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Burning chometz (1)
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Burning Chometz (1). Daum, Menachem. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.36730374.APA citation style
Burning chometz (1). Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.36730374.Chicago citation style
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- Footage from the 1997 documentary “A Life Apart: Hasidism in America” (directed by Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky), the first in-depth documentary about Hasidic Jews, members of a distinctive group within Judaism that has roots in pre-World War II Eastern Europe. Hasidim burning chometz on the eve of Passover, Borough Park (Part 1) Terms you may encounter: Chometz: Leavened foods forbidden on Passover. 00:08:06 - (Partial audio) Boys, men, and a few girls burn chometz in the gutter on a busy street on the eve of Passover. 00:08:38 - Boys, men, and a few girls burn chometz in the gutter on the eve of Passover. One man takes charge and gathers neighbors, telling them to bring something to burn. A non-Jewish or secular neighbor walks by and they joke with him. Someone suggests that it would be better to burn things in a can. 00:18:27 - The group of Jews who were about to start a fire to burn chometz carries everything down the street to the corner where a fire has already been started. An additional fire is lit. It's raining so it's difficult to keep it going so they resort to lighter fluid. A man recites the blessing for burning chometz. 00:22:00 - Girl with sibling, baby in carriage, watching the fire. A prayer book rests in the carriage on the baby's lap. Close-ups of other children. 00:24:02 - Audio only. Wild sound.
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