Ha·sid
| \ ˈha-səd
, ˈḵä-
\
variants:
or less commonly Chasid
or Chassid
plural Hasidim
also Chasidim
or Chassidim\ ˈha-sə-dəm
, ḵä-ˈsē- \
1
: a member of a Jewish sect of the second century b.c. opposed to Hellenism and devoted to the strict observance of the ritual law
2
or less commonly Hassid \ ˈha-səd
, ˈḵä- \
: a member of a Jewish mystical sect founded in Poland about 1750 in opposition to rationalism and ritual laxity