Jewish Orthodoxy and Its Discontents by Topel Marta F.;

Author:Topel, Marta F.; [Topel, Marta F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1037806
Publisher: UPA

Footnote

1 Cfr. Heilman (2000: 188).

2 Yet Heilman (2000: 215) also notes: “By itself, literacy has no value. Haredim do not learn to read so that they can explore the beauty of writing or revel in the pleasure house of literature. For these Yidn, literacy is an expression of, and a medium for, Jewish fidelity, a means of Jewish learning, a vehicle for plumbing texts and getting at the essence of what God has revealed in the Torah, a ticket for entry into the house of study. It is a matter of faith”.

3 A synonym for the Talmud.

4 In 2003, under pressure from orthodox political parties, the Israeli Ministry of Education granted the yeshivot autonomy with regard to the Liba Program, which reorganized the country’s necessary, standardized minimum scholastic curriculum.

5 From the Hebrew term used to designate yeshivot directors. It is noteworthy that rosh yeshiva literally means “the head of the yeshiva”.

6 From the Yiddish, via Hebrew: lineage, in reference to social, ethnic and economic origins and to the religious zeal of the family of the candidate to be presented to his future spouse and vice versa.

7 For an analysis of the Great Rabbinical debates regarding the type of study to which the yeshivot must aspire (a´amaká: depth, vs. eikef: comprehensiveness), see Tikochinsky 2007.

8 From the Hebrew: question [problem]; in reference to each specific problem dealt with in the Talmud.

9 It should be noted that the “Jewish question [problem?]”—as discussed by Jews and non-Jews—was a creation of Modernity and a consequence of the emancipation of European Jews during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

10 Dov Elbaum abandoned orthodoxy at the age of seventeen. He currently works as a journalist for the Yediot Achronot and is the founder of the first secular Israeli yeshiva based in Tel Aviv.

11 In Hebrew: taanit dibur, self-imposed silence; a variety of Jewish orthodox penance.

12 All quotations translated from the Hebrew by the author.

13 In reference to the need to control sexual desire. Sexual abstinence is mandatory among single men and masturbation is considered one of the most serious deviations. Lishpoch zera le´batalá (wasteful seminal emissions) signify wasting the possibility of a new life.

14 A reference to the prophets Eldad and Medad who became prophets “for all time”, as opposed to the other seventy prophets chosen by Moses from among the twelve Tribes of Israel, to whom the gift of prophecy was granted for a given time (Gemara Sanhedrin 17ª).

15 Amnon Levi’s book Ha´Charedim contains lengthy accounts of strategies employed by orthodox men to avoid physical contact with their sexual organ while performing physiological needs.

16 Orthodox teaching is characterized by the institution of the chavruta: students who pair off to attempt to decipher the Talmudic text. The chavruta usually doubles as an accomplice and best friend.

17 From the Hebrew meaning ‘wretch’.

18 It should be noted that Goffman’s analysis (1961: 16) subdivides total institutions into four types. However, for the purposes of the present work, that distinction is irrelevant.

19 “The Haredi focus remains on the teaching of grammar, as opposed to literature, as an aid to master Hebrew sacred texts.

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