What is chassidish life like?

↑ chocolate moose ↓

Wed, Jul 04 2007, 8:27 am

The title of the thread is, What is chassidish life like?I think GR's questions are 100% valid.

↑ Mama Bear ↓

Wed, Jul 04 2007, 8:43 am

Of course! We have chof-alef kislev, which is the Satmar Rebbe zya"'s hatzalah from Auschwitz, it's an international Yom Tov. and then we have Chof Vov Av, the Rebbe zya'"s yahrzeit, an international Yahrzeit. Of course we have our own 'dates' Smile

↑ creativemommyto3 ↓

Wed, Jul 04 2007, 9:12 am

This thread was not started to be against chabad but to find out more about the chassiduses like bobov, vizhnitz , satmar, etc. Lubavitch is a wonderful chassidus that has many wondeful minhagim, but since I can a) ask my best friend for books b) go on the internet, I don't need to ask here. By the way, I happen to love reading Nechoma Greismans books for women.

Please accept my deepest apologies if I offended Lubavitch ppl on this site.

↑ chocolate moose ↓

Wed, Jul 04 2007, 9:18 am

You didn't specify that in your title. Why didn't you just Pm one of the moderators for a suggestion of someone to speak with?

↑ creativemommyto3 ↓

Wed, Jul 04 2007, 9:23 am

To me lubavitch is a totally different entity than the rest of the chassiduses.

↑ gryp ↓

Wed, Jul 04 2007, 9:36 am

I'm not trying to say anything. Confused

The thought popped into my mind recently and I wanted to ask. That's all.
Were there other Rebbeim who were persecuted like the Chabad Rebbeim for keeping Yiddishkeit alive?

Also, is there such a concept of receiving things from the Rebbe as a bracha like wine from the Rebbe's becher, honeycake on Erev Yom Kippur, Matzah on Erev Pesach, etc?

↑ amother ↓

Wed, Jul 04 2007, 9:59 am

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I'm not trying to say anything.
The thought popped into my mind recently and I wanted to ask. That's all.

OK sorry. It just sounded like you were saying that maybe chabad is better bec. they have these things and others dont.

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Also, is there such a concept of receiving things from the Rebbe as a bracha like wine from the Rebbe's becher, honeycake on Erev Yom Kippur, Matzah on Erev Pesach, etc?

Oh yeah, thats what shirayim is all about. And there is usually a major 'grabbing' for these things! LOL

↑ gryp ↓

Wed, Jul 04 2007, 1:07 pm

I didn't think that shirayim was a set time when the Rebbe gave these things out. I thought it just kind of happened.

I don't mean to set you against each other, but may I ask your (Chasidim with a Rebbe) opinion of the Chasidim without a Rebbe, that these types of things don't exist for?

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Do you only celebrate from the current Rebbe or from the previous ones too?

↑ peach

Wed, Jul 04 2007, 1:11 pm

GR wrote:

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Do you only celebrate from the current Rebbe or from the previous ones too?

I assume its only for previous Rebbes.

It might be a bit hard to celebrate the yahrtzeit of the current Rebbe, as he is still alive. Wink

↑ creativemommyto3 ↓

Wed, Jul 04 2007, 1:30 pm

I just went to a nutrition workshop and one of the women said that they serve chickpeas and potato kugel on erev shabbos b/c of her chassidic backround. What is the reason for this?

↑ chocolate moose ↓

Wed, Jul 04 2007, 1:33 pm

Pity you didn't ask her. The few times I went to Willie for Shabbos, to different places, on Friday afternoon they takeh served us potato kugel each time ....

nylon

Wed, Jul 04 2007, 2:23 pm

chocolate moose wrote:

You didn't specify that in your title. Why didn't you just Pm one of the moderators for a suggestion of someone to speak with?

b/c maybe it would be of interest to other people? I've found some of the things here very interesting even though I wouldn't have thought to ask (I guess because it would seem nosy).

↑ chocolate moose ↓

Wed, Jul 04 2007, 2:31 pm

nylon wrote:

chocolate moose wrote:

You didn't specify that in your title. Why didn't you just Pm one of the moderators for a suggestion of someone to speak with?

b/c maybe it would be of interest to other people? I've found some of the things here very interesting even though I wouldn't have thought to ask (I guess because it would seem nosy).

okay, maybe so.

↑ Mama Bear ↓

Wed, Jul 04 2007, 2:53 pm

serving warm shabbos food in the afternoon is referred to as 'TOAMEHO'. but I dont know the reason.

There are plenty of chasidim without Rebbes. Sadly this generation is kind of cynical and many people dont think todays' Rebbes are worth anything.

21 Kislev and 26 Av were for r' yoilish ztzL who passed away 28 years ago. the Berach Moshe passed away a year ago on 26 Nissan, but I dont think he ever publicly celebrated his hatzalah date from the war.

bashinda ↓

Wed, Jul 04 2007, 2:53 pm

arita430 wrote:

By the way, I happen to love reading Nechoma Greismans books for women.

Please accept my deepest apologies if I offended Lubavitch ppl on this site.

Not me.

I was JUST reading Nechama Greisman a"h's anthology and getting even more inspiration than I did the first time (probably because the first time I was single maybe and only wondering what being a Jewish wife and mother was about)

And btw I was so sure I heard MamaBear use the term chagas chassidim recently on the board. Or am I dreaming, MB?

↑ amother ↓

Wed, Jul 04 2007, 3:57 pm

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serving warm shabbos food in the afternoon is referred to as 'TOAMEHO'. but I dont know the reason.

Its says somewhere 'Toyamehu chaim zochi', (forgot where)

'Toyamehu' means 'tasting' We taste the shabbosdige food before shabbos to make sure it is tasty and delicious for shabbos.

Although I always wonder if someone forgot to put salt into the kugel, its too late to salt it then. Are they gonna make another one an hour before the zeman? Wink

↑ amother ↓

Wed, Jul 04 2007, 4:15 pm

The term Toyameha Chaim Zaku actually reffers to people who live now in golus with the feel of moshiach in their lives. It is a concept of emunah and kabolas ol of incorporation "revealled g-dliness" into our lives even whilst in golus. If we make an effort to do this, we are benched with Chayim, with living to see the geulah sheleima.

As a spin off of this concept and because toyameha literally means to taste, many chassidim taste the shabbos food before shabbos actually arrives.

↑ amother ↓

Wed, Jul 04 2007, 4:21 pm

I am lub and I LOVE this thread.
I am facinated by other chassidim and their minhagim!
I have learned alot!
Thanks Arita!

↑ chocolate moose ↓

Wed, Jul 04 2007, 5:43 pm

[quote="amother"]

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We taste the shabbosdige food before shabbos to make sure it is tasty and delicious for shabbos.

Although I always wonder if someone forgot to put salt into the kugel, its too late to salt it then. Are they gonna make another one an hour before the zeman? Wink

It sounds silly, but I spoke to the rov about this, actually. It applies only to food that you can fix, like you don't sit down and eat a hunk of challah on Friday afternoon, b/c there's nothing you can do to fix it at that time. Unlike popular belief, there is no mitzvah to eat half a kugel or even taste a cookie.