Tuesday, January 08, 2013
A rather unsympathetic portrait of the Rebbe of Sadigur from 1887
Here is a rather interesting article, to say the least, about Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Friedmann of Sadigura, from the Salt Lake Weekly Tribune (Jan. 20, 1887). They are not very impressed, is basically the summary. The contents of the article come from the Viennese correspondent in London.
Well, I'm pretty impressed by the description. You know I want to become a chasidic rebbe, right?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyjKCTZIbEk
DeleteWondering whether the YouTube video or the article above provide a more accurate description of rebbishe living conditions.
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ReplyDeleteWhat do we know from other sources about the Sadagora Rebbe?
ReplyDeletesee here:
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avrohom_Yaakov_Friedman_(I)
Wow! A picture is indeed worth a thousand words; inasmuch as the above thousand words are quite eloquent, the pictures of that palace speak volumes.
DeleteI do find the entire Wikipedia article unreliable though because it misspells the word "accoutrements". :)
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ReplyDeleteReminds me of a similar assessment of his illustrious ancestor: R' Israel, founder of the Ruzhin dynasty, by a Karaite traveller.
ReplyDeleteSee here:
http://ha-historion.blogspot.co.il/2011/09/strange-encounters-hassidim-and.html
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