“A tzaddik is a leader for the Hassidic community, but an innate leader of humanity.”

“He demanded that the tzaddik be, not a miracle-worker, but a religious teacher.”

“The tzaddik is a kind of conduit that connects between this world and the world on high and intercedes between us and the Almighty.”

“When a terrible drought threatens the land of Eretz Yisroel, two messengers come to the great tzadik to ask for his help in prayer to bring rain.”

“Righteousness is the translation of tzadik, which also carries the concept of legitimacy.”

“Tzadik has done a typically great job of recognizing and recording an undervalued piece of music.”

“Whoever desired to enter upon a hazardous transaction consulted the zaddik as an oracle, and had to pay for his counsel.”

“The zaddik, however miserly he might be, had to assist the poor and distressed with his revenues.”

“The wealthy Chassidim regarded it as a duty to support the zaddik liberally.”

“One of the great tzaddikim lived in abject poverty, yet always had a happy disposition.”

“Why have these pilgrimages to the gravesites of tzaddikim become such a yuppie trend.”

“The tzaddikim, or righteous ones, proclaimed that there are profound matters enfolded in the kugel.”