Differences

Differences It was a cold January night in Brooklyn. I was helping my father provide a sound system for a Jewish high school play. Normally when one thinks of Jewish people, they think that they are just regular people who instead of going to church go to temple. However there are many different types of Jews. The ones my father and I were working for that night were called Hasidic Jews. Every winter my father would have several bookings of equipment rentals for their high school plays. For a long time, I thought that, besides some noticeable differences, they were the same as my Jewish friends in school, but one night, something weird happened. I was sitting on a box back stage doing my homework. Pops and I had just finished setting up so I had time on my hands to study. While doing my tricky Fifth grade work, I noticed a small Hasidic toddler standing acro

It finally ended when my father walked in and scared the poor kid away. Surprisingly, our staring contest lasted for a long two minutes. Even though the Hasidic culture is very strict and orthodox, there are other cultures in our world with similar ideas on separation. The women are not allowed to expose their arms or legs and when they are married, their natural hair cannot be seen. The only exception of this was for business. The same hair that was on their face from the beginning of puberty stays on their face until death. He said they would usually rent studio time from him in Manhattan. Some believe that separation is beneficial to the maintenance of their ways of life. At first, I thought it was just a common behavior of a small person, so not worried in the least bit, I simply stared back at the tiny dude. He was also told that the main objective of their culture was to maintain the "tmproper Jewish life"tm as dictated from biblical times. The men are required to wear black suits and black wide brim hats. After years of talking to different people, he realized that a majority of them originated from Eastern Europe. It is for this reason why the way the dress is different from the rest of modern society.