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Man kan läsa i New York Times om Moses Teitelbaum, ledaren för den hasidiska Satmar-sekten, som dog 91 år gammal häromdagen. Satmar lär vara den största gruppen ortodoxa judar i USA. Vem som ska fortsätta leda gruppen verkar vara en het fråga.
Moses Teitelbaum, named for the 18th-century founder of the Satmar dynasty, Moshe Teitelbaum, was born into rabbinic royalty in Ujfeherto, in what is now eastern Hungary, on Nov. 17, 1914. When the region fell to the Nazis, Rabbi Teitelbaum, then teaching at a yeshiva, was sent to Auschwitz with his wife and three children. Only the rabbi survived. After the war, he remarried and moved to the United States, where Joel Teitelbaum had re-established the sect. Moses founded a congregation in Borough Park, Brooklyn.
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"Satmar lär vara den största gruppen ortodoxa judar i USA"
Nope. The Satmar are Hassids - part of a specific mystical movement within Judaism. No one would dispute that the largest group of _orthodox_ jews in the US consists of modern orthodox jews - people who observe the traditional rules of Judaism while living in modern, mainstream society. The Satmar are supposedly the biggest group of _Hassids_ (although some claim that the Lubovichers hold that title).
Here's Wikipedia on hassidism:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassid
And Orthodox Judaism:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism
Postad av: K | april 27, 2006 7:22 FM
Slarvigt uttryckt av mig. Tack för påpekandet, K-man!
Postad av: Erik | april 27, 2006 8:11 FM