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Shlogn kaporas/Tashlich (3)

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Daum, Menachem, and Oren Rudavsky. Shlogn Kaporas/tashlich (3). Daum, Menachem. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.36730396.

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Daum, M., & Rudavsky, O. Shlogn kaporas/Tashlich (3). Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.36730396.

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Daum, Menachem, and Oren Rudavsky. Shlogn Kaporas/tashlich (3). Daum, Menachem. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.36730396.

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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. Hasidic Jews performing the rite of tashlich (a ritual performed on Rosh Hashanah along the banks of a river or stream) in Pelham Bay, New York, and "shlogn kaporas," a rite involving live chickens that takes place on the eve of Yom Kippur, in Brooklyn. Yisrael Lipschitz of the Hasidic Actors Guild making a documentary in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. 00:00:51 - Hasidic Jews, including children, performing the rite of tashlich on Rosh Hashanah in Pelham Bay near a Toys R Us store. (Sporadic audio.) (Part 3) 00:09:16 - Yisrael Lipschitz speaking into a mike, explains the rite of tashlich, as a film crew records him. (Several takes, snd many shots include the film crew). 00:12:02 - Yisrael Lipschitz in Prospect Park, removing fake payos (sidelocks worn by Orthodox Jewish men) and then walking away. 00:12:28 - Hasidic and other Orthodox Jews, including children performing the rite of tashlich on Rosh Hashanah in Pelham Bay near a Toys R Us store. 00:22:07 - Hasidic families on 16th Avenue in Brooklyn performing shlogn kaporas, a rite involving live chickens, on the eve of Yom Kippur. 00:26:46 - Audio only: Man (Yisrael Lipschitz?) in Prospect Park explaining that he's making a documentary feature about the Hasidic Actors Guild. Explains that his payos (sidelocks) aren't real. Says he produces films for Orthodox Jews.
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