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.
Rabbi Berel Lazar, Lubavitch (Chabad) shaliach (emissary) to Russia talking on the phone about preparations for a public Hanukkah event in Moscow. A Hanukkah party for women presided over by Chanie Lazar. (Part 1) 12/9/1993.
00:00:01 - Rabbi Berel Lazar talks about issues related to the satellite disks for the upcoming Hanukkah event. "All these details we weren't taught about in yeshiva!" Chanie looks over a flyer urging women to read psalms daily. Children are put to bed. Rabbi Lazar cites a passage from Talmud about how people must always behave as though they're being watched over. (English/Yiddish)
00:03:29 - Rabbi Lazar says he's reading stories about Hanukkah. Children are put to bed. Women arrive for Hanukkah party. Menorah is lit and Rabbi Lazar sings a Hanukkah song. Women sit down at festive table. (English/Russian)
00:21:34 - Chain letter urging women to say psalms daily to speed the recovery and revelation of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Chanie discusses it in Russian with the women.
00:22:18 - Audio only. Continuation of Chanie speaking to women.
Rabbi Berel Lazar, Lubavitch (Chabad) shaliach (emissary) to Russia talking on the phone about preparations for a public Hanukkah event in Moscow. A Hanukkah party for women presided over by Chanie Lazar. (Part 1) 12/9/1993.
00:00:01 - Rabbi Berel Lazar talks about issues related to the satellite disks for the upcoming Hanukkah event. "All these details we weren't taught about in yeshiva!" Chanie looks over a flyer urging women to read psalms daily. Children are put to bed. Rabbi Lazar cites a passage from Talmud about how people must always behave as though they're being watched over. (English/Yiddish)
00:03:29 - Rabbi Lazar says he's reading stories about Hanukkah. Children are put to bed. Women arrive for Hanukkah party. Menorah is lit and Rabbi Lazar sings a Hanukkah song. Women sit down at festive table. (English/Russian)
00:21:34 - Chain letter urging women to say psalms daily to speed the recovery and revelation of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Chanie discusses it in Russian with the women.
00:22:18 - Audio only. Continuation of Chanie speaking to women.
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1997
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