Notice the comments of Edward Hoffman in his book about the Hasidic Chabad - Lubavitch movement: “The early Hasidim also stressed that in every generation there exists a single Jewish leader, a zaddik [a righteous one], who is the ‘ Moses ’ of his time, one whose scholarship, and devotion to others is unequaled.
लेकिन, अति - रूढ़ीवादी हॆसाइडिक समूहों में, गुरू और आदर्श के तौर पर रब्बी की धारणा और भी विकसित हुई ।