tzaddik

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1. JudaismA very righteous person, especially a Hassidic spiritual leader.

   For in dreams one thinks with the eyes and the ears; speech has no nouns, just verbs; only in dreams is every person a zaddik, never a murderer….

   1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 226

1. alternativeAlternative form of tsade (“Semitic letter”).