HIST 295 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hasidic Judaism, Emil Fackenheim, 613 Commandments

• School: Queen's University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 295
• Professor: Gordon Dueck

Document Summary

A life apart: hassidism in america (continued: enclave culture. Leader of hassidic sect is a rebbe: dynasty, if you are a son of a rebbe you become one. If you are a daughter, you marry a learned man and he becomes one. Judais(cid:373) is(cid:374)"t (cid:272)reed (cid:271)ased, it is a (cid:449)a(cid:455) of life rather tha(cid:374) a (cid:449)a(cid:455) of (cid:271)elief ((cid:271)ut (cid:271)eliefs are i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t too) Answer is false: did(cid:374)"t (cid:373)atter if (cid:455)ou (cid:449)ere li(cid:271)eral, had (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)erted, et(cid:272), you were marked for dead, other groups that could repent- jehovah witnesses, gay men, war was about blood, genetics, persecuted for their existence. 614th commandment- according to tradition there are 613 commandments: some are less important, no one should obey all 613, 614th commandment by emil fackenheim, was a jewish philosopher, (cid:862)do(cid:374)"t let hitler (cid:449)i(cid:374) a posthu(cid:373)ous (cid:448)i(cid:272)tor(cid:455)(cid:863) What was going on during that time: wiesel described how everyone thought they were safe, germans losing the war.