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.
Worship in a synagogue in Moscow and lessons in lighting Hanukkah menorahs in a Chabad mitzvah mobile (vehicle used by Chabad Hasidim as a portable outreach center) in Moscow. 12/9/1993.
00:00:02 - Worship service in a large synagogue in Moscow.
00:00:56 - Men and women are coached in ritual of lighting Hanukkah candles.
00:09:50 - Worship service in a large synagogue, including male choir.
00:11:06 - People being coached to light Hanukkah candles in mitzvah mobile (vehicle used by Chabad Hasidim as a portable outreach center).
00:16:16 - Man is interviewed in Russian after exiting the mitzvah mobile about whether it was the first time he'd every lit Hanukkah candles and if he was aware of Lubavitch's (Chabad's) work in Russia.
00:18:50 - Men and women are coached in ritual of lighting Hanukkah candles in mitzvah mobile.
00:19:50 - (No audio) Worship service in large synagogue shot from the women's balcony. Women and girls, shots of interior of the synagogue.
00:29:10 - Audio only. Wild sound.
Worship in a synagogue in Moscow and lessons in lighting Hanukkah menorahs in a Chabad mitzvah mobile (vehicle used by Chabad Hasidim as a portable outreach center) in Moscow. 12/9/1993.
00:00:02 - Worship service in a large synagogue in Moscow.
00:00:56 - Men and women are coached in ritual of lighting Hanukkah candles.
00:09:50 - Worship service in a large synagogue, including male choir.
00:11:06 - People being coached to light Hanukkah candles in mitzvah mobile (vehicle used by Chabad Hasidim as a portable outreach center).
00:16:16 - Man is interviewed in Russian after exiting the mitzvah mobile about whether it was the first time he'd every lit Hanukkah candles and if he was aware of Lubavitch's (Chabad's) work in Russia.
00:18:50 - Men and women are coached in ritual of lighting Hanukkah candles in mitzvah mobile.
00:19:50 - (No audio) Worship service in large synagogue shot from the women's balcony. Women and girls, shots of interior of the synagogue.
00:29:10 - Audio only. Wild sound.
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00:29:42 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Copyright Date
1997
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