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.
Wedding of the Bobov Rebbe's great-granddaughter in Borough Park, Brooklyn. (Part 3) Interview with Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Berkowitz, a teacher in the Ger Yeshiva Yagdil Torah. (Part 1)
Terms you may encounter:
Khinekh: Education
Modeh Ani: “I offer thanks to You”;The first words of the first prayer one says before getting out of bed
Shaneh toyve: “Have a good year,” Rosh Hashana greeting
Shofar: Ram’s horn blown during Rosh Hashana and at the end of Yom Kippur
Yuntef: Holiday
00:00:00 - (No audio) Women dancing with the bride in the center of a circle of dancers. Girls and women: a variety of sheitl (wig) and hat styles.
00:01:14 - (Partial audio) Men and boys dancing . Wedding entertainment: boys and their dance-master in costume dance. Crowds of men and boys watch.
00:04:05 - The Bobover Rebbe gives a speech. (Yiddish) Women watch from the women's gallery.
00:05:17 - The Bobover Rebbe dances a ceremonial dance with his great-granddaughter, the bride, to a nigun sung by the hundreds of men present. The groom is brought out and the Rebbe dances with him. The Rebbe dances in a circle with the groom and other men.
00:10:43 - Interview with Rabbi Moshe Yehudah Berkowitz, a teacher in the Ger yeshiva. About his main goal: that boys will enjoy coming to yeshiva. About he starts each new year by playing with his students and eases them into being able to sit and learn. They learn about the High Holidays.
00:15:11 - About how excited the children were to meet the Rebbe. About how the children look forward to their first trip to Jerusalem to see "where it all began" and the Rebbe. About how they build on this excitement year after year and their sense of the Rebbe as a father figure.
00:18:34 - About how in the years after the war there was less caring by the Rebbe for the children, then there is today. About how each child is an individual with individual needs. About how teaching is more professional now. The emphasis is on happiness as a prerequisite for learning.
00:21:04 - About how most of the children in the yeshiva as grandchildren of Holocaust survivors are very different from his own generation, the children of survivors.
Wedding of the Bobov Rebbe's great-granddaughter in Borough Park, Brooklyn. (Part 3) Interview with Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Berkowitz, a teacher in the Ger Yeshiva Yagdil Torah. (Part 1)
Terms you may encounter:
Khinekh: Education
Modeh Ani: “I offer thanks to You”;The first words of the first prayer one says before getting out of bed
Shaneh toyve: “Have a good year,” Rosh Hashana greeting
Shofar: Ram’s horn blown during Rosh Hashana and at the end of Yom Kippur
Yuntef: Holiday
00:00:00 - (No audio) Women dancing with the bride in the center of a circle of dancers. Girls and women: a variety of sheitl (wig) and hat styles.
00:01:14 - (Partial audio) Men and boys dancing . Wedding entertainment: boys and their dance-master in costume dance. Crowds of men and boys watch.
00:04:05 - The Bobover Rebbe gives a speech. (Yiddish) Women watch from the women's gallery.
00:05:17 - The Bobover Rebbe dances a ceremonial dance with his great-granddaughter, the bride, to a nigun sung by the hundreds of men present. The groom is brought out and the Rebbe dances with him. The Rebbe dances in a circle with the groom and other men.
00:10:43 - Interview with Rabbi Moshe Yehudah Berkowitz, a teacher in the Ger yeshiva. About his main goal: that boys will enjoy coming to yeshiva. About he starts each new year by playing with his students and eases them into being able to sit and learn. They learn about the High Holidays.
00:15:11 - About how excited the children were to meet the Rebbe. About how the children look forward to their first trip to Jerusalem to see "where it all began" and the Rebbe. About how they build on this excitement year after year and their sense of the Rebbe as a father figure.
00:18:34 - About how in the years after the war there was less caring by the Rebbe for the children, then there is today. About how each child is an individual with individual needs. About how teaching is more professional now. The emphasis is on happiness as a prerequisite for learning.
00:21:04 - About how most of the children in the yeshiva as grandchildren of Holocaust survivors are very different from his own generation, the children of survivors.
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00:21:55 (HH:MM:SS)
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English
Copyright Date
1997
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