Chabad
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hebrew חב״ד. "Chabad" (חב״ד) is an acronym formed from three Hebrew words—Chokhmah, Binah, Da'at, the first three sefirot of the kabbalistic Tree of Life: חכמה, בינה, דעת, "Wisdom, Understanding, and Knowledge"—which represent the intellectual and kabbalistic underpinnings of the movement.
Proper noun[edit]
Chabad
- A branch of Orthodox Chassidic Judaism founded in 1755 by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi
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Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidism
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