Who are the hypocrites associated with fasting in the Didache?

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                          The early Christian teaching *[Didache](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didache)*  states that Christians should not fast like the hypocrites:

> Your fasts must not be identical with those of the hypocrites. They fast on Mondays and Thursdays; but you should fast on Wednesdays and Fridays. [Chapter 8]

Who are the hypocrites? A rival Christian group? The Pharisees? Someone else?

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Who are the hypocrites associated with fasting in the Didache?

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