Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CHASSIDIM
Hasidim, Hassidim, Hasidism, Chasidim, Chassidim
(noun) a sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly
CHASSID
Hasid, Hassid, Chasid, Chassid
(noun) a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism
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