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.
Mourners at grave of Lubavitcher Rebbe. (Part 3) Ca. 6/15/1994
00:00:40 - (No audio) Mourners (men and women) at the ohel (mausolem) of the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn and the 7th Rebbe, Menachem Mendl Schneersohn. The custom of taking off leather shoes before entering the ohel.
00:10:33 - (No audio) Mourners at the ohel of the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn and the grave of the 7th Rebbe, Menachem Mendl Schneersohn. Letters to the Rebbe are written on small pieces of paper and ripped up and thrown on the graves.
00:11:44 - (No audio) Mourners at the ohel of the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn and the grave of the 7th Rebbe, Menachem Mendl Schneersohn. Letters to the Rebbe are written on small pieces of paper and ripped up and thrown on the graves. Candles and mourners inside the ohel. Girls and women. The custom of taking off leather shoes before entering the ohel.
00:21:43 - Cab with sign on the roof: "Let's Welcome Moshiach." Sign advertising "Kosher Adventure Tours" for Hasidic women and girls. Card: "Let's Greet Moshiach."
Mourners at grave of Lubavitcher Rebbe. (Part 3) Ca. 6/15/1994
00:00:40 - (No audio) Mourners (men and women) at the ohel (mausolem) of the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn and the 7th Rebbe, Menachem Mendl Schneersohn. The custom of taking off leather shoes before entering the ohel.
00:10:33 - (No audio) Mourners at the ohel of the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn and the grave of the 7th Rebbe, Menachem Mendl Schneersohn. Letters to the Rebbe are written on small pieces of paper and ripped up and thrown on the graves.
00:11:44 - (No audio) Mourners at the ohel of the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn and the grave of the 7th Rebbe, Menachem Mendl Schneersohn. Letters to the Rebbe are written on small pieces of paper and ripped up and thrown on the graves. Candles and mourners inside the ohel. Girls and women. The custom of taking off leather shoes before entering the ohel.
00:21:43 - Cab with sign on the roof: "Let's Welcome Moshiach." Sign advertising "Kosher Adventure Tours" for Hasidic women and girls. Card: "Let's Greet Moshiach."
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English
Copyright Date
1997
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