Hasidic Judaism

Justice? What is justice, how is it served, is it fair? The author, Elie Wiesel, gives horrifying detail of his experiences with the time period of the Holocaust in his novel, Night. Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel KBE was a Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor. In the novel Night, Elie Wiesel reveals the lost of moral values by illustrating the injustice of the Nazis. With the force of the Nazis’ unjust actions, Eliezer begins to lose…

Madmen and prophets have been, for quite long, the source of contention in literary circles. The relationship between madness and prophecy in literature is somewhat difficult to tackle as both concepts are connected to a more mystical world that can give shape and meaning to human existence and truth about life. During the twentieth century, immediately after the Holocaust, people began more readily questioning the existence of a supreme Deity and His lack of divine intervention in such a…

The second part of “The Sunflower”, by Simon Wiesenthal continues with the confession of the SS soldier, Carl, who is laying on his deathbed. Simon has been chosen by the soldier’s nurse, to give him peace, consequently placing him in a very difficult position. Simon thought the soldier could never shock him, for he had witnessed many atrocities during his life, yet, nothing could have prepared him for the detailed murder of Jewish families. There were well over two hundred people, purposely…

schools meet. At first, it just seems like a baseball game between two Jewish high school teams. But the game quickly turns into a holy war when the caftan and ear lock wearing Hasidic team begins to taunt and bully the less conservative “hell-bound sinners” on the other team. Hate boils as Danny Saunders, the leader of the Hasidic team, purposely hits a pitch right back at the pitcher, crushing his glasses and landing him in the hospital for a week. This is how Chaim Potok 's book The Chosen…

defect become completely secular, or are there different types of defection? These are the questions that will be answered through this paper. This topic is interesting because it is an area that has not been fully analyzed. Due to the nature of Hasidic groups, and their insular…

The authors, Mead, Hill, and Atwood describe the beginnings of Judaism as a branch of the Christian religion. Throughout time, these religions have altered and shifted, both growing and blossoming in their own way. In my opinion, the most unique belief of Judaism is that in their eyes, Jesus was not the Messiah. Being a Christian, I was taught in my church that Jesus is the embodiment of God and that he was brought to the Earth to sacrifice his life for our sins and to expand the word of the…

Founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov. Form of Orthodox Judaism. The word Hasidism means “pious one” in Hebrew. Worldwide, over 1 million people identify as Hasidic Jews. Mainly found in the northeast United States and Israel. They live with other Hasidic Jews in a community called a “court.” Each court has a leader called a Rebbe, who is the final authority. Men wear beards, sidelocks, black hats and long coats. Speak Yiddish; Hebrew is too holy to be spoken. Women dress modestly…

Rachael Zinnecker Mrs. Lyke English 11-1 5 May 2017 A Guilty Conscience Creates Distance Hasidic Judaism has been common practice for many jews all over the world for many years. This particular sect of Judaism is known for the extremely conservative ways of life and their seclusion from society. Living in a Hasidic community came to be a challenge for author Chaim Potok as part of his writing style included language and descriptions of things the community frowned upon. Potok took how he felt…

How Will We Live Impressions and judgement of people we don’t even know are fairly common. We might hear a rumor about someone, or just hear of someone’s actions. Judgement is very common, and it prevents many relationships. Whether it’s someone race, religion, hobbies or interest we form our opinions about that person, but we do not truly know that person. Throughout first year seminar judgement was found in a lot of the texts we read. Judgement was found early in the course when we discussed…

unlikely friendship of two very different Jewish boys. In his book Chaim Potok tells us of the formation, friendship, and hardships between the Hasidic raised, Danny Saunders and the Orthodox raised, Zionist, Reuven Malter. Potok’s story serves to both give an interesting story of a friendship, as well as inform us about the various denominations in Judaism. The story begins as Danny and Reuven play softball against each other and they present tensions towards one another. Both players play a…