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Haredi Judaism (Hebrew: יהדות חֲרֵדִית, romanized: Yahadut Ḥaredit, IPA:) is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that is characterized by its strict interpretation of religious sources and its accepted halakha (Jewish law) and traditions, in opposition to more accommodating values and practices.
A variety of hats are worn depending on the group: Chabad men often pinch their hats to form a triangle on the top, Satmar men wear an open-crown hat with rounded edges, and Samet (velvet) or biber hats are worn by many Galician and Hungarian Hasidic men. Married Hasidic men don a variety of fur headdresses on the Sabbath, once common among all ...
The Chabad movement began as a separate school of thought within the Hasidic movement, focusing of the spread of Hasidic mystical teachings using logical reasoning (creating a kind of Jewish "rational-mysticism"). [31] Shneur Zalman's main work is the Tanya (or Sefer Shel Beinonim, "Book of the Average Man").
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In Orthodox synagogues, women are not entitled to deliver divrei Torah-brief discourses on the weekly Torah portion-after or between services; shiurim are typically limited to men. Many Orthodox synagogues have physical barriers dividing the left and right sides of the synagogue, with the women on one side and the men on the other.
A sign forbidding men entering the women's section a Tel-Aviv beach, 1927. Many Orthodox Jews believe that men and women should not swim together. The laws prohibiting mixed bathing are derived from the laws of tzniut. This is due to concerns that bathing suits are inherently immodest, and do not meet tzniut requirements. In particular, a woman ...
Orthodox men and women dress modestly covering most of their skin. Married women cover their hair, with scarves , snoods, turbans, hats, berets, or wigs. Orthodox men wear a ritual fringe called Tzitzit, and wear a head-covering for males. [60] Many men grow beards, and Haredi men wear suits with black hats over a skullcap.
Some Hasidic groups encourage sheitels, while others avoid them. [44] In many Hasidic groups, sheitels are avoided, as they can give the impression that the wearer's head is uncovered. In other Hasidic groups, women wear some type of covering over the sheitel to avoid this misconception, for example a scarf or a hat.