The editors include canonical texts from the first generation of Hasidic leaders up through present-day ultra-orthodox, as well as neo-Hasidic voices and, in so doing, demonstrate the unfolding of a ...

The rebbe communicates with his Hasidim in Yiddish, Yiddish is taught in school, and used for explication and study of Hebrew sacred texts. The Hasidic home is bilingual, with English and Yiddish ...

Hasidic Judaism, a vibrant branch of the Jewish ... deeper spiritual truths through contemplation and study of sacred texts. The teachings of Kabbalah provide a framework for understanding the ...

Abby was raised in an ultra-Orthodox hasidic Jewish community, and as she puts it, “growing up, we had a very strong focus on studying, researching, questioning and finding answers in texts.” ...

A LIFE APART aims to present many aspects of American Hasidic life on film, exploring underlying struggles such as tensions between modernity and traditionalism. We aim to convey the Hasidim's ...