Judah HeHasid

People who used the name Judah HeHasid (Hebrew: יהודה החסיד‎‎, Yehudah HeHasid, "Judah the Pious") include:

Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg (12th-13th centuries), the initiator of the Chassidei Ashkenaz movement
Judah HeHasid (Jerusalem) (around 1650-1700), a charismatic preacher who led the largest organized group of Jewish immigrants to the Land of Israel before modern Zionism.

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