He also pointed out that in particular branches of Chasidism “there is a tradition that believes every mitzvah operates on both the surface plane and the mystical plane.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Yesterday, Bush Said Confirming NYT Story “Would Compromise Our Ability To Protect The People”] Reference

The academic world hasn't always been friendly to Chasidism or Kabbala.    From Wordnik.com.  [lubavitch.com Chabad-Lubavitch news site] Reference

This passage in the "Book of the Pious" reminds me of the circumstance under which the originator of the latter-day Chasidism, Israel.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of Delight and Other Papers] Reference

So maybe, I thought, I ought, I ought to cut Chasidism (and its megachurch version, Chabad) a little bit more slack. this story (from the Forward, naturally) about the genocidal ravings of a well-known Chabad rabbi, the one who helped reclaim Bob Dylan from Christianity.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Reality-Based Community] Reference

All this was brought into question for me the other night watching Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. http://www. shmuley.com/site/about/The love among the three of them was so obvious, and their discussion of how difference could be made productive so inspiring, and the Rabbi's comments so wise and gentle, that I was led to wonder whether I had been unfair to Chasidism.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Reality-Based Community] Reference