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on. Hasidism was no exception, As there was no organization to establish tradition or give the movement direction, it took off without tradition in all directions (Dimont 289).

In consequence, each Hasidic rabbi seized a piece of territory so that there were soon hundreds of Hasidic "principalities," "duchies," and "palatinates," with each maintaining its rabbi like a separate prince. The rabbinical offices became hereditary, leading to nepotism and politics instead of wisdom and ability. Christianity would have had the same problem except that it found Paul, a man who could organi

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