Hasidism

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Hasidic Jewish men in traditional black coats and hats cross a street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with other Orthodox Jewish community members visible in the background.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Hasidic men in traditional attire dance and hold Torah scrolls during Simchat Torah celebrations in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem.

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Hasidic Jewish men in traditional black coats and hats cross a street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with other Orthodox Jewish community members visible in the background.

Sabbath stroll

Hasidic Jewish men crossing a street in the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn...

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Baʿal Shem Ṭov

Baʿal Shem Ṭov

A 19th-century illustration of the founder of Hasidism, Israel ben Eliezer, better...

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Hasidic men in traditional attire dance and hold Torah scrolls during Simchat Torah celebrations in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem.

Dancing with the Torah

Ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jews dancing with Torah scrolls during the Simchat Torah celebration...

© Menahem Kahana—AFP/Getty Images

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