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.
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) ...
encloses your foot, and you will know that the place on which you are now standing is holy ground. For there is no rung of human life on which we cannot find the holiness of God everywhere and at all times."
Martin Buber
Tales of the Hasidim: ...
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 ...
 See also: Mystic, World, Ritual, Prayer, Talmud
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