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.
A boy having a bris in Moscow under the aegis of the Lubavitcher (Chabad) shaliach (emissary) in Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar. (Part 4) Chabad mitzvah mobile (vehicle used for portable outreach). Chanie Lazar cooking for Shabbos. (Part 1) 12/9/1993.
00:00:01 - Continuation of footage of bris: interview with the boy's mother. (Russian)
00:03:04 - Mother helps her son dress.
00:03:51 - Rabbi Lazar says a blessing over the bris and congratulates the boy. (Hebrew/Russian)
00:11:01 - (No audio) The mohel (performer of ritual circumcisions) moving the exam table in the room where the bris took place.
00:11:50 - (No audio) Chabad mitzvah mobile (vehicle for portable outreach) with portrait of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Street scenes shot from car.
00:13:15 - (No audio) Chanie's helper singes a raw chicken over burner on stove. Raw chickens. Chanie and children in kitchen. Baby sleeping.
00:15:37 - (Partial audio) Chanie Lazar in kitchen as helper singes chicken on stove burner. Chanie handling raw chicken feet. Chanie feeding children. More preparation of chicken, gefilte fish, latkes, soup with matzoh balls.
A boy having a bris in Moscow under the aegis of the Lubavitcher (Chabad) shaliach (emissary) in Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar. (Part 4) Chabad mitzvah mobile (vehicle used for portable outreach). Chanie Lazar cooking for Shabbos. (Part 1) 12/9/1993.
00:00:01 - Continuation of footage of bris: interview with the boy's mother. (Russian)
00:03:04 - Mother helps her son dress.
00:03:51 - Rabbi Lazar says a blessing over the bris and congratulates the boy. (Hebrew/Russian)
00:11:01 - (No audio) The mohel (performer of ritual circumcisions) moving the exam table in the room where the bris took place.
00:11:50 - (No audio) Chabad mitzvah mobile (vehicle for portable outreach) with portrait of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Street scenes shot from car.
00:13:15 - (No audio) Chanie's helper singes a raw chicken over burner on stove. Raw chickens. Chanie and children in kitchen. Baby sleeping.
00:15:37 - (Partial audio) Chanie Lazar in kitchen as helper singes chicken on stove burner. Chanie handling raw chicken feet. Chanie feeding children. More preparation of chicken, gefilte fish, latkes, soup with matzoh balls.
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Duration
00:23:00 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Copyright Date
1997
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