I was educated in the Satmar Hasidic girls’ school 

Bereishit - Genesis - Chapter 38 Verse 15 to 18 *Can you explain this?* 15When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, because she covered her face. טווַיִּרְאֶ֣הָ יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֖הָ לְזוֹנָ֑ה כִּ֥י כִסְּתָ֖ה פָּנֶֽיהָ:16So he turned aside toward her to the road, and he said, "Get ready now, I will come to you," for he did not know that she was his daughter in law, and she said, "What will you give me that you should come to me?" טזוַיֵּ֨ט אֵלֶ֜יהָ אֶל־הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ הָֽבָה־נָּא֙ אָב֣וֹא אֵלַ֔יִךְ כִּ֚י לֹ֣א יָדַ֔ע כִּ֥י כַלָּת֖וֹ הִ֑וא וַתֹּ֨אמֶר֙ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לִ֔י כִּ֥י תָב֖וֹא אֵלָֽי:17And he said, "I will send a kid from the herd," and she said, "[Only] if you give me a pledge until you send [it]." יזוַיֹּ֕אמֶר אָֽנֹכִ֛י אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח גְּדִֽי־עִזִּ֖ים מִן־הַצֹּ֑אן וַתֹּ֕אמֶר אִם־תִּתֵּ֥ן עֵֽרָב֖וֹן עַ֥ד שָׁלְחֶֽךָ:18So he said, "What is the pledge that I should give you?" And she said, "Your signet, your cloak, and the staff that is in your hand." So he gave them to her, and he came to her, and she conceived his likeness. יחוַיֹּ֗אמֶר מָ֣ה הָעֵֽרָבוֹן֘ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶתֶּן־לָךְ֒ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר חֹתָֽמְךָ֙ וּפְתִילֶ֔ךָ וּמַטְּךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וַיִּֽתֶּן־לָ֛הּ וַיָּבֹ֥א אֵלֶ֖יהָ וַתַּ֥הַר לֽוֹ

You have a very nice Hebrew handwriting!

Dear Frieda, i've not yet finished to see the entire video ( actually i've watched almost 50 %) but from what i've seen i feel to say to you: even if you grow up in a very religious enviroment even now that you're an independent woman don't forget that you're still a jew and you have to be proud of this. I'm not jewish but i deep admire your people, the history and the culture of your people. I've been an " antizionist" ( but never, i want to be clear on this point, antisemitic!) For a great part of my life because of my political activism in the far left. I'm still a socialist but now I don't hate the State of Israel because i've understood that the situation is more complicated than being like " the zionist stole the palestinian land". Yes it's true: Israel is the state of jewish people but it's a secular democratic republi; like your USA or my Italy, but it's ok so. Personally i'm a secular person and not particularly religious even if i grew up as a christian catholic, or maybe exactly for this reason. The religion to witch technically i belong to persecuted your people for centuries and i am ashamed because of this. So I think Satmar, like all hasidic-haredim-ultra orthodox jewish are a bit too much radical and... yeah even a bit sexist because women are second class people in such communities while jewish women in the State of Israel are predominantly secular and they don't wear tichel or a wig after wedding nor even less they shave their head. But at the end of the day the yiddish language the Hasidics theu still keep it alive and this is good because it's a beautifull language. There was a time when it was spoken even by secular jews and a lot of socialist songs had been written in yiddish. I would like to write more but i think now i've been too much lengthy for a youtube comment😂 thanks for the videos you upload on your channel and for teaching me a bit of jewish culture. I hope one day to come NY and visit the places you show in your videos. An hug from Italy שלום עליכם ❤

You reminded me of when I was at my satmar friends house reading the parsha and her daughter came out and asked what I was doing. I said im reading the parsha and she said Torah was given to men and tznius to women... that to me was shocking. There is just such a huge focus of the community on externals on tznius and not enough on how to have the mitzvos change us internally. Though I loved the emphasis on helping girls who don't have friends.

Sorry dear but woman ARE NOT SECOND CLASS CITIZENS AT ALL. THEY are cherished, honored , respected...we are not of the opinion that the sexes are EQUAL. We are of the opinion that the sexes are "different"..created to fulfill different roles in society. If that means we are subjugated people ..then so be it. Then we proudly are! But we're not!

Did she say why she left?

@@Pureimagination200I think she’s touched on it in videos. Not sure if she has gone into depth.

Me too!

@@Pureimagination200her beliefs weren’t strong. She had a hard time accepting their laws about how to dress, shaving the head when married, not allowing birth control, and having arranged marriages. And Shabbos which she found long and boring and difficult and not enjoyable. She has said this in other videos.

I agree. I only learned or better yet became aware of the overlap when I was in my late twenties. I was not raised chassidic but I was raised in an Orthodox household and went to yeshiva. 4 hours in the morning for Hebrew studies. 4 hours after lunch for secular. I will say at 63, I am still fluent in Hebrew. Very concentrated learning.

Beautiful job Frieda, love your ways. Keep up the videos, you are terrific and this is very much appreciated. OTD Jewish woman.

Oh no that's so sad! It's never too late to start hoarding a little bit!

It feels to me like desecration to tamper with such an important speech; that's my reaction.

I feel like this comment really gets me. Appreciate it much. It's strange the way from when we are young, something inside us drives our journeys.

We didn't learn to take care of babies (I think) although we did learn first aid. I'm very curious what you learned about taking care of babies.

@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn good evening! I remember learning to hold a baby at an angle to feed him his bottle, burp him, change the diapers (cotton one we had to fold - very old school lol). Basic stuff but not everybody had brothers and sisters so we had to learn in school. We surely learned more but that's what I remember. It's been almost 35 years. If I remember anything else, I'll let you know. 🙂

@@martinelanglois3158 Ha ha, that's so great! I can totally see that in the Hasidic community almost all kids learn these kids at home.

Wow, when was that? We didn't even have home ec in my all girls Catholic school. (We were a "prep" school, so they said)

@@GreatDayEveryoneI attended a public school in Canada a looong time ago

I am so sorry about your lovely daughter. I know it’s so hard to see children suffer. I hope and pray for a wonderful summer and next year for her. Sending much love.

@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn thank you very much that means a lot

I will try to work on it!

Oh my I'm so bad at clothing that your words are so kind. I am not one with a natural fashion sense and I feel self-conscious about being judged for what I wear so your words are appreciated!

@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn Believe me, you are low-key chic. 🙂

Good luck with the 2am education and the baby 😂

Aww welcome and thanks so much for leaving a comment! I’ve always wanted to visit Stamford Hill and I bet I’ll feel right at home there.

@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn The bakeries are perfection, of course. I was 21 when I visited NYC and I’m now nearly 38, so I think I need to visit again!! And WHEN I do, I’ll be sure to book onto one of your tours. Number 1 on my NYC list 😉.

ha ha, it is quirky isn't it.

Thank you friend and have a great shabbes.

oh my god thanks so much!

Really appreciate you Lisa. Your generosity means so much.

I did a live and answered some questions, but I think it's going to make sense to do a follow up on this to answer some of your questions.

Thank you for noticing there were two cats! The grey one (Chloe) is feeling a bit overlooked.

@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn She's gorgeous though!

@@ashextraordinaire I think so too!

Means the world to me when I can share my passion with other curious souls.

Thank you! I hope to do another video on my education. Hoping there's interest!

I know this comment is five months later but thanks for the laugh about my cat. She’s hilarious.