Archive for January, 2010

A few years after a fish talked in New Square thus proving that the God of Chasidim is the true one, another proof has surfaced. Rabbi Batzri is attempting to remove a Dubbuk from a Brazilian man…

A year and a half ago, I went to part from my Rosh Yeshiva at the end of the semester and told him I won’t be coming back. He wished me well and all the usual. When our brief encounter…

A heretic with a shtreimel? You better believe it. And he’s on board to contribute commentary and insight in his own masterful way. Known as one of the pioneers of the Chasidic blogosphere with his wildly popular blog
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the Revolution. Nu? The one where the Goyim believe that all people were created by the monkeys.
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A mixture of apprehension and desperation radiated off young Srulik’s face. “Rebbe, the note, the note” he said in a voice that portrayed disappointment. He could finally rest a tired arm that had been raised with pride and promise,…

The BBC has discovered that some Chasidim (and members of other ultra-Orthodox groups) have been leaving the community to join the secular world. And they, like so many others, choose to focus on the difficulties and challenges one…

We expect to have a number of well-known Chasidic bloggers and commentors contribute regularly to this blog. The first that has joined is the erstwhile Pen Tivokesh, blogger extraordinaire, author of the very fine blog Penned In – Writing…

The bubble, as was wont, has burst. Chasidim are leaving, slowly, individually, but with surefooted and resolute steps. And a new community is being created in the process.
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