And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end (Ecclesiastes 12:12) A pdf version of this essay can be downloaded here [*] Years in brackets refer to an individual’s or book author’s year of birth Thought experiment for the day: Anyone born 1945 would be pushing towards 80 and mostly past their prime. So name any Charedi sefer written by someone born post war that has or is likely to enter the canon, be it haloche, lomdus, al hatorah or mussar. Single one will do for now — IfYouTickleUs (@ifyoutickleus) July 27, 2022 A tweet in the summer which gained some traction asked for a book by an author born from 1945 onwards that has entered the Torah and rabbinic canon or is heading in that direction. I didn't exactly phrase it this way and some quibbled about 'canonisation'. The word does indeed have a precise meaning though in its popular use it has no narrow definition. Canonisation, or ‘entering the canon’ is generally understood to...
This is a TV documentary on Stamford Hill from some time during late 80s/early 90s.
The days before the Previa was invented (or did it take us time to make the discovery?), when mobile phones were the size of bricks, when Pinter was still ‘Abraham’ and a mere Deputy Headmaster and when the cops didn’t have to engage in PC claptrap. There are some real gems there especially from our dear old friend and a nice reminder of what sheitels looked like in those bygone days.
Some things however never change. According to the police officer in the programme ‘this particular community are on the edge of forever but their forever is back, behind them… It’s almost as if the future is irrelevant apart from the messianic legend.’
If you think he’s overstating his case look out for next week’s jamboree at Ally Pally when they’re going to rail against the internet and technology. Time to chuck out your microwave ovens, folks.
Thank you. I saw this on it's original airing, as a child/tween in Britain.
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A couple of things I see now that went over my head then:
How intelligent and perceptive that policeman was,
How similar Haredim in London are to Israeli ones in every way including overloading cars with kids.
How awful English Ashkenazi accented Hebrew prayers sounds when you've been in Israel a number of years,
How mature that young lady getting married was about romance and marriage. Back then I used to buy all the feminist stuff. I've modified my views a bit as I've got older, though marrying at 17 seems really young.
There was a similar Israeli documentary shown here last year. I only caught the last in the 3 part series. I wish I'ed seen them all and recorded them.
Thanks
"How awful English Ashkenazi accented Hebrew prayers sounds when you've been in Israel a number of years."
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Loved it. P.C. Steve Longhorn was very respectful in his words & was mot judgemental in his analysis.
ReplyDeleteLove this program, i'm always watching it on youtube. P.C. Steve Longhorn is very respecful in his aporaisal of the Stamford Hill Chassidic Community & is not at all judgemental of their Talmudic Laws. I strongly agree with Yaakov Weis on his opinion about: "having a television in your house is the spiritual equivalent of having an open sewer running through your living room" ! My Set-Top Box died 5 years ago & i thankfully never replaced. Bravo Mr Weiss !
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