Category Archives: Hasidim

Rabbis Talk Differently To Other Rabbis

In his fourth lecture on Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin, history professor Marc B. Shapiro says: Wikipedia has everything you need. In the rabbinic world, you don’t have book reviews [like what Rav Zevin did in Sofrim U’Sefarim]. It’s not part … Continue reading

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Fashions For Hasidic Women

I spend a great deal of time, entirely too much time, thinking about women. Chabad women are usually dressed stylishly. They’re not afraid to wear high heels and clingy clothes and dramatic colors. Other Hasidic women are not as bold, … Continue reading

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All Defects Of Character

Alcoholic Anonymous started 72 years ago yesterday. Step Six of the Twelve Steps is: “We’re entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.” I’ve not been able to surrender to this step yet. I have too many … Continue reading

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Pearl Reich – The Hasidic Hottie

Gothamist posts: A 30-year-old mother of four, aspiring model, and former member of Brooklyn’s Hasidic community is fighting for a divorce from her allegedly abusive husband and for custody of her children. “It was an arranged marriage,” Pearlperry Reich tells … Continue reading

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The World Of Chabad-Lite

Chabad is an elite religion. It has long prided itself as the most intellectual of the Hasidim, the group most devoted to Torah study. Over the past 40 years, Chabad has devoted itself to outreach and it is easy to … Continue reading

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