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Hasidim means "Pious Ones," and are now members of the Hasidic movement. They were devotees of the mystical phase of Judaism. Their first appearance was in the pre-Maccabean age.
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Indeed, neither the Kabbalists nor the Hasidim (not even Sabbatianist who did not convert) were opposed to "Rabbinic" Judaism.
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and even the perfectly righteous are unable to ascend to that palace and to stand there for it is the highest degree of all with the exception of the degree of the saints ( hasidim) which is truly the highest degree of all' ( Zohar I, 39a) ...
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that turns everything feminine it touches on into penis: from the lactating breasts that amount to the ejaculating penis, to the elongated penetrated vagina that is the extended penis, to the life-supporting breasts of the Shekinah that the Hasidim ...
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See also: Mystic, World, Talmud, Christ, Ritual

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