Editing Hasid (section)

==Usage in rabbinic texts==
As a personal honorific, both "Ḥasīd" and "Tzadik" could be applied independently to the same individual with both different qualities. The 18th-century [[Vilna Gaon]], for instance, at that time the chief [[Misnagdim|opponent]] of the new Jewish mystical movement that became known as "[[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidism]]", was renowned for his righteous life. In tribute to his scholarship, he became popularly honored with the formal title of "[[Gaon (Hebrew)|Genius]]", while amongst the Hasidic movement's leadership, despite his fierce opposition to their legalistic tendencies, he was respectfully referred to as "The [[Gaon (Hebrew)|Gaon]], the Ḥasīd from Vilna".

A general dictum in the [[Talmud]] (''[[Baba Kama]]'' 30<sup>a</sup>) states: "He that wishes to be pious ([[Aramaic]]: ''ḥasīda''), let him uphold the things described under the indemnity laws in the Mishnaic Order of ''[[Neziqin]]''." [[Rava (amora)|Rava]], differing, said: "Let him observe the things transcribed in ''[[Pirkei Avot]]''." (ibid.)

Of the few known pious men in the early 2nd century, the Talmud acknowledges the following: "Wherever we read (in Talmudic writings), 'It is reported of a pious man', either R. [[Judah ben Bava|Juda b. Baba]] it meant or R. [[Judah bar Ilai|Judah, the son of R. Ilai]]."<ref>[[Babylonian Talmud]] (''[[Temurah (Talmud)|Temurah]]'' 15<sup>b</sup> - end); {{Citation |title=Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature |editor-last=Jastrow|editor-first=M. |editor-link=Marcus Jastrow |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |place=Peabody, Mass.|year=2006|page=487 |oclc=614562238 }}, s.v. {{Script/Hebrew|חסיד}}</ref>