What are Hasidic Jewish SECTS?
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- Опубликовано: 2 мар 2024
- Not all Hasidic groups are the same!
There are many different groups, and in this video I explain what the sects are.
I draw heavily from the book ‘Hasidism, A New History’ which you can purchase here:
amzn.to/3SblXwQ
This video might be a bit nerdy, but if you stick with it for the 12 minutes you will get a very good primer on Hasidic Judaism and what the sects are.
The video assumes you have no knowledge about Hasidic Judaism. If you know nothing or a little bit, or even a lot, here's a video that clears up the basic story of Hasidic Judaism.
It answer the foundational questions:
What is Hasidic Judaism?
And what do we mean by Hasidic sects?
Not all Hasidic Jews are the same, and this video will help you start to understand some of its history and distinguishments. It will also help you make sense of my work on my channel, which covers only really Hungarian sects.
The book referenced in this video is ‘Hasidism, A New History’
Link to the book I referenced in this video:
amzn.to/4d62h5L
Frieda I love your ability to open up a world that for so many of us has been only a caricature of it’s true nature. I live in Utah which is chock full of some very conservative Christians and there is a very strong Chabad presence here. A rabbi moved into our county and immediately started seeking out all the Jewish people here in this very insular place. This year I attended a public Menorah lighting at our county building for the first time ever so the Chabad group is having a very positive affect on the people here.
This is such an important video.
A big part of my family was decimated in Eastern Europe so seeing some of these people hold on to that tradition actually means a lot to me. Maybe it shouldn't, but it does. Not only is it the Old Home, but let's not forget how many Jews are dead there, in the Old Home, how many of them would've lived and had children... Such a tragic loss of people, culture, customs, writings.
I feel the same way.
@Neonred7594 I've never met some family members, even one's who are alive, because I don't know their names, thanks to the "absolute necessity" of murdering useful Jewish citizens. My grandfather's first wife and most of her children were killed, so he married my grandmother, they had my father, and here I am. Yet I don't thank the Nazis for my existence. Had no one been harmed, G-d could have put my soul into a different body, with different parents. And no one would have had to suffer.
So I'm glad there are still many of us alive and holding onto our Jewish life, thank G-d.
@NeonRed so true!
I also feel this way, although my Orhodox European roots on my paternal grandmother’s Strashun family were not Hasidism.
Frieda, what a wonderful video ! I could not have wanted a better topic. I ordered the book , it will no doubt be "over my head" but I will devour it all the same. Frieda, I look forward to your video's! I will need to watch this video a few times, there is so much content. I will look forward to the other video's in this series. Have a wonderful day Frieda. I know you don't cover Chabad, they are the group I recieve emails from and subscribed to The Scroll, which I recieve in the mail. You know I appreciate you and your video's.
Thank you Joe. Perhaps I will change my mind about covering Chabad (but as an outsider) because I’m learning a lot and getting quite curious to explore Chabad more. The more I interact with Chabadniks the more curious I get.
What an excellent introduction to the concept of Hasidism! I look forward to the next installment. ❤
Thank you Sharon!
Great video . This gives us a better understanding of the different sects without us having to study for several months getting everything straight. I’m not Jewish but have always been interested in the customs and way of life. Utube has allowed me to gain so much knowledge. I respect the way you seek to inform us. Thank you
So glad I found this channel! I lived in Brooklyn for 20 years and have always been fascinated with all the different Hasidic courts and their traditions. Thanks so much!
So glad you found my channel indeed! Thanks for leaving comments, I enjoy them.
They are a wonderful people
Thank you for bringing this topic closer to us! Sounds like you're really enjoying this book!
Nicely done, it gave me avenues to explore (rabbit holes). Looking forward to next installment.
OOOh Frieda love this kind of topic, there is so much speculation around it 🕵
Very informative especially for an outsider. Thank you Frieda.
This is great! Please continue! And thank you for all of your great work!
Dearest Frieda, you are providing an invaluable service. We learn so much about Jewish life from you. And in these times of virulent antisemitism, educating and enlightening people about Judaism is crucial! With love, gratitude, and SHALOM, Maralyn Farber 🩵🩵P.S. yes, please more videos like this!
No question about it, I have become a Frieda Vizel groupie here in Rapid City, South Dakota. Even having been born and raised in Brooklyn, I was unaware of the subtleties of Hasidism that you have so eloquently discussed. For that I thank you. I wonder if it is within your scope of expertise to comment and address the "Modern Orthodox" communities. They too, believe in the centrality and primacy of a traditional interpretation of Torah, yet, to my mind differ in their willingness to break out of those isolated, insular communities of which you spoke. Again, thank you - regards from Rapid City, South Dakota
Thank you for watching all the way from Rapid City! I would probably say the best way to analyze what Modern Orthodox Jews consider the boundaries of Torah life is to interview someone and compare notes to Hasidism. That would be really interesting. An idea I’ll think about!
Another insightful video. A clear glimpse into the varied Chasidic sects or courts respectfully and empathetically presented by Frieda. Well-done! Looking forward to the next episode. Shkoyakh!
Thank you as always Zelde dear.
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Thanks Frieda this is a great summary! I'll be sharing your channel in my (Anthropology of religion) seminars at University as we're reading Hidden Heretics and you interviewed Fader. Sad to have missed your tour as part of the YIVO program last summer
Isaac perhaps there will be another chance. So glad you’re reading Hidden Heretics in class. My interview with Fader is one of my favorite interviews as the book is very interesting.
Wonderful video. And I look forward to more videos covering this topic.
I'm very much looking forward to learning about the different sects and their beliefs and practices. Thank you so much for your informative videos.
Great job, looking forward to the series! As far as the rebbe being considered an intercessor between the chossid and Hashem, in Lubavitch I would take exception to this. The Rebbe felt - and spoke - very strongly that it was the spiritual work of each individual to enhance and maintain their own relationship to Hashem.
You’re doing very important work. Thank you. ❤
What a terrific upload. Very clear and informative for us who know very little about the different sects. I hope that there will be more to come. Truly enjoyed the content. Thank you very much.
So glad it was helpful!
Thank so much for another super informative video. Was nice to begin to piece together some fragments of knowledge I have around this, particularly the history. 🙃 Really looking forward to the next one ❤
Amazing job!! Can't wait for the next videos...
your videos are all so interesting! looking forward to the next parts in this series.
Great introduction and excited to see the next series. Will be following this closely. Thank you for always sharing.
Thank you!
I just love your videos! You present the information in such a way that keeps me interested. I can’t wait for part 2!
Freida, this is wonderful! Looking forward to more videos on this topic.
Interesting introduction, I look forward to seeing more of these videos! Thank you.
Thank you for sharing! I find the connections between sects (beliefs, practices, and even family ties) so interesting.
As usual well done- clear and concise
Thank you for covering this subject in a short history. It just whets my appetite for further information. Great job, Frieda.
Great info Freida, thank you❤
Always a pleasure watching your videos ❤
Very interesting Frieda. Thank you for this video. Looking forward to the next video. Never knew there were so many different sects contained in one area.
Thank you for this program. I will watch it again to get a stronger idea of this history.
Fascinating video! You do a wonderful job of bringing clarity to a multi-layered community. Isn’t it interesting though to observe people’s reactions to the words/descriptors/names used in the referenced book and your commentary? To me, it demonstrates the importance of respectful dialogue and learning about what we share in common and what divides us. Understanding is the beginning of wisdom.
Very interesting as usual Frieda! Thank you
Frieda, thanks for this information! As always your videos are amazing! Much love ❤️🌹
Thanks dear 🙏
Frieda, thank you so much for sharing all of the information with us. I really enjoy your videos.
I am SO happy to hear.
Thanks very much for the wonderful video! I have *Hasidism: A New History* on my shelf and you have given me encouragement to continue reading it.
This is fascinating Frieda, looking forward to learning more!!
What a fascinating history. Thank you, Frieda. I believe I'll watch it again. ❤
Thank you Andrea!
I’ve wanted to understand this for so long! Thank you!!!
I found your program to be insightful and comfortable to learn from. You have a calming manner that allows the content to stand on its own. Thank you. I look forward to watching your other videos.
Thank you, I appreciate it.
A terrific tutorial! Well done! Stay safe! Stay strong! ❤️❤️
I really enjoyed this video! It was so educational and helpful in furthering my understanding. Please do more! I feel that by understanding others false ideas fade!
I really appreciate hearing this. I didn’t know if people would be interested in this type of more nerdy content.
This is most interesting Frieda I look forward to more Thank you
That was very informative Frieda! Looking forward to more.
This was very educational - thank you!
Thank you so much! This was very interesting!
Thanks for this Frieda! I’ve wondered often about the different groups. I did know about the Bal Shem Tov from Lithuania and how it moved south to Belarus and Ukraine then West. I also remember that pne goal of the Satmars is to replace all the Jews killed in the Holocaust thus the more children the better. That Judaism is thriving in all its iterations today shows us that the Jews won WWII and Hitler is defeated with every new birth regardless of Hassid, Reform or any in-between!
The Baal Shem was from Ukraine actually. I grew up knowing that every Jewish child was another victory against Hitler. The revival of Jewish people in such robust diversity is nothing short of miraculous. Makes me well up...!
@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn Mazel Tov to the Jews for sticking it to the Nazi’s! Have you seen any videos by Sam Aranow? They’re really good about Jewish history from the collapse of the Bronze Age to the present.
Your work is is clear and kind. Looking forward to a tour!
Come, come!
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Thank you Frieda ! So interesting.
May I say that you look stunning, Frieda! I'm really looking forward to the next episode. I'll keep watching from Germany.
Thank you once again for your wonderful teaching. I bought the book on your recommendation. It’s a massive book and have not finished it yet but it’s great so far. If I was buying it again I’d get the hard back version although the soft back is good too. Have a great week and enjoy that lovely Satmar food or any other kosher food. It’s all terrific. May HaShem bless you and your son and family. Bill. UK
Bill! It's too big a book to be honest. You can't even lie down and read it. Soft cover would probably be more comfortable.
Informative video, thank you. 🙂
I enjoyed this video very much. My great grandfather lived in Williamsburg. I remember going there once as a small child to pick him up and thought we were in another country. We lived in Queens.
Excellent introduction and looking forward to more chapters. I’m in Montana and we have Chabad out here. Cheers!
Cheers Susan.
Excellent! Vey well explained! ❤
This is precisely the kind of knowledge I had long been wanting. Beautifully presented.
Thank you! I'm so so glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this piece. Well done:
Definitely learned something! Very interesting!! ❤
thank you, Frieda. look forward to the rest of the series!
Yes yes yes.....more videos on topics like this would be lovely . Very interesting. 🌷Thank you.
Your encouragement is really appreciated.
keep up the great work - hatlzachah rabbah!
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I will definitely order the book as I try to understand our religious backgrounds. Thank you so much for all the hard work and study it shows!
Shalom peace and blessing on you from the most high Hashem.
I sooooo appreciate it. I do the work with much love for people like you who want to learn.
Very interesting indeed! My head is spinning a bit from all the information though. I'm really looking forward to your upcoming deeper dives into this fascinating and rich world.
Sorry, it’s a bit much, I know!
@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn For those that find the speed a little too quick to absorb, perhaps remind them that you can click on the "gear" and slow the video speed down a bit!
Thank you for your talk and 2:32 At the moment I read 'In my father's court' from I.B. Singer (Nobel Prize winner literature!). Kind of connection with your talk.
Looking forward to your following video. Greetings from the Netherlands🌷🌷🌷
Something strange, sorry for that:: 2.32 must be 'clear explanation'!
So as a non-Jew (Boston Irish Catholic) odd as some practices might seem I like the idea of everything you do you're acknowledging Gods existence in your life and in the world. I was an altar boy as a kid and very much believed in God. There was a magic to life that at some point I lost. And I've never been able to find it again. Maybe I'm misunderstanding this but to me it seems like that is the most important part Hasidism is never letting yourself lose that connection never losing the magic the specialness of life
Excellent video Frieda.
Orthodox-ish Jew here and so glad you’re touching on this.
so happy to have found your channel. AM yisrel chai Frieda and shabbat shalom
Amen, am yisroel chai and git shabbes to you!
In Christianity we use the term, "traditions" to denote the various groups and their beliefs. I find your video so helpful in gaining a better understanding of Hasidim.
Beautifully and simply fascinating!
Thank yoU!
This was such an educational video ❤ you are doing a great service to the Jewish community and to the world with your work.
My first introduction to Hassidim was when I read The Chosen by Chaim Potok. I also read other books of his that dealt with hassidim. That was many years ago. Eventually, I converted to Judaism, moved to Israel to learn more, and found myself in Geulah...home of many hassidim. It wasn't long before I knew I wanted to be hassidic. Through marriage, I became a Tsanz-Klausenberger hassida. So when you do your video of specific hasssidic sects, I would love to see you include Klausenberg.
You might wonder why as a hassidic women I watch your channel, truth is, I cannot get enough of Jewish life, and in a way this helps me to fill in my history vicariously. Thanks for what you do. I will be sharing this with my students, women world wide who are interested in learning about Judaism. Next week in the history section of my course, we will learn about hassidim.
Wow your story touched me. Klausenberg always drew me because of its gentler approach to Israel than Satmar. In fact, the Satmar rebbe was very unhappy with the Klausenberger Rebbe's insufficient anti zionism!
@@FriedaVizelBrooklynYes, I know there was conflict between The Satmar rebbe and the Tsanz-Klausenberger
Hi, I am from Ukraine, Lviv, my dad comes from Zhidachov (Zhydachiv, Жидачів), the city mentioned in the video. It is very nice to see Ukrainian roots in Jewish culture and history. Thank you!
Love your videos!
Thanks for watching!
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Thanks interesting as usual the book looks very good
Love your channel.
Love from South Africa xoxo
Aww, thanks dear; love to you in South Africa.
Fascinating and helpful! 👏👏 Also love all the cool effects/editing 🎥🏆 Maybe someday you’ll publish a book too🤞🤞but I’m working on my reading list from this channel until then 😆📚 Loved this video and so looking forward to more in this series! 👏👏❤️
Ha ha thanks Poppy. You really brought out the emojis today ✅🤣
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Looking forward to Part 2.
Thanks for making the distinction between a "cult" and a religious sect...
There was a Jewish cult. It's called lev tahor.
Frieda, thank you for sharing this information. Yes, it did make things more clear to me, a Protestant Christian. ❤️🙏🏻🇺🇸🇮🇱❤️🙏🏻
Fantastic summary of the Hasidic movement, thank you!
Thanks for creating and posting this informative video. I admire the strong sense of community and their mission oriented approach to piousness, and this is coming from someone who's anything but religious :) Furthermore, the Hasidic movement is rife with historical references as it relates to pre and port war Europe. Good job Frieda!
I am astounded by this video. I have learned so much. Thank you so much. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪
Thank you so much for learning with me! Love to Ireland. :)
That was very informative video,😊 thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I have literally been searching for some concrete data on the difference between courts, other than Chabad’s missionary stance. Thank you so much! I love your channel. I hope you write your own book someday, whether fiction or non, autobiographical or not, I will buy it!
I really appreciate this comment and I’m so happy it was helpful!!
Another great video!!
Thank you!
Very informative. Thanks.
i love these videos. i was just telling a friend i'm very curious about the hasidic and orthodox jewish folks living in my neighborhood in chicago, but of course i don't want to be rude.
I don't think it's rude to ask from a place of sweet interest!!
This was very informative. Question: Do the different sects interact with each other? Inter marry?
Good question. Similar sects: almost always. But I don’t think it’s common for Satmar and Bobov to do a match, they are too different. Definitely not with Satmar and Lubavich. There’s a lot of complicated history there…
NOT TRUE! - The current Bobover Rebbe himself, did a match with Satmar. His son Chaim Shulem married the granddaughter of the Satmer Rebbe (Beirach Moishe).
Besides, The Satmar Rebbe (B. M.) with the old Bobover Rebbe (R' Shloime) were first cousins, the two mothers were sisters...
But with Satmar and Lubavitch you are basically right.@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn
Ahhh but they are Rebbish (royalty) and the rules for Rebbishe are different. With laypeople would you say it would happen?
Thanks for sharing wishing everyone a wonderful day
Thanks dear Shaindy!
So interesting and I cannot wait for more. As an outsider I am curious as to the ability to move from one sect to another. Is this done? If so, when? Can a marriage happen between two people from different sects? Looking forward to installment 2.
I think it’s done most through marriage.
So if a couple gets married and the husband is Pupa and the wife is Vien then the couple will traditionally become Pupa Hasidim.
Marriages do happen across sects especially across sects that are similar to each other. So between Satmar and Lubavich not as much, but Skver and Pupa probably much more so.
love this I find this so interesting
Excellent and high quality content! Congrats. For us who still live in the area, ex. Hungary/Romania it's very interesting to see enclaves of people who once lived there and speak our languages aswell although they don't use them. I wouldn't doubt there are people in these communities who still speak over 4 languages. A Hungarian tv maker made a video in Brooklyn where he found some Hungarian speakers aswell and it was the most viewed in his channel :) People like this kind of content. It's called "Magyar-haszid város New Yorkban: A SZATMÁR titka".
Greetings from Romania
Greetings! My bubbe speaks Hungarian and my mother understands. I know quite a few people who speak 4 languages. Mr. Shtessel who was on my channel as a diamond cutter speaks some Hungarian, Romanian, Hebrew, English and of course, Yiddish!
Frieda, thank you for this - it really helped explain things. I have been with the Anabaptists, and it is similar with them also as there are the Amish and Mennonites but there are different groups of each. For example, with the Amish there are the Schwartzentruber sect, the Lancaster, the Midwest, etc and different subgroups. All have slightly different distinctives within each, such as the design and shape of the women's haircovering for example. However, their core beliefs are the same. This stands true for the Mennonites also.
I was hoping you might do a video along the lines of 'Where are they today?' with this Bobover wedding in 2017 - ruclips.net/video/mXfUTX2_5KU/видео.html This was the grand wedding of the Rebbe's youngest daughter and I watch it several times a month as it has me fascinated. I love the music, the atmosphere, and can feel the joy in the room. What is her name and where is she today? Do she and her husband have children now? It has 218K views so I suspect I am not the only one wondering!
I would love to collaborate on a video showing the nuances in Amish/Mennonite dress and something similar in Hasidic dress. I am fascinated by this kind of thing.
I doubt I could get a Rabbinic (royal) couple to give me an update, but my assumption is that they have several children. I am trying to figure out how to do a segment on weddings without selling the intensity of weddings short!
@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn I think whatever you are able to do will be awesome - your videos are very informative and helpful.
Very educational video. Thank you for explaining the sects in a way that a non-Jewish person can understand. Just subscribed to your channel so I can see more of your interesting videos.
i knew this topic was fairly complex so I am so glad to hear I taught something with it.
I love your videos!!!
thanks for watching!