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A Lubavitcher explains Judaism to a group of Amish people on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights today. More

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Please Calm down #22
September 14, 2012 1:10 am

I think, and you know what #1 and #2 meant….
Its the non tight, non showy shirts and skirts that the ladies are wearing that don’t create untznius thoughts from other men along the street.

I agree their head coverings are not according to halacha. Obviously, #1 and #2 where not referring to that.

But we can learn from them to cover our knees and cover our neck bones.

It is a beautiful thing to be proud to cover our holy bodies, as children of The King!

@ #1 & #2
September 11, 2012 9:37 pm

You think you can learn from them how to dress? Finally! people dressing tzniusdikly in C H? If married women were walking around crown heights like that BOTH of you would be screaming “How scandalous! How can these women walk around like that with their hair showing like that? Elbows showing? Terrible! How Un-Tznius of them! Shame on them! How can we let our girls/women walk around like that, it’s shameful!” And yet, when you see Goyim dressed the same way you Jump to say how we can learn from them? Because by goyishe standards it is considered tznius? you… Read more »

We really need text here
September 11, 2012 12:24 pm

There is no text with this story…so
I agree, by appearance, these people are Mennonites or Brethren, not Amish. That said, why did they go to CH? Was this a planned, structured visit, or did they just show up? If they planned a visit why? And who did they call to plan it? And if they did just show up what were they expecting, and how did they end up with a rabbi talking to them?

The Lubavitcher is
September 11, 2012 10:55 am

Rabbi Yossi Serebryanski

who is the Lubavitcher?
September 11, 2012 6:07 am

what a kiddush Hashem!

Probably Mennonites or Brethren
September 10, 2012 11:27 pm

Generally, Amish women wear a different style of cap and the men don’t wear belts. I also see at least one cell phone and that plaid shirt probably wouldn’t fly with the Amish either.

#8: Mormon women don’t cover their hair.
#12: The Amish won’t pose for photos, but most won’t stop someone else from taking their picture.

to #7
September 10, 2012 11:25 pm

what’s TLC?
What’s a “show”?
I think it’s a chutzpah that you aren’t embarrased that you watch TV .
The Amish people don’t either

The Baal shem tov teaches us
September 10, 2012 11:11 pm

That all is behashgacha protis!

Thus everything hashem shows us is for a reason & purpose

Either to;
1) learn from it a lesson (in life or how to serve H’)
2) to ACT on it, that the situation was shown to me to speak up or Intevene with an action that is required of me by Totah/my mission in this world

The correct approach (for a Torah centered chassid) in this case is to see what lessons we can glean from them in improving our own personal conduct as Jews with a Devine mission to fulfill
…..

THEY ARE MENNONITES, NOT AMISH
September 10, 2012 10:57 pm

These people are mennonites, not Amish.

#5
September 10, 2012 9:11 pm

noticed that too, such derech eretz 🙂

how in CH??
September 10, 2012 9:08 pm

did they walk al the way from deep NJ or PA?

to 5: women sit on the bench because its not tsnius for a woman to seat on the floor (shu”a orach chayim)

i thought amish arent photographed?
September 10, 2012 9:02 pm

ummm okay?! i gues they arent so fum after all 😛

factcheck
September 10, 2012 8:30 pm

they appear neither amish nor ‘mormon’. they look to me like mennonites.

Yossy H
September 10, 2012 8:13 pm

#7 Ur stupid if u believe everything on TV especially these reality shows.

to #8
September 10, 2012 8:03 pm

amish men only grow a beard once they’re married. mormons don’t have distinctive dress.they’re def. amish.

Not amish
September 10, 2012 7:54 pm

Theses people are Mormon, hence the lack of beards

weird
September 10, 2012 7:48 pm

tlc ran a show on them last night. They live such depressed lives. no love no emotions ….they get shunned for doing anything “not according to standards”…. ugh so sad.

at least
September 10, 2012 7:32 pm

at least none of them are staring down at cell phones while someone is speaking

Mendel
September 10, 2012 7:20 pm

I love how the men let the women sit on the bench while they take the floor. Lovely.

It was cool
September 10, 2012 7:07 pm

The group was very friendly, and it was interesting to see the hats the ladies were wearing. The lack of the mustached beards gave us the clue to why the women had head coverings,,,

huh?
September 10, 2012 7:05 pm

how random! what were the amish doing in crown heights??

Finally!
September 10, 2012 6:55 pm

Finally! people dressing tzniusdikly in C H

learn from them
September 10, 2012 6:53 pm

i think we can learn from them how to dress

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