[Avodah] What is a Chasid?

Ben Waxman ben1456 at zahav.net.il
Thu May 17 20:24:24 PDT 2018


The nature of language is that meanings of words change over time. At 
one time calling a child a girl did not mean that you were assuming the 
child's gender  (girl meant a young person of either sex).
Ben

On 5/17/2018 9:48 PM, Professor L. Levine via Avodah wrote:
> The following is from Letter 15 of RSRH's Nineteen Letters  I note 
> that there is no mention of a chasid wearing a particular kind of 
> dress,  speaking a particular language,  etc.  Indeed,  there is no 
> mention of externalities at all. YL




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