Motty Steinmetz(Hebrew: מוטי שטיינמץ) is a contemporary Hasidic singer.
The Hasidic ideal, according to Buber, emphasized a life
Many Hasidic and Yemenite Jews let their sidelocks grow particularly long.
In this powerful Hasidic proverb, we learn an ancient truth that still
holds up in modern times.
As the great Hasidic teacher said,"If I am not for myself, who will be for me?
He studied under Chaim Halberstam, the Sanzer Rov,
and enjoyed close relationships with the various Hasidic leaders of Galicia.
had been a teacher at Leipzig University and as a Russian Hasidic Jew was held under house arrest
She is the first openly transgender woman raised in a Hasidic community,
and is a direct descendant of Hasidic Judaism's founder the Baal Shem Tov.
She is the first openly trans woman raised in a Hasidic community,
and is a direct descendant of Hasidic Judaism's founder the Baal Shem Tov.
According to Buber, the Hasidic ideal emphasized a life conducted in the unconditional presence of God,
where there was no separation between daily life and religious experience.
The Hasidic ideal, according to Buber, emphasized a life
lived in the unconditional presence of God, where there was no distinct separation between daily habits and religious experience.
Stein knew from a young age that didn't
fit neatly into the gender-segregated roles outlined by her Hasidic community, a sect of Judaism that chooses to live
in isolation from the secular world.
He viewed Hasidism as a source of cultural renewal for Judaism,
frequently citing examples from the Hasidic tradition that emphasized community,
interpersonal life, and meaning in common activities(e.g. a worker's relation to his tools).
In 1906, Buber published Die Geschichten des Rabbi Nachman, a collection of the tales of the Rabbi Nachman of Breslov,
a renowned Hasidic rebbe, as interpreted and retold in a Neo-Hasidic fashion by Buber.
He viewed Hasidism as a source of cultural renewal for Judaism,
frequently citing examples from the Hasidic tradition that emphasized community,
interpersonal life, and meaning in common activities e. g., a worker's relation to his tools.
I used to joke that the day the Hasidic community hates me,
or trans people, is going to be the day when I have accomplished my first step because that would mean they recognize we exist.”.