Sefer ḥasidim

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Sefer Ḥasidim (The Book of the Holy Ones). A popular Jewish text describing the way of the Ḥasid. It is attributed to Judah the Ḥasid of Regensburg of the 13th cent., but it is a compilation of stories, maxims, and expositions coming from different hands.

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