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.
Bris (circumcision) of the son of Berel and Chanie Lazar, Pittsburgh. (Part 1) 2/21/1995
00:00:00 - Mrs. Derin, Chanie Lazar's mother, in the entrance of the Chabad school and synagogue in Pittsburgh. Introduces, Miss Fox, a teacher in the school.
00:01:58 - Chanie and other women arrive with the baby. She clips a portrait of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe to the bris pillow and adds a cloth they got from the Rebbe and a photo of him. The mohel (trained performer of circumcisions) prepares his instruments. Brief interview with him: explains significance of the ritual. (Audio continues over different footage).
00:11:45 - Guests assemble and baby is brought up for the bris.
00:14:31 - The bris takes place. Shots of guests and family watching the ceremony. (No audio from 16:02 to 18:58)
00:21:28 - (No audio) People milling around after the bris. The baby is returned to Chanie.
00:22:23 - Audio only. Wild sound.
Bris (circumcision) of the son of Berel and Chanie Lazar, Pittsburgh. (Part 1) 2/21/1995
00:00:00 - Mrs. Derin, Chanie Lazar's mother, in the entrance of the Chabad school and synagogue in Pittsburgh. Introduces, Miss Fox, a teacher in the school.
00:01:58 - Chanie and other women arrive with the baby. She clips a portrait of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe to the bris pillow and adds a cloth they got from the Rebbe and a photo of him. The mohel (trained performer of circumcisions) prepares his instruments. Brief interview with him: explains significance of the ritual. (Audio continues over different footage).
00:11:45 - Guests assemble and baby is brought up for the bris.
00:14:31 - The bris takes place. Shots of guests and family watching the ceremony. (No audio from 16:02 to 18:58)
00:21:28 - (No audio) People milling around after the bris. The baby is returned to Chanie.
00:22:23 - Audio only. Wild sound.
Subject
Duration
00:30:29 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Copyright Date
1997
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