The Hasidim split into three groups: the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the Essenes.
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The new rebbe's charismatic personality and scholarship attracted thousands of Hasidim to Koidanov.
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The Hasidim took their name from the Hebrew word chasi·dhimʹ,
meaning“ loyal ones” or“ pious ones.”.
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Through his awesome piety, each group of Hasidim felt, their Rebbe[
Yiddish for“ rabbi”] could even influence the Almighty's decrees.
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In stark contrast to the busy Zionist organizations,
which were always mulling political concerns, the Hasidim were focused on the values which Buber had
long advocated for Zionism to adopt.