And that, in part, isn't just obedience (the Rebbe knows there are limits iykyk) but because they're really into voting-as-gratitude politics, and if the Rebbe says "we owe Hillary" (and he did, and they did) they all vote for Hillary (and they did)
November 3, 2026 at 6:04 PM
And that, in part, isn't just obedience (the Rebbe knows there are limits iykyk) but because they're really into voting-as-gratitude politics, and if the Rebbe says "we owe Hillary" (and he did, and they did) they all vote for Hillary (and they did)
My rebbe great-uncles on both sides of my family went through tie-wearing phases in the 50's and 60's before ditching them
November 4, 2026 at 6:19 PM
My rebbe great-uncles on both sides of my family went through tie-wearing phases in the 50's and 60's before ditching them
If we’re talking most famous hasidic rebbes, the lubavicher rebbe has fierce competition with the berkeleyer rov eliezer of yudkowsk
November 1, 2026 at 11:19 PM
If we’re talking most famous hasidic rebbes, the lubavicher rebbe has fierce competition with the berkeleyer rov eliezer of yudkowsk
New Square was founded by the Skverer Rebbe for his sect, which is the largest direct continuation of the one started by his ancestor in Chernobyl
November 4, 2026 at 5:37 PM
New Square was founded by the Skverer Rebbe for his sect, which is the largest direct continuation of the one started by his ancestor in Chernobyl
I mean, that last point is really what they're saying
The Satmarer Rebbe pfp isn't exactly subtle
The Satmarer Rebbe pfp isn't exactly subtle
November 1, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I mean, that last point is really what they're saying
The Satmarer Rebbe pfp isn't exactly subtle
The Satmarer Rebbe pfp isn't exactly subtle
Correction from my father: my grandfather also only did it on Simchas Torah! He wasn't sure whether his grandfather did it but his rebbe the Satmarer Rov certainly did
Ne'ilas haChag the meal is three times a year
Ne'ilas haChag the meal is three times a year
November 4, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Correction from my father: my grandfather also only did it on Simchas Torah! He wasn't sure whether his grandfather did it but his rebbe the Satmarer Rov certainly did
Ne'ilas haChag the meal is three times a year
Ne'ilas haChag the meal is three times a year
The Lamp and the Ashtray
A story about the Rebbe Rashab and Reb Yisroel Neveler
elirubin.substack.com
November 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Which brings us back to the beginning of the thread... New Square is, by design, selective for the most obedient members of the sect and those most piously agnostic of the secular world; of course they vote for whomever the Rebbe says we need to be grateful to, they didn't choose to live there to...
November 4, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Which brings us back to the beginning of the thread... New Square is, by design, selective for the most obedient members of the sect and those most piously agnostic of the secular world; of course they vote for whomever the Rebbe says we need to be grateful to, they didn't choose to live there to...
Stark apparently also said (leaked audio to the press?) just before the election that "the Rebbe knows that Bibi is a crook" so I'm not sure how that's going to work
November 5, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Stark apparently also said (leaked audio to the press?) just before the election that "the Rebbe knows that Bibi is a crook" so I'm not sure how that's going to work
♪ #nowplaying Az der rebbe zingt - Theodore Bikel (Chansons folkloriques yiddish volume 2 - 1959) https://www.radiofrance.fr/fip
November 4, 2026 at 7:52 PM
♪ #nowplaying Az der rebbe zingt - Theodore Bikel (Chansons folkloriques yiddish volume 2 - 1959) https://www.radiofrance.fr/fip
♪ #nowplaying Az der rebbe zingt - Theodore Bikel (Chansons folkloriques yiddish volume 2 - 1959) https://www.radiofrance.fr/fip
November 4, 2026 at 7:52 PM
♪ #nowplaying Az der rebbe zingt - Theodore Bikel (Chansons folkloriques yiddish volume 2 - 1959) https://www.radiofrance.fr/fip
Yeah that is the general consensus to their closest peers religiously to
But as long as there's a critical mass of people who opt in (and the current Rebbe, who isn't a bad guy as they go IMO, remains alive and thus keeps the group from dividing among his many sons) the conformity spiral continues
But as long as there's a critical mass of people who opt in (and the current Rebbe, who isn't a bad guy as they go IMO, remains alive and thus keeps the group from dividing among his many sons) the conformity spiral continues
November 4, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Yeah that is the general consensus to their closest peers religiously to
But as long as there's a critical mass of people who opt in (and the current Rebbe, who isn't a bad guy as they go IMO, remains alive and thus keeps the group from dividing among his many sons) the conformity spiral continues
But as long as there's a critical mass of people who opt in (and the current Rebbe, who isn't a bad guy as they go IMO, remains alive and thus keeps the group from dividing among his many sons) the conformity spiral continues
The Ribnitzer Rebbe has another win (or so his biographers will say)
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November 2, 2026 at 12:20 PM
The Ribnitzer Rebbe has another win (or so his biographers will say)
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This was posted by @danielsugarman.bsky.social who no doubt has good reason for not allowing quote posts. Just want to note, when I was a community organizer in Williamsburg back in the 1980s one point of agreement between the priests representing Hispanic Catholics and the Satmar rebbe….
November 2, 2026 at 8:47 PM
This was posted by @danielsugarman.bsky.social who no doubt has good reason for not allowing quote posts. Just want to note, when I was a community organizer in Williamsburg back in the 1980s one point of agreement between the priests representing Hispanic Catholics and the Satmar rebbe….
Now I'm envisioning AOC meeting with the Satmar Rebbe.
October 27, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Now I'm envisioning AOC meeting with the Satmar Rebbe.
1. Orthodox communities aren’t more “religious” than other Jewish communities.
2. I’m old enough to remember the Satmar Rebbe endorsing the DSA candidate for mayor in America’s largest city.
2. I’m old enough to remember the Satmar Rebbe endorsing the DSA candidate for mayor in America’s largest city.
October 30, 2026 at 11:47 PM
1. Orthodox communities aren’t more “religious” than other Jewish communities.
2. I’m old enough to remember the Satmar Rebbe endorsing the DSA candidate for mayor in America’s largest city.
2. I’m old enough to remember the Satmar Rebbe endorsing the DSA candidate for mayor in America’s largest city.
A Conversation Between Bibi Netanyahu and the Rebbe | 1988
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November 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
“If it were up to me, the story would end here. There’s something wonderfully playful about this scene, a glimpse into a side of the Rebbe Rashab that comes across in other stories, but which we don’t often think about.”
November 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
“If it were up to me, the story would end here. There’s something wonderfully playful about this scene, a glimpse into a side of the Rebbe Rashab that comes across in other stories, but which we don’t often think about.”
The Hungarian Journalist with a Unique Shlichus from the Rebbe
https://www.byteseu.com/2496010/
By Hershel Rosenbluh 23 Cheshvan marks the yahrtzeit of Reb Chaim Yehuda Paldi, who passed away in 5743 (1982). A former Pressburger Yeshiva talmid, he dedicated his writing abilities to fighting the …
https://www.byteseu.com/2496010/
By Hershel Rosenbluh 23 Cheshvan marks the yahrtzeit of Reb Chaim Yehuda Paldi, who passed away in 5743 (1982). A former Pressburger Yeshiva talmid, he dedicated his writing abilities to fighting the …
November 4, 2026 at 12:26 AM
The Hungarian Journalist with a Unique Shlichus from the Rebbe
https://www.byteseu.com/2496010/
By Hershel Rosenbluh 23 Cheshvan marks the yahrtzeit of Reb Chaim Yehuda Paldi, who passed away in 5743 (1982). A former Pressburger Yeshiva talmid, he dedicated his writing abilities to fighting the …
https://www.byteseu.com/2496010/
By Hershel Rosenbluh 23 Cheshvan marks the yahrtzeit of Reb Chaim Yehuda Paldi, who passed away in 5743 (1982). A former Pressburger Yeshiva talmid, he dedicated his writing abilities to fighting the …
I am looking forward to this lecture on Monday, November 2 at Pitt.
October 30, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I am looking forward to this lecture on Monday, November 2 at Pitt.
pymund is in the possession of at least three biographies of the Ribnitzer Rebbe that take all of these things as fact. Assuming he didn't read them, he knows because this is apparently a Thing about them, and I know because he told me
November 2, 2026 at 12:40 PM
pymund is in the possession of at least three biographies of the Ribnitzer Rebbe that take all of these things as fact. Assuming he didn't read them, he knows because this is apparently a Thing about them, and I know because he told me
a) Lieberman and the Rebbe were lifelong friends despite the former's atheism due to RR's work in Soviet Moldova
b) His followers (RR's) attribute all sorts of weird-even-for-chasidus miracles to him, like starting his car when it had no gas because it was running late
b) His followers (RR's) attribute all sorts of weird-even-for-chasidus miracles to him, like starting his car when it had no gas because it was running late
November 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
a) Lieberman and the Rebbe were lifelong friends despite the former's atheism due to RR's work in Soviet Moldova
b) His followers (RR's) attribute all sorts of weird-even-for-chasidus miracles to him, like starting his car when it had no gas because it was running late
b) His followers (RR's) attribute all sorts of weird-even-for-chasidus miracles to him, like starting his car when it had no gas because it was running late
that said the Satmar Rebbe and community at large are not indicative of the broader trend: the guys that put out the Jewish Press and the intellectual heirs of Avigdor Miller and Abraham Hecht are not figments of my imagination, i encounter them every day, and they are in charge now.
October 31, 2026 at 1:24 AM
that said the Satmar Rebbe and community at large are not indicative of the broader trend: the guys that put out the Jewish Press and the intellectual heirs of Avigdor Miller and Abraham Hecht are not figments of my imagination, i encounter them every day, and they are in charge now.
You can also try to pick at the most famous people from groups that definitionally don't tend to produce any as an identity thing (it's hard to tell who would be #2 to the Lubavitcher Rebbe -- Marc Chagall? -- and Milton Hershey has no peer as far as Mennonites and Amish go)
November 1, 2026 at 11:17 PM
You can also try to pick at the most famous people from groups that definitionally don't tend to produce any as an identity thing (it's hard to tell who would be #2 to the Lubavitcher Rebbe -- Marc Chagall? -- and Milton Hershey has no peer as far as Mennonites and Amish go)