Hasidic philosophy or
Hasidus (Hebrew: חסידות), alternatively transliterated as
Hassidism,
Chassidism,
Chassidut etc. is the teachings, interpretations, and practice of
Judaism as articulated by the
Hasidic movement. Thus, Hasidus is a framing term for the teachings of the Hasidic masters, expressed in its range from
Torah (the Five books of Moses) to
Kabbalah (Jewish mysticisim). Hasidus deals with a range of spiritual concepts such as
God, the
soul, and the
Torah, and gives them understandable, applicable and practical expressions. It also discusses the charismatic religious elements of the movement, but mainly Hasidus describes the structured thought and philosophy of Hasidim. In other words, it speaks of the "soul of Torah", as Hasidus is often referred to by that very name.