В своей очешуительной книжке (которую по-прежнему можно и нужно заказывать) аз, многогрешный, привел несколько историй про хасидов и цадиков, весьма непохожих на то, что публикуют в известного рода изданиях. И вот - еще три сюжета из читаемой сейчас монографии. 1. Как ребе молился, чтобы еврей крестился Shragy went on to recount a famous story about the ancestor of the founder of the Satmar community that made this point powerfully: There is a story of Reb Yoel Teitelbaum’s grandfather, the Yismach Moshe, in Sighet [in Transylvania], who had a hoosid [a follower] who became a doctor but remained very frum [religious], and the Rebbe said, “I wake up every morning and daven [pray] to the Reboyne shel oylem [God], halevay [if only] this hoosid would shmad [convert to Christianity]!” Если кому-то нужно объяснение столь странной молитвы - в книге оно, разумеется, есть: In Satmar it’s much less problematic if someone leaves and leaves completely so the community can say, “This is what happens if you start dabbling in Haskalah [Jewish Enlightenment], if you start reading secular books! You’ll become a shaygets [derogatory term for non-Jew], loy alayni [Heaven forbid]!” But if you can go and be modern and still have a beard and paiyyes [sidelocks] and still have the l’vish [traditional Hasidic garb], I think it’s much more challenging; it’s much more frustrating to the community. 2. Как хасид радовался intermarriage'у Из интервью с геем, выросшим в хасидской общине: I have a good relationship with my family. My mother truly accepts me for who I am. My father says the “right things” about accepting me, but I feel my father has deeply homophobic feelings. My father loves me and understands that I am gay but would prefer if I were celibate. He has told me that “being gay is your nisoyon [challenge in life], and you have to deal with it as best as you can by not having sex.” My mother has argued with my father: “Do you want our son to be alone and miserable?!” My father doesn’t seem moved by this argument. My father also doesn’t seem okay with having my non-Jewish partner over for Shabbos [the Sabbath]. My father also said that it’s better that the partner is non-Jewish because “now only one person is committing a sin. If you were both Jewish, then two people would be sinning. 3. Как ребе женские чулки мерил Satmar has many more rules. In addition to these general requirements, Satmar demands that girls and women wear only dark, usually gray or black, clothing, well tailored but never tight fitting. Sheer or clinging fabrics are prohibited. Women are also required to wear thick, opaque, seamed stockings (known as Palm stockings). According to Dovid Meisels (2011), a committed Satmar Hasid, Reb Yoel Teitelbaum was personally involved in designing the stockings to ensure that they were completely opaque. R eb Yoel personally tested the potential fabrics by placing them on his arm and stretching them to see if the hair on his arm was visible . He settled on a fabric that was ninety denier. В общем, паки и паки повторю: покупайте мою очешуительную книгу, в ней правда, правда и ничего, кроме правды.