Hasidism

School·Founded 1740 CE

Judaism → Hasidism

Branch

Core Tenets

4 — a sample of the center, never the sum All 4 →
The shared center — held across the tradition
God prefers the joyful heart to the merely correct one. The Baal Shem Tov's revolution: a sincere melody from an unlettered Jew can outweigh a scholar's cold brilliance. Go deeper — context →
Divinity saturates the ordinary. No place is empty of Him — eating, trade, and dance can all be worship if the intention burns. Go deeper — context →
Serve with fervor. Hitlahavut: prayer should catch fire. Swaying, shouting, weeping — decorum is not a commandment. Go deeper — context →
Held by most — broad, but not universal
The tzaddik is a ladder. The rebbe — a righteous master — lifts his community; his court, his table, and his melodies are the school. Go deeper — context →

Cosmos & Afterlife

how reality is built, and what follows death
The nature of reality

No place is empty of Him — divinity saturates the ordinary

After death

The world to come

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