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Bris of son of Berel and Chanie Lazar (1)

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Daum, Menachem, and Oren Rudavsky. Bris of Son of Berel and Chanie Lazar (1). Daum, Menachem. 1995. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://brooklyn.illumira.net/show.php?pid=njcore:194954.

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Daum, M., & Rudavsky, O. (1995). Bris of son of Berel and Chanie Lazar (1). Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://brooklyn.illumira.net/show.php?pid=njcore:194954.

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Daum, Menachem, and Oren Rudavsky. Bris of Son of Berel and Chanie Lazar (1). Daum, Menachem. 1995. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://brooklyn.illumira.net/show.php?pid=njcore:194954.

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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. Bris (circumcision) of the son of Berel and Chanie Lazar, Pittsburgh. (Part 1) 2/21/1995 00:00:00 - Mrs. Derin, Chanie Lazar's mother, in the entrance of the Chabad school and synagogue in Pittsburgh. Introduces, Miss Fox, a teacher in the school. 00:01:58 - Chanie and other women arrive with the baby. She clips a portrait of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe to the bris pillow and adds a cloth they got from the Rebbe and a photo of him. The mohel (trained performer of circumcisions) prepares his instruments. Brief interview with him: explains significance of the ritual. (Audio continues over different footage). 00:11:45 - Guests assemble and baby is brought up for the bris. 00:14:31 - The bris takes place. Shots of guests and family watching the ceremony. (No audio from 16:02 to 18:58) 00:21:28 - (No audio) People milling around after the bris. The baby is returned to Chanie. 00:22:23 - Audio only. Wild sound.
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