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.
Chanting of megillah (Scroll of Esther) on Purim (Jewish holiday celebrated in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews from the massacre plotted by Haman, when it is customary for children dress up in costumes) in a Ger shtibl (small Hasidic house of prayer). (Part 3) 2/24/1994. Celebration of Purim in the home of the Lubart family, Ger Hasidim. (Part 1) 2/25/1994. .
00:00:07 - (Partial audio) Men and boys in the Ger shtibl singing, putting away scrolls, putting on coats after finishing the reading of the megillah. Close-ups of men and Hasidic garb. Man wishes everybody a good Purim. A yahrzeit (memorial) candle donated by the Gottheil family.
00:05:07 - A charity ritual that is intended to be reminiscent of the shekels each person in Israel had to provide to the Temple for sacrifices to be made on behalf of their families in the days before the exile. Boy tries to get a reaction from an elderly man in a wheelchair by shaking his grogger (noisemaker).
00:06:47 - Grogger engraved Blessed be Mordechai.
00:07:23 - Children in costume delivering sholekhmones (food baskets given as gifts on Purim). Lubart children at home in costume preparing to go out and bring sholekhmones to their grandparents. The children explain their costumes. Mr. Lubart talks with the children about who the sholekhmones will be delivered to.
00:15:11 - The family arrives at the grandparents' home. The grandfather blesses his grandchildren. The children are told to bring out their charity boxes (pushkes). (Yiddish and some English)
00:18:41 - Audio only. Wild sound. Reading of the megillah. Explanation in English of the charity ritual at 05:07.
Chanting of megillah (Scroll of Esther) on Purim (Jewish holiday celebrated in commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews from the massacre plotted by Haman, when it is customary for children dress up in costumes) in a Ger shtibl (small Hasidic house of prayer). (Part 3) 2/24/1994. Celebration of Purim in the home of the Lubart family, Ger Hasidim. (Part 1) 2/25/1994. .
00:00:07 - (Partial audio) Men and boys in the Ger shtibl singing, putting away scrolls, putting on coats after finishing the reading of the megillah. Close-ups of men and Hasidic garb. Man wishes everybody a good Purim. A yahrzeit (memorial) candle donated by the Gottheil family.
00:05:07 - A charity ritual that is intended to be reminiscent of the shekels each person in Israel had to provide to the Temple for sacrifices to be made on behalf of their families in the days before the exile. Boy tries to get a reaction from an elderly man in a wheelchair by shaking his grogger (noisemaker).
00:06:47 - Grogger engraved Blessed be Mordechai.
00:07:23 - Children in costume delivering sholekhmones (food baskets given as gifts on Purim). Lubart children at home in costume preparing to go out and bring sholekhmones to their grandparents. The children explain their costumes. Mr. Lubart talks with the children about who the sholekhmones will be delivered to.
00:15:11 - The family arrives at the grandparents' home. The grandfather blesses his grandchildren. The children are told to bring out their charity boxes (pushkes). (Yiddish and some English)
00:18:41 - Audio only. Wild sound. Reading of the megillah. Explanation in English of the charity ritual at 05:07.
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00:29:22 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Copyright Date
1997
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