As is the case with other Orthodox communities, married women cover their hair, though different Hasidic sects do so in a variety of styles. Some may wear hats but never wigs! Of course, members of many non-Hasidic Orthodox communities wear dark suits, white shirts, black hats, long skirts and sleeves, and high necklines. Some of the aforementioned sartorial choices are unique to Chasidus while others are shared with other traditional Orthodox Jews.
I often like to point out that differences between Chasidim and non-Chasidim are largely cosmetic. Non-Chasidic men also have payes. We may not grow them long but we follow the same Torah obligation not to round the corners of our heads Leviticus Similarly, Chasidim wear a special belt called a gartel for prayer.
A Chasid can become a non-Chasid without conversion and vice versa. I may like the bathroom tissue to go over the top of the roll like a normal person and you might run it down the back like a madman. Similarly, Orthodoxy was never intended to be one-size-fits-all.
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Extraordinarily helpful. My son just moved to Brooklyn and he sent a note about the Chasid there. I asked if he understood the culture and similarities? This will help. Much appreciated Robert Kimelheim. In Hasidic communities, the rebbe functions not merely as a communal leader and spiritual authority, but often holds an almost mythical status among his followers.
Rebbes are commonly petitioned for help in situations of ill health or financial distress, their advice is sought on various personal matters, and they are often seen as something akin to a conduit to God. Another notable distinction among Hasidic Jews is their mode of dress. Though black outerwear and white shirts are standard for men and long-sleeved and high-necked clothing are typical for women, several groups have subtly distinct clothing for men identifying them as members of a particular Hasidic sect.
Chabad men, for example, wear a black fedora-style hat. In other groups, the men wear a more elaborate fur-trimmed hat called a shtreimel or a spodik. Some non-Hasidic ultra-Orthodox Jews also wear black hats.
Hasidic men typically wear a black overcoat known as a bekishe or a kapota. And in some groups, men wear distinctive white stockings.
Most Hasidic groups still use Yiddish as their primary language. Before World War II, hundreds of Hasidic sects flourished in Eastern Europe, typically in small towns and villages whose names were eventually adopted as the name of the sects themselves: Bobov, Satmar, Ger and many others. The Holocaust hit Hasidic communities particularly hard — their clothing and other distinctive practices made it difficult for for them to hide from the Nazis, and many were reluctant to flee to the United States and pre-state Israel.
Those that survived the Holocaust re-established themselves outside of Eastern Europe, primarily in the New York area and in Israel, and many achieved something of a renaissance. Chabad in particular grew dramatically after World War II as it established its headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and dispatched emissaries across the world to reach out to unaffiliated and secular Jews.
High birth rates in Hasidic communities, driven both by religious considerations and a desire to repopulate the community following the Holocaust, also contributed to their expansion. Hasidic Jews Orthodox Jews Is a sect of Orthodox Judaism Is an approach to Judaism The strictest sect Contains strict and more adapted sects Children mainly get a religious education Children can get both a religious as well as a secular education, depending on the sect they are part of They have distinctive clothing Some sects have distinctive clothing, but modesty is required for all.
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