Saturday, January 22, 2011

Chabad goes Yemenite


Rabbi Eyal Karouchi from the Chabad Hostel "Ascent" in Zfat.
Last Thursday, on Tu be'Shevat, he wore a Yemenite dress.

Photo: Miriam Woelke
Posted by Miriam Woelke at 6:36 PM
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4 comments:

  1. MosheJanuary 22, 2011 at 10:08 PM

    Can you explain why?

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  2. Miriam WoelkeJanuary 22, 2011 at 10:41 PM

    B"H

    The Rabbi is Sepharadi but I am not sure whether he is a Yemenite. However, for some reason, he loves to dress up like that and I have seen him like this a couple of times.

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  3. MosheJanuary 23, 2011 at 3:22 PM

    Maybe he's following the hora'ah of the Rebbe to keep the traditions of his ancestors after becoming a Lubavitcher...I have seen many Lubavitcher from Yemenite origins in Crown Heights keeping their levush and long peyos, and they even have their own shul where they can daven and use the Yemeni nusach and keep ther own traditions, while being Lubavitcher Chassidim. It's beautiful to see. But if you don't know they're Lubavitcher, it may be disturbing.

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  4. Miriam WoelkeJanuary 23, 2011 at 5:19 PM

    B"H

    I just spoke to the Rabbi and he said that he actually is not a Yemenite Jew. He says he just dresses up like this for fun. Especially when groups are coming to Ascent.:-)

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