Litvaks
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Litvaks or Lita'im are Jews who historically resided in the territory of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Over 90% of the population was killed during the Holocaust. The term is sometimes used to
Portrait of Lithuanian yeshiva students
Hasidic Judaism
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Hasidism or Hasidic Judaism is a religious movement within Judaism that arose in the 18th century as a spiritual revival movement in contemporary Western Ukraine before spreading rapidly throughout Ea
Litvaks
…Ukraine). Over 90% of the population was killed during the Holocaust. The term is sometimes used to cover all Haredi Jews who follow an Ashkenazi, non-Hasidic style of life and learning, whatever their ethnic background. The area where Litvaks lived is referred to in Yiddish as ליטע Lite, hence the Hebrew…
A tish of the Boyan Hasidic dynasty in Jerusalem, holiday of Sukkot, 2009
Rebuilt synagogue of the Baal Shem Tov.
Yisroel Hopstein, a great promulgator of Hasidism in Poland, blessing acolytes c. 1800. Hasidism gave the elite tzadik a social mystical role.
The Kaliver Rebbe, Holocaust survivor, inspiring his court on the festival of Sukkot