The ultra-pious Jewish religious movement called Hasidism…

1684 CE to 1827 CE

The ultra-pious Jewish religious movement called Hasidism combines austerity with overtones of mysticism during the late seventeenth century in the southern periphery of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, especially in contemporary Western Ukraine.

Hasidism seeks favor with the common people, who have grown dissatisfied with formalistic ritualism and have turned their attention to developing a personal spiritual life.

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