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“Alexander Chassidim represented the second largest Chassidishe group in pre-WWII Poland; exceeded in number only by Gerer Chassidim. As his following grew, Rabbi Yechiel Danziger, in 1878, established his Chassidishe court in Aleksandrow/Lodzki, called Alexander by the Chassidim. It is a township near Lodz in Poland. It was established on March 22, 1822 and named […]
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” At the end of their conversation, a new book was presented: “Chassidus Mevueres - Tefilla,” a compilation of teachings by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745 – 1812), founder and first Rebbe of Chabad. Rabbi Shteinman immediately started reading, and his students commented, “now he won’t go to sleep, until he reads it […]
“In 2005, the mayor got four out of five votes cast in the Hasidic sections of Crown Heights, Borough Park and Williamsburg. He carried those same areas this time, but with considerably less support, according to an analysis. ” more@NYTimes.com
“As Rabbi Weinberger explains it—yes, the Toldos Avraham Yitzchak sect does not participate in government funded programs and does not accept subsidies from the state insurance funds for healthcare in Israel. Granted it may be an archaic approach but this is the tradition that has been handed down from generation to generation. According to our […]
Hasidic Judaism summons images of wide-brim black hats, curling side-locks called payots and Polish noblemen. Of stern veneers and high-minded, ritualistic devotion to religious study. It probably doesn’t conjure up the Kolakowski household in the near West End.There are signs of a strict Hasidic lifestyle, albeit a cluttered one: religious texts piled high on the […]
“The village is considering a plan to allow a business to build a large slaughterhouse to process poultry on Route 45 bordering New Hempstead. New Square Deputy Mayor Israel Spitzer said the proposed facility would enable a business already in the village to expand - keeping numerous jobs in Rockland. “The applicant is planning to […]
“To make one shtreimel can take up to 400 tails of various breeds of mink, sable of fox - the scrap of the fur industry. With only 10,000 shtreimels produced around the world each year, it’s definitely what you call a niche market. But at a cost of up to $4000 each, it can be […]
“One of the pillars of chasidic thought is the idea that people can comprehend God better through their actions - specifically, by performing mitzvos (sacred deeds) - than by meditation. This concept is the basis for the beliefs and observances of Chasidism, founded by the Ba’al Shem Tov in the eighteenth century. Rabbi Noson Gurary […]
