Originally published in Tzvi M. Rabinowicz (ed.), The encyclopedia of Hasidism (1996), pp. 499-500. Truth (emet) in hasidic thought is more a moral than an intellectual virtue, denoting especially self-knowledge; lack of sham and hypocrisy in religious life; and complete sincerity in the service of God without any ulterior motives (piniyot, lit., “turnings aside,” i.e.,…