Tzaddik

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A tzaddik or tzaddik ([ tsaˈdɪk ], Hebrew צדיק, ṣaddīq, German 'righteous' or 'righteous') is a title in Judaism for people of righteousness .

In the Tanakh a tzaddik is a righteous man, in the Talmud and Midrash one who does more in the matter of justice than God's law requires. As early as the Middle Ages, the term tzaddik was used as an honorary designation for particularly pious Jews who were said to have a special relationship with God.

In Hasidism , a tzaddik , also Admor or Rebbe , is the (often dynastic) head of a Hasidic community.

Variants as first names

  • Hebrew: Tzadik or Zadik
  • Arabic: Sadiq, Sadeq (صَادِق)
  • Persian: Sadegh or Sadeq

literature

  • R. Mach: The tzaddik in Talmud and Midrash. Brill, Leiden 1957 (also: Basel, dissertation).
  • Gershom Scholem : Zaddik. The fair. In: Ders .: On the mystical figure of the deity. Studies on basic terms of Kabbalah (= Suhrkamp-Taschenbuch Wissenschaft 209). Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1977, ISBN 3-518-07809-7 .

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