Note that a person cannot attain such a level, rather it is granted from on High (or born with, etc.). Hence, a tzadik serves as a vehicle (מרכבה merkavah) to God and has no ego or self-consciousness. Its true meaning can only be applied to one who has completely sublimated their natural 'animal' or 'vital' soul inclinations into holiness, so that they experience only love and awe of God, without material temptations. Īccording to Shneur Zalman of Liadi's Tanya, a work of Hasidic Judaism, the true title of tzadik denotes a spiritual description of the soul. According to Maimonides (based on Tractate Yevamot of the Babylonian Talmud 49b-50a): 'One whose merit surpasses his iniquity is a tzadik'. In classic Jewish thought, there are various definitions of a tzadik. The Hebrew word appears in the biblical names Melchizedek, Adonizedek, and Zadok, the high priest of David. Ṣedeq in Canaanite religion may have been an epithet of a god of the Jebusites. Adapting former Kabbalistic theosophical terminology, Hasidic philosophy internalised mystical experience, emphasising devekut attachment to its Rebbe leadership, who embody and channel the Divine flow of blessing to the world. Since the late 17th century, in Hasidic Judaism, the institution of the mystical tzadik as a divine channel assumed central importance, combining popularization of (hands-on) Jewish mysticism with social movement for the first time. The term tzadik 'righteous', and its associated meanings, developed in rabbinic thought from its Talmudic contrast with hasid ('pious' honorific), to its exploration in ethical literature, and its esoteric spiritualisation in Kabbalah. Tzadik is also the root of the word tzedakah ('charity', literally 'righteousness'). When applied to a righteous woman, the term is inflected as tzadika/tzaddikot. The root of the word ṣadiq, is ṣ- d- q ( צדק‎ tsedek), which means 'justice' or ' righteousness'. tzadikim צדיקים‎ ṣadīqīm) is a title in Judaism given to people considered righteous, such as biblical figures and later spiritual masters. Tzadik ( Hebrew: צַדִּיק ṣaddīq, 'righteous ' also zadik or sadiq pl. Of the biblical figures in Judaism, Joseph is customarily called the Tzadik. Joseph interprets Pharaoh's Dream ( Genesis 41:15–41). JSTOR ( October 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).

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