tzaddik
noun
tzad·dik
variant spelling of zaddik
1
: a righteous and saintly person by Jewish religious standards
2
: the spiritual leader of a modern Hasidic community
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Such is the way of a tzaddik.
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Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Dec. 2020
According to Jewish tradition, a person who dies on Rosh Hashanah, which began tonight, is a tzaddik, a person of great righteousness.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2020
Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Dec. 2020
According to Jewish tradition, a person who dies on Rosh Hashanah, which began tonight, is a tzaddik, a person of great righteousness.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2020
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