Definition of "chassidim" []

• A sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Someone once asked Shlomo Carlebach why, after all the chassidish torah was so awesome, why the homes of the chassidim were so drab, the color and spirit absent?"
• "That we keep at the same berit priah level, and even go further than the chassidim, cutting off the inner forseskin, not just tearing it back."
• "Faced with a particular political position, the chassidim turned geulah on its head, and create a system that works from the inside out, or from the bottom up and by up I mean way up."