]> 2026-04-12T23:22:37+00:00 Chhassidi 0 en Chhassidi Chasdim In the Septuagint ''Assidai'', and in English ''Assideans''. They are also mentioned in ''Maccabees ''I., vii., 13, as being put to death with many others. They were the followers of Mattathias, the father of the Maccabeans, and were all initiated mystics, or Jewish adepts. The word means ‘‘ skilled learned in all wisdom, human and divine”. Mackenzie (R.M.C.) regards them as the guardians of the Temple for the preservation of its purity ; but as Solomon and his Temple are both allegorical and had no real existence, the Temple means in this case the “ body of Israel ” and its morality.“ Scaliger connects this Society of the ''Assideans ''with that of the Essenes, deeming it the predecessor of the latter.” [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>. In the Septuagint ''Assidai'', and in English ''Assideans''. They are also mentioned in ''Maccabees ... Chhassidi Chhassidi • [[CTD term::Chasdim]] Chhassidi 2022-02-14T10:05:29Z 2459624.9204745 Chhassidi