Posted on 03/08/2016 9:21:54 AM PST by Read Write Repeat
This is a documentary that follows a variety of people in the Ultra orthodox community in Israel, and tells different stories. First of is the Israeli election, in a feud between the sides in the community whether they should vote or not vote, second issue is the issue regarding education and poverty, where two women try to change the enviroment regarding haredi education and family planning, and the third part is about the controversy surrounding the internet in the Haredi world. Should internet be allowed or not?
Part 1 - https://youtu.be/FGJg1lHPPZw
Part 2 - https://youtu.be/6MAN8gF1mvY
Part 3 - https://youtu.be/ypZE4XJY-cI
Part 4 - https://youtu.be/6MAN8gF1mvY
Part 5 - https://youtu.be/yOWd0Bf8gUgM
Haredi (the H is pronounced like Chanukah...) means “Fearful” As in G-d fearing.
In Judaism there is ghetto (shtetle) mentality — insulation. And it is necessary. There is also wellspring mentality— flow out to influence the world. Leave the ghetto. BUT, on the condition that he or she “going out” into the big scary non-Jewish world remains rooted in his source. This is very hard to do. The neglecting of which can lead to assimilation.
“Assimilation is bad?!” It is when worldly pursuits outweigh G-dly pursuits, G-d forbid.
Providing for your family is a “worldly pursuit”?
No, “Shtus d’olam hazeh” Pursuits that one puts his essential being into that are not towards the goal of bringing Moshiach.
TV, fashion trends, keeping up with the jones’. That’s what I mean. A Jew has no place in them especially as they take away from Torah and mitzvot.
There is a place for wiggle room. Child aces a test in Chumash (Bible?) Reward with a Mets game right down to the kosher ballpark frank. But it can’t (shouldn’t) be, in this example, baseball for baseball’s sake. There you go— the high bar, the near-impossible standard of Torah Judaism.
It’s not baseball for baseball’s sake — it’s spending some quality time outside with your kids or friends, and making memories.
Torah doesn’t set an unattainable “high bar.” Quite the opposite.
I had tears of happiness hearing the young Haredi women talk about their social work studies. Women like Bambi delivering Jewish babies and tending to the elderly. Women like me donating money to help those abandoned by their so-called “fellow real Jews” and facing eviction.
How wonderful the Haredi are for reforming themselves!
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