What are Hasidic Jewish SECTS? 

This is such an important video. A big part of my family was decimated in Eastern Europe so seeing some of these people hold on to that tradition actually means a lot to me. Maybe it shouldn't, but it does. Not only is it the Old Home, but let's not forget how many Jews are dead there, in the Old Home, how many of them would've lived and had children... Such a tragic loss of people, culture, customs, writings.

Frieda I love your ability to open up a world that for so many of us has been only a caricature of it’s true nature. I live in Utah which is chock full of some very conservative Christians and there is a very strong Chabad presence here. A rabbi moved into our county and immediately started seeking out all the Jewish people here in this very insular place. This year I attended a public Menorah lighting at our county building for the first time ever so the Chabad group is having a very positive affect on the people here.

Frieda, what a wonderful video ! I could not have wanted a better topic. I ordered the book , it will no doubt be "over my head" but I will devour it all the same. Frieda, I look forward to your video's! I will need to watch this video a few times, there is so much content. I will look forward to the other video's in this series. Have a wonderful day Frieda. I know you don't cover Chabad, they are the group I recieve emails from and subscribed to The Scroll, which I recieve in the mail. You know I appreciate you and your video's.

What an excellent introduction to the concept of Hasidism! I look forward to the next installment. ❤

So glad I found this channel! I lived in Brooklyn for 20 years and have always been fascinated with all the different Hasidic courts and their traditions. Thanks so much!

Dearest Frieda, you are providing an invaluable service. We learn so much about Jewish life from you. And in these times of virulent antisemitism, educating and enlightening people about Judaism is crucial! With love, gratitude, and SHALOM, Maralyn Farber 🩵🩵P.S. yes, please more videos like this!

Great video . This gives us a better understanding of the different sects without us having to study for several months getting everything straight. I’m not Jewish but have always been interested in the customs and way of life. Utube has allowed me to gain so much knowledge. I respect the way you seek to inform us. Thank you

Thank you for bringing this topic closer to us! Sounds like you're really enjoying this book!

Another insightful video. A clear glimpse into the varied Chasidic sects or courts respectfully and empathetically presented by Frieda. Well-done! Looking forward to the next episode. Shkoyakh!

OOOh Frieda love this kind of topic, there is so much speculation around it 🕵

No question about it, I have become a Frieda Vizel groupie here in Rapid City, South Dakota. Even having been born and raised in Brooklyn, I was unaware of the subtleties of Hasidism that you have so eloquently discussed. For that I thank you. I wonder if it is within your scope of expertise to comment and address the "Modern Orthodox" communities. They too, believe in the centrality and primacy of a traditional interpretation of Torah, yet, to my mind differ in their willingness to break out of those isolated, insular communities of which you spoke. Again, thank you - regards from Rapid City, South Dakota

Nicely done, it gave me avenues to explore (rabbit holes). Looking forward to next installment.

This is great! Please continue! And thank you for all of your great work!

Thanks Frieda this is a great summary! I'll be sharing your channel in my (Anthropology of religion) seminars at University as we're reading Hidden Heretics and you interviewed Fader. Sad to have missed your tour as part of the YIVO program last summer

What a terrific upload. Very clear and informative for us who know very little about the different sects. I hope that there will be more to come. Truly enjoyed the content. Thank you very much.

Very informative especially for an outsider. Thank you Frieda.

Wonderful video. And I look forward to more videos covering this topic.

You’re doing very important work. Thank you. ❤

As usual well done- clear and concise

your videos are all so interesting! looking forward to the next parts in this series.

Thank so much for another super informative video. Was nice to begin to piece together some fragments of knowledge I have around this, particularly the history. 🙃 Really looking forward to the next one ❤

I'm very much looking forward to learning about the different sects and their beliefs and practices. Thank you so much for your informative videos.

I just love your videos! You present the information in such a way that keeps me interested. I can’t wait for part 2!

Great introduction and excited to see the next series. Will be following this closely. Thank you for always sharing.

Great info Freida, thank you❤

Great job, looking forward to the series! As far as the rebbe being considered an intercessor between the chossid and Hashem, in Lubavitch I would take exception to this. The Rebbe felt - and spoke - very strongly that it was the spiritual work of each individual to enhance and maintain their own relationship to Hashem.

Thank you for covering this subject in a short history. It just whets my appetite for further information. Great job, Frieda.

That was very informative Frieda! Looking forward to more.

Freida, this is wonderful! Looking forward to more videos on this topic.

Amazing job!! Can't wait for the next videos...

Thank you for sharing! I find the connections between sects (beliefs, practices, and even family ties) so interesting.

Very interesting Frieda. Thank you for this video. Looking forward to the next video. Never knew there were so many different sects contained in one area.

Always a pleasure watching your videos ❤

Fascinating video! You do a wonderful job of bringing clarity to a multi-layered community. Isn’t it interesting though to observe people’s reactions to the words/descriptors/names used in the referenced book and your commentary? To me, it demonstrates the importance of respectful dialogue and learning about what we share in common and what divides us. Understanding is the beginning of wisdom.

Thanks for this Frieda! I’ve wondered often about the different groups. I did know about the Bal Shem Tov from Lithuania and how it moved south to Belarus and Ukraine then West. I also remember that pne goal of the Satmars is to replace all the Jews killed in the Holocaust thus the more children the better. That Judaism is thriving in all its iterations today shows us that the Jews won WWII and Hitler is defeated with every new birth regardless of Hassid, Reform or any in-between!

Very interesting as usual Frieda! Thank you

Interesting introduction, I look forward to seeing more of these videos! Thank you.

Thank you for this program. I will watch it again to get a stronger idea of this history.

Frieda, thanks for this information! As always your videos are amazing! Much love ❤️🌹

I’ve wanted to understand this for so long! Thank you!!!

My first introduction to Hassidim was when I read The Chosen by Chaim Potok. I also read other books of his that dealt with hassidim. That was many years ago. Eventually, I converted to Judaism, moved to Israel to learn more, and found myself in Geulah...home of many hassidim. It wasn't long before I knew I wanted to be hassidic. Through marriage, I became a Tsanz-Klausenberger hassida. So when you do your video of specific hasssidic sects, I would love to see you include Klausenberg. You might wonder why as a hassidic women I watch your channel, truth is, I cannot get enough of Jewish life, and in a way this helps me to fill in my history vicariously. Thanks for what you do. I will be sharing this with my students, women world wide who are interested in learning about Judaism. Next week in the history section of my course, we will learn about hassidim.

I really enjoyed this video! It was so educational and helpful in furthering my understanding. Please do more! I feel that by understanding others false ideas fade!

Frieda, thank you so much for sharing all of the information with us. I really enjoy your videos.

I found your program to be insightful and comfortable to learn from. You have a calming manner that allows the content to stand on its own. Thank you. I look forward to watching your other videos.

This is fascinating Frieda, looking forward to learning more!!

Orthodox-ish Jew here and so glad you’re touching on this.

What a fascinating history. Thank you, Frieda. I believe I'll watch it again. ❤

Your work is is clear and kind. Looking forward to a tour!

Hi, I am from Ukraine, Lviv, my dad comes from Zhidachov (Zhydachiv, Жидачів), the city mentioned in the video. It is very nice to see Ukrainian roots in Jewish culture and history. Thank you!

So as a non-Jew (Boston Irish Catholic) odd as some practices might seem I like the idea of everything you do you're acknowledging Gods existence in your life and in the world. I was an altar boy as a kid and very much believed in God. There was a magic to life that at some point I lost. And I've never been able to find it again. Maybe I'm misunderstanding this but to me it seems like that is the most important part Hasidism is never letting yourself lose that connection never losing the magic the specialness of life

This is precisely the kind of knowledge I had long been wanting. Beautifully presented.

In Christianity we use the term, "traditions" to denote the various groups and their beliefs. I find your video so helpful in gaining a better understanding of Hasidim.

Thanks very much for the wonderful video! I have *Hasidism: A New History* on my shelf and you have given me encouragement to continue reading it.

Thank you so much! This was very interesting!

Thank you Frieda ! So interesting.

This is most interesting Frieda I look forward to more Thank you

A terrific tutorial! Well done! Stay safe! Stay strong! ❤️❤️

keep up the great work - hatlzachah rabbah!

This was very educational - thank you!

Thank you once again for your wonderful teaching. I bought the book on your recommendation. It’s a massive book and have not finished it yet but it’s great so far. If I was buying it again I’d get the hard back version although the soft back is good too. Have a great week and enjoy that lovely Satmar food or any other kosher food. It’s all terrific. May HaShem bless you and your son and family. Bill. UK

Love your videos!

Excellent introduction and looking forward to more chapters. I’m in Montana and we have Chabad out here. Cheers!

May I say that you look stunning, Frieda! I'm really looking forward to the next episode. I'll keep watching from Germany.

I enjoyed this video very much. My great grandfather lived in Williamsburg. I remember going there once as a small child to pick him up and thought we were in another country. We lived in Queens.

Fascinating and helpful! 👏👏 Also love all the cool effects/editing 🎥🏆 Maybe someday you’ll publish a book too🤞🤞but I’m working on my reading list from this channel until then 😆📚 Loved this video and so looking forward to more in this series! 👏👏❤️

Thank you for this piece. Well done:

Excellent video Frieda.

Frieda, thank you for sharing this information. Yes, it did make things more clear to me, a Protestant Christian. ❤️🙏🏻🇺🇸🇮🇱❤️🙏🏻

thank you, Frieda. look forward to the rest of the series!

Informative video, thank you. 🙂

Excellent! Vey well explained! ❤

Very interesting indeed! My head is spinning a bit from all the information though. I'm really looking forward to your upcoming deeper dives into this fascinating and rich world.

Love your channel. Love from South Africa xoxo

Yes yes yes.....more videos on topics like this would be lovely . Very interesting. 🌷Thank you.

Definitely learned something! Very interesting!! ❤

Looking forward to Part 2.

As a non-Jew the Lubavitchers were the only sect I saw regularly - and my Jewish friends would talk about their interactions with them. Good video.

Beautifully and simply fascinating!

New sub I will definitely order the book as I try to understand our religious backgrounds. Thank you so much for all the hard work and study it shows! Shalom peace and blessing on you from the most high Hashem.

Another great video!!

Thanks for making the distinction between a "cult" and a religious sect...

so happy to have found your channel. AM yisrel chai Frieda and shabbat shalom

Thank you for your talk and 2:32 At the moment I read 'In my father's court' from I.B. Singer (Nobel Prize winner literature!). Kind of connection with your talk. Looking forward to your following video. Greetings from the Netherlands🌷🌷🌷

Fantastic summary of the Hasidic movement, thank you!

Thanks for sharing wishing everyone a wonderful day

This was very informative. Question: Do the different sects interact with each other? Inter marry?

Loved the video, Frieda. I have a big interest in Jewish history including, of course, the birth of Chassidut, its diversification and growth. I don’t have the particular book you presented today, but from the tone in your video I wonder if the authors are writing from the outside in or the inside out. Either way, good video! Love the blouse and would like to say that no animals were harmed in the its production! 😂

well done! thank you!

Thanks interesting as usual the book looks very good

I love your videos!!!

Fantastic!

Frieda, thank you for this - it really helped explain things. I have been with the Anabaptists, and it is similar with them also as there are the Amish and Mennonites but there are different groups of each. For example, with the Amish there are the Schwartzentruber sect, the Lancaster, the Midwest, etc and different subgroups. All have slightly different distinctives within each, such as the design and shape of the women's haircovering for example. However, their core beliefs are the same. This stands true for the Mennonites also. I was hoping you might do a video along the lines of 'Where are they today?' with this Bobover wedding in 2017 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mXfUTX2_5KU.html This was the grand wedding of the Rebbe's youngest daughter and I watch it several times a month as it has me fascinated. I love the music, the atmosphere, and can feel the joy in the room. What is her name and where is she today? Do she and her husband have children now? It has 218K views so I suspect I am not the only one wondering!

So interesting and I cannot wait for more. As an outsider I am curious as to the ability to move from one sect to another. Is this done? If so, when? Can a marriage happen between two people from different sects? Looking forward to installment 2.

I am astounded by this video. I have learned so much. Thank you so much. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪

I love how you explain and demystify all of this for people like me who wish to learn but sometimes "get lost in the weeds".

That was very informative video,😊 thank you!

love this I find this so interesting

Very informative. Thanks.

Very interesting. I learned something today.

Thank you Frieda ❤