it.

Robert Eisenman: The James Ossuary: Is It Authentic? (An Update) Robert Eisenman 2011

Trained women workers and volunteers worked with families individually, in this way making the neighborhood center in Shimon ha-Zaddik the first of its kind in the country and a progressive model of social welfare for other cities.

Hannah Thon. 2009

Zaddik, pour out her soul before him and receive counsel and a blessing from him.

Hasidism. 2009

As I conclude I shall define a word which is most certainly not in common use and that is: Zaddik.

Norman Horowitz: Rush Limbaugh Is Not a Zaddik! 2009

A semi-legendary figure, reputed to have been one of the few Women in Hasidism who functioned as a fully-fledged spiritual master (Zaddik or Rebbe).

Ludomir, Maid of. 2009

He even quotes a tradition, without citing its source, whereby the brothers of Hannah Hayyah of Chernobyl — all Zaddikim in their own right and heirs to their famous father, Mordecai of Chernobyl — had said that “she was a Zaddik just like them” (vol. 4, 69), but he supplies no details to illustrate any formal-institutional aspects of her leadership or indeed that of any other woman he mentions in this connection.

Hasidism. 2009

London: 1988, with additional bibliographical references in note 2, and an expanded version in Zaddik and Devotees: Historical and Sociological Aspects of Hasidism (Hebrew), edited by David Assaf.

Ludomir, Maid of. 2009

London: 1988, and the additional bibliography listed there in note 2, as well as the expanded version in Zaddik and Devotees: Historical and Soiological Aspects of Hasidism (Hebrew), edited by David Assaf.

Hasidism. 2009

Following the personal intervention of Mordecai of Chernobyl (1770 – 1837) — the most eminent Zaddik of the region — she reluctantly agreed to marry, but the marriage was never consummated and soon ended in divorce.

Ludomir, Maid of. 2009