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Doorposts and Gates: How Jews Have Subdivided Themselves Through History

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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Hasidism - The Seed of Reform Judaism

There's a kind of frustration and a spirit of rebellion against the weight of this traditional ghetto judaism. There are basically four ways that people react against this and try to be jewish in a different way. This ar four different, you could say, paths of liberation. One of them is hasidism, which starts in poland, right? So it starts in this place that has lots and lots of jews. The rabbis are very powerful. They are allowed to live there. But they have a role in polish society, but it's very circumscribed. You get this movement, and we'll talk about this more laterrit - but i'm assuming that this is

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