Male members of this sect wear a rekelech during the week and a bekishe on holidays, and like Yemenites, invariably wear payot, or sidelocks.
An early leader of this group led a circle called the Holy Brotherhood, or Chevraia Kadisha. A leader of a subsect of this group enumerated the five levels of divine service in a book referred to as the Tanya. Most subgroups of this sect gather in meetings called tish, which are called by leaders often known as "ADMOR". After its founding, this sect was directly opposed by the Vilna Gaon and the rest of the (*) misnagdim. The highest poverty rate in the US is in a village dominated by this religious sect called Kiryas Joel. Male members of this sect wear a rekelech during the week and a bekishe on holidays, and like Yemenites, invariably wear payot, or sidelocks. It is divided into dynasties including Belz, Satmar, and the Crown Heights-headquartered Chabad, and it was founded by the Baal Shem Tov. For 10 points, name this mystical sect of Orthodox Judaism.
An early leader of this group led a circle called the Holy Brotherhood, or Chevraia Kadisha.
Hasidism [or Hasidim; or Hasids; or Hasidic Jews/Judaism; or Chasid in any of those forms; prompt on "Haredi Jews" or equivalents; prompt on "Jews" or equivalents]