Abstract
Footage from the 1997 documentary “A Life Apart: Hasidism in America” (directed by Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky), the first in-depth documentary about Hasidic Jews, members of a distinctive group within Judaism that has roots in pre-World War II Eastern Europe.
Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn performing "shlogn kaporas," a rite a rite involving live chickens that takes place on the eve of Yom Kippur. Hasidic Jews performing the rite of tashlich (a ritual performed on Rosh Hashanah along the banks of a river or stream) in Pelham Bay, New York. (Part 2)
00:00:49 - Woman performing shlogn kaporas, a rite involving live chickens, on the eve of Yom Kippur.
00:02:17 - Sites for shlogn kaporas, a rite involving live chickens performed on the eve of Yom Kippur, next to an auto repair shop in Borough Park and in other locations in Brooklyn.
00:04:57 - Hasidic Jews performing the rite of tashlich on Rosh Hashanah in Pelham Bay near a Toys R Us store.
Audio only: Prayer for tashlich.
Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn performing "shlogn kaporas," a rite a rite involving live chickens that takes place on the eve of Yom Kippur. Hasidic Jews performing the rite of tashlich (a ritual performed on Rosh Hashanah along the banks of a river or stream) in Pelham Bay, New York. (Part 2)
00:00:49 - Woman performing shlogn kaporas, a rite involving live chickens, on the eve of Yom Kippur.
00:02:17 - Sites for shlogn kaporas, a rite involving live chickens performed on the eve of Yom Kippur, next to an auto repair shop in Borough Park and in other locations in Brooklyn.
00:04:57 - Hasidic Jews performing the rite of tashlich on Rosh Hashanah in Pelham Bay near a Toys R Us store.
Audio only: Prayer for tashlich.
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00:20:17 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Copyright Date
1997
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