Definition of tsaddik in English:
tsaddik
(also zaddik, tzaddik)
nounPlural tsaddiks, Plural tsaddikim ˈtsadɪk
Judaism A Hasidic spiritual leader or guide.
Example sentencesExamples
- My son may not excel in learning and academics, but he can excel in becoming a tzaddik, a righteous Jew who sincerely cares about others and strives to fulfill the Torah's commandments to the best of his ability.
- He was a learned man, a kind man, a tzaddik - a righteous person.
- One of the great tzaddikim lived in abject poverty, yet always had a happy disposition.
- A tzaddik is a leader for the Hassidic community, but an innate leader of humanity.
- The tzaddik is the being that was created in the Divine image.
Origin
Hebrew ṣaddīq 'just, righteous'.