tzadik
Noun
Meaning
tzadik (plural tzadiks or tzadikim)
Alternative spelling of tzaddik
Examples
As a personal honorific, both "Hasid" and "Tzadik" could be applied independently to a same individual with both different qualities.
In classic Rabbinic literature it differs from " Tzadik "-"righteous", by instead denoting one who goes beyond the legal requirements of ritual and ethical Jewish observance in daily life.