tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post1735710311762702056..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: A description of the 'Mitzvah Tanz' circa 1600.Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-12543696995738163052012-04-25T15:44:48.787-04:002012-04-25T15:44:48.787-04:00The only time I saw a mitzva-tanz it was at a Stol...The only time I saw a mitzva-tanz it was at a Stoliner chassene. The bride and groom, holding opposite ends of a gartel, danced together, more or less walking around a common center with a bit of dipping and swaying in the center of the circle, while the men, holding hands facing outwards from the circle, circulated around them. The bride & groom dance together, while modesty is preserved such that the men do not watch the bride dance.<br /><br />The modern version seems to be that the bride & groom sit together for a while on the men's side, while their male friends do bits of shtik in front of both of them, dancing in pairs, or alone, or juggling, or whatever. Thus they dance before the Bride, but men don't have to watch women dance. We did this at our wedding 21 years ago, and have seen it at most Mod-O and yeshivish weddings since. I don't think anyone thinks of it as a "mitzva-tanz", but the spirit seems to be the same, as in "keitzad merakdim lifnei hakallah".thanbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06197564008203120013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-47449174957365894672012-04-25T15:39:02.115-04:002012-04-25T15:39:02.115-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.thanbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06197564008203120013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-25169933458490855712012-04-25T07:21:32.255-04:002012-04-25T07:21:32.255-04:00The translation is little bit misleadig
it should...The translation is little bit misleadig<br /><br />it should be they think/remeber a liitle bit of Jerusalem and not "do not thinkl about"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-23341783430436643882012-04-24T22:07:09.441-04:002012-04-24T22:07:09.441-04:00Does the description match what the Chasidim do to...Does the description match what the Chasidim do today?<br /><br />It is true that the custom predates Chasidus, but it was opposed by the Ashkenazic Rabbonim, from what I have learned from רבש"ה.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-44043998624071440742012-04-24T14:30:43.044-04:002012-04-24T14:30:43.044-04:00This is a good indication (if any was needed) that...This is a good indication (if any was needed) that although according to common perception the 'mitzva tantz' is a chassidic custom, in reality it was really much older than chasidism. It's just that while most segments of european Jews were persuaded to drop this seemingly unholy practice, the chassidim justified and celebrated it as a holy 'minhag'.Maimonnoreply@blogger.com