. . "Hasidic Judaism (from the Hebrew: \u05D7\u05E1\u05D9\u05D3\u05D5\u05EA\u200E, Sephardic pronunciation: [\u0127asi\u02C8dut]; Ashkenazic pronunciation: [\u03C7a\u02C8sidus]; Israeli pronunciation: [\u03C7asi\u02C8dut]), meaning \"piety\" (or \"loving-kindness\"), is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that promotes spirituality through the popularization and internalization of Jewish mysticism as the fundamental aspect of the faith. It was founded in 18th-century Eastern Europe by Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov as a reaction against overly legalistic Judaism."@en . . .