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.
Ger school for girls. (Part 2)
Terms you may encounter:
Mitzvah: A commandment of Jewish law; also, a good deed
00:00:00 - Teacher and girls in kindergarten class in Ger girls school putting pennies in the class pushke (charity box) and doing a special "penny" dance. Girls put "mitzvah notes" in a mitzvah box and the teacher reads their good deeds out loud. They chant/sing prayers/hymns. (Yiddish/English)
00:10:31 - The girls sing a song about the Hebrew months of the year.
00:11:14 - Reports from parents about each girl's behavior and performance of rituals at home. About when it is acceptable and when it is not acceptable to wake up Mommy and Daddy from their Shabbos nap. Girls report on how they helped their mothers prepare for Shabbos. (Yiddish/English)
00:11:41 - The teacher goes through a checklist signed by each student's parents attesting to the student's good behavior at home during the preceding week. The students will be rewarded for good behavior that has received a checkmark, such as saying the morning prayers, washing one’s hands upon arising, giving charity, making the blessings before meals, eating breakfast and supper nicely, listening to their parents the first time they were spoken to without the need for repetition. One mother wrote that Ruchel always listened the first time she was spoken to and her mother never had to speak to her twice. Other good behaviors include speaking nicely and not with chutzpah to parents, studying the alef-bais at home, packing toys away nicely and going to sleep on time. The teacher will give a prize to every student who brought such a signed checklist.
The teacher talks about not waking up parents when they are sleeping unless it is very important or an emergency. The teacher asks the students: who observed the mitzvah of honoring your parents on Shabbos? The students respond by describing how they helped prepare for Shabbos, not waking their parents while they were napping, putting away the toys, helping set the Shabbos table, etc. It is also a mitzvah to greet your parents when they come home, to stand up for your parents when they come into the room. The teacher asks who else do you have to stand up for? Answers include a Tsadik, a Torah scholar, and a principal and a teacher.
00:15:51 - A lesson about what happens in the home in preparation for Shabbos and how they should play their part, what constitutes respectful behavior toward parents and other adults. The principal enters during the lesson. (Yiddish)
00:17:20 - The principal enters and everybody's stands up. The principal acknowledges the students’ proper behavior.
00:18:38 - The principal talks to the girls briefly and leaves.
00:19:11 - The principal enters a class of older girls where a Hebrew lesson is in progress.
Ger school for girls. (Part 2)
Terms you may encounter:
Mitzvah: A commandment of Jewish law; also, a good deed
00:00:00 - Teacher and girls in kindergarten class in Ger girls school putting pennies in the class pushke (charity box) and doing a special "penny" dance. Girls put "mitzvah notes" in a mitzvah box and the teacher reads their good deeds out loud. They chant/sing prayers/hymns. (Yiddish/English)
00:10:31 - The girls sing a song about the Hebrew months of the year.
00:11:14 - Reports from parents about each girl's behavior and performance of rituals at home. About when it is acceptable and when it is not acceptable to wake up Mommy and Daddy from their Shabbos nap. Girls report on how they helped their mothers prepare for Shabbos. (Yiddish/English)
00:11:41 - The teacher goes through a checklist signed by each student's parents attesting to the student's good behavior at home during the preceding week. The students will be rewarded for good behavior that has received a checkmark, such as saying the morning prayers, washing one’s hands upon arising, giving charity, making the blessings before meals, eating breakfast and supper nicely, listening to their parents the first time they were spoken to without the need for repetition. One mother wrote that Ruchel always listened the first time she was spoken to and her mother never had to speak to her twice. Other good behaviors include speaking nicely and not with chutzpah to parents, studying the alef-bais at home, packing toys away nicely and going to sleep on time. The teacher will give a prize to every student who brought such a signed checklist.
The teacher talks about not waking up parents when they are sleeping unless it is very important or an emergency. The teacher asks the students: who observed the mitzvah of honoring your parents on Shabbos? The students respond by describing how they helped prepare for Shabbos, not waking their parents while they were napping, putting away the toys, helping set the Shabbos table, etc. It is also a mitzvah to greet your parents when they come home, to stand up for your parents when they come into the room. The teacher asks who else do you have to stand up for? Answers include a Tsadik, a Torah scholar, and a principal and a teacher.
00:15:51 - A lesson about what happens in the home in preparation for Shabbos and how they should play their part, what constitutes respectful behavior toward parents and other adults. The principal enters during the lesson. (Yiddish)
00:17:20 - The principal enters and everybody's stands up. The principal acknowledges the students’ proper behavior.
00:18:38 - The principal talks to the girls briefly and leaves.
00:19:11 - The principal enters a class of older girls where a Hebrew lesson is in progress.
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00:22:15 (HH:MM:SS)
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English
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1997
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