zaddik

zaddik Definition

zaddik (tsä′dik)

noun pl. zaddikim zad·dik′im (tsä dē′kim)

Judaism a righteous and just man
the spiritual leader of a Hasidic community

Etymology: Heb tsadik < adj., righteous and just < root cdq, to be right

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