Tish in Chassidut Slonim

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During the summer months of June and July, there is not too much going on regarding chassidic Tishes in Israel. Most Rebbes are traveling abroad in order to connect their annual vacation with collecting donations for their Mosdot. This is why my friend and I only found one Tish last Erev Shabbat. 

We were walking around in Mea Shearim and so were many people looking for Tishes. The Toldot Avraham Yitzchak was dark, quite a few people were standing and waiting in front of the Toldot Aharon Beit Midrash but there seemed to be no Tish going on. Eventually we ended up at the Slonim who have closed of their former entrance to the women’s entrance. Women now have to walk up the road in order to get to the door leading to the Ezrat Nashim (women’s side). 

The men’s side was packed and the Rebbe of Chassidut Slonim (Jerusalem) had changed his location and was sitting among his Chassidim. Usually the Rebbe doesn’t eat but the Chassidim sing Niggunim and the Rebbe gives a Drasha. Further, the Slonimer have a custom to line up in front of the Rebbe and bow down to him. I have only seen younger Slonimer doing this but may be wrong. 

When we walked in, the Rebbe was in the middle of his Drasha and, as usual, the women are almost unable to hear a word. The Slonimer women mostly don’t participate in the Tish but, last Erev Shabbat, plenty of the Chassidut’s girls were there. We hardly saw the Rebbe because the Ezrat Nashim was crowded. Finally we got a glimpse and left after a while. 

There wasn’t much going on but, at least, we were happy having seen one of the Rebbes.

Mea Shearim on Sukkot 5772 / 2011

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Mea Shearim photos from last Monday night. 

The Synagogue of the MISHKENOT HA'ROIM and the Sukkah in the front.

The great Breslover Synagogue

The Synagogue of Chassidut SLONIM

Synagogue of Chassidut Toldot Avraham Yitzchak. 

Copyright / Photos: Miriam Woelke

News from Belz, Toldot Aharon and Slonim

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The Belzer Rebbe has the Minhag to dance with those of his Chassidim on Mozzaei Shabbat, who got married during the week. Last Mozzaei Shabbat, he was dancing with 15 new Chatanim.

http://ladaat.net/article.php?do=viewarticle&articleid=10603

The Toldot Aharon Rebbe gave out presents to the best Yeshiva students of his group.

Rebbe David Kahn (right) and his son Rabbi Moshe Kahn (left). 

See all photos HERE !

Last night: A grandson of the Slonim Rebbe (Mea Shearim) got married to the daughter of Rabbi Aryeh Gerlitz (one of the Rashei Yeshivat "Mea Shearim"). See all photos HERE !

Yoav Lalom Interview in "Maariv"

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Yoav Lalom, the Sephardi haredi who started taking the Ashkenazi Beit Yaakov girl's school of the Emmanuel settlement to court, is giving an interview in today's Israeli daily "Maariv". How his father, as a Baal Teshuva, went with him to an Ashkenazi school and wanted him to be signed in. The principle refused and thus Lalom's father began to cry.

So far, I have only read parts of the interview but what Lalom does is praising himself. That his wife is dressed modestly and blablabla. However, when you look at the Lalom photos, he is one of those very modern haredi dressed men. The fashion one's and I assume that his entire plot is taking place because he has political ambitions. Always attacking the Sephardi SHASS party and how they still depend on Ashkenazi society. No doubt, Lalom wants more but obviously doesn't realize that he has even caused more hatred between the two groups. Can anyone seriously imagine how it would be if the Ashkenazi and Sephardi girls from Beit Yaakov were sitting together in ONE classroom ? After all what is happening. When parents go to jail and a Chassidut Slonim letting the Supreme Court decide what to do. Soon the Supreme may run the entire haredi school system. Once letting secular judges decide about haredi matters, even the school separation of boys and girls may seen as rassism. Chassidut Slonim always stresses that there hasn't been any kind of rassism and that all demonstrations take place in order to protest a secular court trying to rule over Haredim.

I just wonder how the girls from Emmanuel must look at each other. I wouldn't put them together  into any kind of classroom, as they may kill each other. Lalom, on the other hand, moved to a hotel in the center of Israel because he has received death threats. If he thinks he can change society, he is missing the point. First of all, and here comes the "rassism", he is a son of a Baal Teshuva and this won't make him too accepted. Sometimes Baalei Teshuva really get on my nerves when they fanatically and constantly try to belong to a society where they are not really accepted. I was / am a Baalat Teshuva myself but try keeping a certain kind of mentality and especially dignity. I am not forcing myself into a society of born Chassidim and I do understand Chassidut Slonim when they only accept girls from their own group. Why should I or any outsider want to study with the Slonim ?

The Tel Aviv part of today's Maariv is gossiping that any Beit Yaakov school in the country is making these separations. This is right but one has to see the whole picture of different mentalities and that Baalei Teshuva from today are unable of entering a class with born Haredim. This would just be a joke ! How can a newly Baal Teshuva quote any Mishnayiot ? No matter if Ashkenazi or Sepharadi. On the other hand, look at all the posh Israeli secular schools in the country. Do they accept Ethiopians or Sephardi kids ? NO ! Many schools only accept pupils fitting them. Students are being chosen - this is nothing new at all.

To me, Yoav Lalom looks like an extreme arrogant guy who is still trying to hide his real purposes.

Slonim Sidur

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Someone asked me about the Nussach of Chassidut Slonim.

Last night, on Erev Shabbat, I went to the Tisch of the Slonim in Mea Shearim / Jerusalem and had a look at their Sidur called "Magen Avraham". Inside it says NUSSACH SEPHARAD" and when I was having a quick look through, I noticed that it wasn't full of kabbalistic and chassidic additions, as, for instance, the Sidur of the Toldot Aharon. "Magen Avraham" rather looks like a regular Ashkenazi Artscroll Sidur.

Men only !

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Shabbat Teshuva.
Last Erev Shabbat (Friday night), I had hoped that there would be some chassidic Tishes going on in Mea Shearim.

After some crazy guy decided to splash some coke at the people at his table, Rabbi Mordechai Machlis held a longer speech on how we should be careful judging other people. Not only because Yom Kippur is right ahead but judging each other favourably should be one of the mail goal of every Jew. Nevertheless, even if some guy freaked out, no one seemed to be bothered too much.

After the Machlis meal, I passed the Toldot Aharon Synagogue and many people may ask why is it always Toldot Aharon ? Why not Belz, Biale, the Steipler Rebbe or Dushinsky for a change. My answer is that I mostly pass the Toldot Aharon first and mostly just get stuck there. I like them very much and, in the meantime, spoke with quite a few female members of the group.

According to their singing inside the Synagogue, the TA were holding a Tish but no women were at sight. Right in front of the Synagogue I met a Toldot Aharon woman I already knew. Quite a few times I have spoken to her before and I think that it is actually her from whom I don't need to hide any information. I don't hide information from anyone but the Toldot Aharon still don't know that I write about them. Maybe they do and I have no clue, who knows ?

Once I met the woman I spoke to in the Nachlaot neighbourhood, near the Machane Yehudah Market. I was on my way to the laundry and didn't expect someone from Toldot Aharon in that neighbourhood. Well, I was wrong and I met her. There was no escape and she saw me wearing pants. She smiled and said HELLO and I wasn't really sure about how I should feel. Some weeks later, I met her at the groups' Tish and we had another discussion but got interrupted.



Toldot Aharon women


Last Friday night, I met her again and one of her daughters accompanied her. We started our conversation very fast and even her daughter added some comments.

Due to the upcoming Yom Kippur, the Tish was only for men. The Ezrat Nashim (women's section) was full of wooden benches and therefore, it was impossible to move. I asked her about the Toldot Avraham Yitzchak and she said that there it would be the same. My friend accompanying me and I decided to move on to the Slonim but the Toldot Aharon woman was in her talking mood. We spoke about the group and she asked me about my religious past and if there is a future. Born Haredim seem to think that the best way of getting a religious education and having a real frum life is the participation in a firm program. Not going here and there to a Shiur but being part of something serious.

When I told her that I am rather individualistic and that I have already spent more than enough time in programs, she couldn't believe it. Especially not after I told her that I once had been haredi but left society later on. I am on my way back but more modern Orthodox. Although I agree to haredi mentality and ideology, I am not totally a part of society because I also wear pants and need a distance sometimes.

The woman's response was that I need another program and if not a new one, so I should try one were I had already been. She listed me a few and then we started the whole subject about the Baalei Teshuva movement. I asked her about Toldot Aharon accepting people from the outside as members. She wasn't too excited and said that those BTs always need some special help. They don't grow up religious but not only that, as they also have no clue about the group's customs and all the little tiny details. "They need special schools or courses", she said.

She was obviously astonished when I told her that I think that a Jew should be born into a chassidic group. Newcomers can claim whatever they like but they will never be the same as someone original. A group member whose parents, grandparents, and so on have already been part of the group. There is a big difference.
It took her by surprise because after what I had told her about a more modern Orthodoxy to hear a view she totally agreed upon. The Toldot Aharon are not too excited about accepting people from the outside and she listed me the same reasons, as a Boyaner Chassid once told me. People who would like to join mostly come with the wrong expectations and many times, one of the two parts is disappointed. Either the people or the group itself.

The next time I am going to Toldot Aharon, I will definitely keep up some further conversations.

Anyway, we ended up at the Slonim but their Tish was over and, also the Slonim were just a men's club that night. Then we took Kretchnif into consideration but were too tired to walk much further. The weather was extremely warm and various people were running around and anxiously looking for Tishes.

The next day, on the way back to Rabbi Machlis, my friend and I were walking down Yechezkel Street in Ge'ulah. It was boiling hot and we tried to walk in the shade. Suddenly we saw a whole group of Chassidim coming up to us. A Rebbe in a brown coat and with white sox was walking in the middle and the Chassidim tried to be as close to him as possible. I made a joke and said to my friend that I need a computer now in order to look up who the Rebbe could be. I wasn't expecting to recognize him. The group walked up from the Sadigura Synagogue and when I took a close look, I recognized the Rebbe and the people around him. It was the Kretchifer Rebbe of Jerusalem accompanied by some of his Chassidim. He was teaching with his deep voice and we were just happy seeing him save and sound. About three or foru months ago, the Kretchnifer Rebbe had a car accident and suffered from a broken shoulder. This is why we didn't go to his Tish for such a long time because there was simply nothing going on. Now he is in good shape again and hopefully the Kretchnifers will do something for Sukkot.

Believe it or not, I was happy afterwards and felt a kind of uplifted by seeing the Rebbe so close. The only Rebbe I have ever seen almost beside me was the Rebbe of Nadvorna in Bnei Brak.

Cake in Karlin - Stolin

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The chassidic group Karlin is famous for two things: for hospitality and its extraordinary enthusiastic unique prayer.
Those of you who have never been to Karlin, have never faced a real chassidic prayer service. The prayers are being shouted out loud and thus, the Karliner seemingly reach the highest Devekut (closeness to G – d). Almost every Friday night, I spend the Kabbalat Shabbat prayer at the Karliner – Stolin Synagogue in Mea Shearim (Jerusalem).

Today, Chassidut Karlin is divided into two groups: Into a small group called "Karlin – Pinsk", located in the religious neighbourhood of Beit Israel (Jerusalem) and a much larger group, "Karlin – Stolin", located in Yoel Street in Mea Shearim (right across Satmar). Karlin is one of the oldest chassidic groups. Founded by Rabbi Aharon the Great of Karlin in approx. 1770. The place Karlin itself is a suburb or the Lithuanian town of Pinsk.

Rebbe Aharon the Great (1736 – 1772) was a student of the famous Rabbi Dov Bear Friedman, the Maggid of Mezritch. And the Maggid, on the other hand, was the successor of the Baal Shem Tov. Besides Chabad, Karlin is one of the oldest chassidic groups and both of them have their roots in Lithuania. Today you can find the Chassidim of Karlin – Stolin in New York, Bnei Brak, Beitar, Jerusalem and in the Jerusalem suburb of Givat Ze'ev where the present Stoliner Rebbe built his headquarter. Unfortunately, the Rebbe doesn't come too often to Jerusalem and throughout all my time with Karlin, I have only seen the Stoliner Rebbe once.



The present Stoliner Rebbe, Rabbi Baruch Yaakov Me'ir Shochet


As usual, I went to Karlin – Stolin last Erev Shabbat (Friday night). Actually I passed the Munkatch Synagogue first and thought about walking in. Maybe it is good having a change. However, a Karliner Chassid I know had told me about the Aufruf of his son the next day, so, I felt a little obligated going to Karlin. And when I walked into the Karliner Ezrat Nashim, a elderly woman was already praying there. I know her by sight, as she is there every Friday night. After the service, she came up to me. This is nothing new and we always exchange a few words. I asked her about the Aufruf the next morning and she told me that there are three and not only one.

Last Shabbat morning, again I went to the Karliner in Mea Shearim and this time, I took a friend with me. For some time, I have been starting using the Karliner Sidur (called: Beit Aharon ve'Israel) while I am in their synagogue. Although my own Sidur is chassidic, some parts being said during the Karliner service are obviously missing.

As we entered, the Torah reading was almost finished. The Ezrat Nashim was packed but we found a great place behind the Mechitzah. The Stolin Mechitzah consists of huge glass windows and fortunately, the women are able to see everything. The men downstairs, on the other hand, cannot look into the Ezrat Nashim. Due to the special glass, the only see windows.

The three grooms were called up to the Torah and all of them looked quite proud with the new Streimel (fur hat) on the head. It is a chassidic custom that a groom getting married, is wearing his Streimel the entire week before his wedding. Otherwise the Streimel is only being worn on Shabbat, Semachot or holidays. After the Torah reading, the women opened one of the windows and threw down sweets and little plastic bags full of junk food. The young boys downstairs were pushing and grabbing for the bags. I just wondered if really all the boys got a share, as some walked away with four or five bags. I asked a woman and she assured me that all of them are sharing. But I am still not too convinced.

The elderly lady came up to me and told me that there is a special Kiddush for the women downstairs. The men were already eating their Kugel inside the synagogue. My friend and I walked downstairs into a small room with set tables. It was a little embarrassing being their as outsiders among all the Karliner women. We were standing like something lost until one woman came up to us and organized some chairs. However, you can hardly imagine what kind of cakes they had set up. Marzipan, chocolate, rum balls, fruits cake.
We took our seats and starred at all the cakes but we were too embarrassed to run over and grab. Instead, we took a little, as we just didn't want to make a greedy impression. Kugel and pickles were served. The traditional Jerusalem Kugel consisting of noodles. A woman in a brown costume came up to me and investigated who were after all. I told her that we were told to go downstairs and that I write about chassidic groups. It turned out that she grew up Karlin but married a Vishnitzer Chassid. She lives in Bnei Brak now and is the sister of one of the grooms. We had a nice chat about Bnei Brak and different groups. And, as the Vishnitzer always do, she told me to come to Vishnitz and look at the Tish.

When we were making our way out, the Vishnitzer came again and invited us for another meal. She said that all the women are now going to a hall in Chassidut Zhvil and if we would like to join. I agreed and somehow she had to explain to her mother that she had invited two strangers. So, the mother came over and asked me a few questions. I told her the same things and didn't hide that I write about Chassidut on the Internet. The mother seemed to agree and we were taken along to the hall for the meal.

To be honest, we had expected that all the Karliner will be there. But as we entered this rather small room with a wooden Mechitzah in the middle, we realized that this was a family meeting only. And we were the only outsiders which was embarrassing to us. Again we stood around a little lost until someone came up to us and placed us at a table. A waiter started serving and we had all kinds of salads, gefilte Fish, meat, Tsholent, cake and water melon. It was hard to eat, as we were so full from the Kiddush. Too much marzipan and coconut cake. And now Tschund and more fruit cake with cream.
In the meantime, a few more women sat down at our table and they started talking to me in Hebrew. There was the mother of the groom, another woman from Karlin and two women from the Chassidut Slonim. Somehow their families were all related. It was interesting talking to the Slonim women, as I had never done so. Although I went to their Tish in Jerusalem, I never saw their women there. However, the Slonimer told me that usually only their young girls go to the Rebbe's Tish. But we should definitely come for Simchat Torah. Then there will be action. I admitted that I found the Slonimer niggunim rather heavy and sleepy. The women started laughing and said that this is true. They feel the same way and the Slonimer Rebbe of Jerusalem is slowly slowly trying to bring about a slight change into their niggunim. More melodies and not so heavy anymore.

After we walked out, we were finished. Actually we couldn't even walk anymore and promised ourselves a diet for a few days. We made our way to Rabbi Mordechai Machlise's lunch. Not in order to eat but just to be there. And we weren't far anyway.

The third meal (Se'udat Shlishit) we were planning to spend with Ruzhin – Boyan, as their Rebbe was giving a Tish. When we arrived, the Ezrat Nashim was locked and either we were too early or the women gathered somewhere else. So, we went back to the Machlises and had our third meal. After Shabbat was over, I couldn't see any more food but was still dreaming about the marzipan.

A great thanks to Karlin and the family whose name I don't even know.

Nevertheless, the Karliner weren't the only ones having an Aufruf last Shabbat. Also the anti – Zionist group "Mishkenot HaRoim" celebrated an Aufruf and unfortunately, we missed it. But you cannot be at two places at the same time and we really enjoyed Karlin.

Chassidic Tish Guide Part 3 - Chassidut Slonim

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Before anyone is asking:
Here I am only talking about the Slonim in Jerusalem and not yet about the Slonim in Bnei Brak.

When I started going to all the chassidic Tishes almost a year ago, a friend of mine mentioned the Slonim. I should really go and have a look. I admit that I had never heard about the Slonim before and started to get curious. I made some inquiries and a haredi guy told me the way to the Wohl Center.

The Slonim in Mea Shearim are a rather big group and well known for their cleanliness. Everything has to be spotless.
But other Chassidim also talk about the ongoing war between the Slonim in Bnei Brak and their counterpart in Jerusalem. Two different Rebbes and two slightly different philosophies. Apparently the Jerusalemer Slonim are more moderate and thus being called the "white Slonim". In Bnei Brak they are more stringent and thus being called the "black Slonim".

For anyone interested in the Slonim history, here is a great site:

http://zachor.michlalah.edu/english/khila/khila-5.asp

The Slonim have a direct lineage to the Baal Shem Tov. Even through Rabbi Aharon the Great, the founder of Chassidut Karlin.
Although I haven't dealt so much with the Slonim yet, I do love reading their Torah commentaries. The present Slonimer Rebbe (Jerusalem), Rabbi Shmuel Brozovsky, wrote a great Torah commentary called " Darchei Noam"; a commentary which I use quite frequently for my German weekly Torah portion (Parashat HaShavua).

We all have our preferences in life; there are things we love and other things we like less. Things we can immediately connect to and the complete opposite. This happened with me and the Slonim.
I don't know why but I simply cannot connect to the them. Especially not to their Niggunim (songs) at the Tish. There are very few Niggunim I like. A Chassid (not from the Slonim) told me that there songs are rather heavy. Slow and somehow sad. I don't know how to describe it in a better way. It doesn’t mean that I don't like them; but somehow the Slonim are not my cup of tea.
First I said to myself that I should go more often. Get to know the people and everything. This is very true and unfortunately, I haven't met too many of the Slonim women yet. To none of them I have ever spoken so far. The problem is that their women hardly appear at the Tish. I am sure they are great people but I just cannot connect. Not to the Niggunim but to the Rebbe's teachings.

The Slonim Tish always starts at about 10pm (Erev Shabbat), and lasts for approx. two hours.

Rebbe Shmuel Brozovsky doesn't have a meal but emphasizes on Niggunim.

The present Slonimer Rebbe of Jerusalem: Rebbe Shmuel Brozovsky



As I said there aren't too many Slonim women at the Tish and most female visitors are strangers (particularly young haredi girls). It seems that the national religious and secular Israeli visitors don't know the Slonim Tish or the group at all.

The Slonim complex is rather big and basically consists of two huge buildings: the synagogue and the building where the Tishes take place. The complex is called "Wohl Center".

The men's section is downstairs and very easy to find. The Ezrat Nashim (women's entrance) is not easy to find. Especially not when there are no further women around who can show you the door.
The first time, my friend and I went to the Slonim turned out to be a small catastrophe. By mistake, we walked into the men's entrance and as soon as we were spotted out by three men, they immediately turned around to the wall in order not to look at us.
I hope we weren't that ugly.

Anyway I asked the guys where the Ezrat Nashim is and they gave us directions with their hands without looking at us.
So, don't you ever dare talking to a Slonim guy !!!

The entrance to the Ezrat Nashim is on the left of the men's entrance. From the outside. The door is separate, walk all the stairs to the top.

The Mechitzah consists of wood. If you find a good spot, you are able to overlook everything.

Usually the Tish is packed with a few hundred Chassidim. Sometimes it is hard for men to find a good place, as the Tish is crowded.

It looks like men are being checked when they walk in. There is always a Slonim Chassid near the door and looks at visitors coming in. Once he walked straight up to some litvishe guys and told them to behave. The Slonim might have had some bad experiences in the past. Who knows ?

There is a great Tish custom which I love to see:
Chassidim line up and each of them bows down to the Rebbe. A nice personal way of saying "Gut Shabbes".

The Slonim Tish is perfect for those of you who like it more quiet. Not all the dancing and jumping around. It is definitely not a wild Tish but very crowded.

Location: Right behind the Mea Shearim market, behind the Mosdot Toldot Avraham Yitzchak. The Slonim synagogue looks new and has coloured windows.

New / old demonstrations and a new Tish

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As usual, my friend a me went to a chassidic Tish in the Mea Shearim neighbourhood last Leil Shabbat. First we wanted to go to Rabbi Mordechai Machlis for dinner. As we passed Shivtei Israel Street in Mea Shearim, we found the street blocked for the traffic. Well, the whole neighbourhood is usually shut down for traffic on Shabbat but this time, also the road nearby was closed by the police.

The reason was that another demonstration was taking place. At 7.30pm, the Toldot Aharon group planned a gathering right in front of the police station on the Russian Compound. They were demonstrating for those haredim who got arrested at the anti - Gay Parade demonstrations in the town of Beit Shemesh and who are still sitting in jail. Some chassidic kids tried to provoke the police but nothing further happened.

After finishing dinner we went back to Mea Shearim. It is anything but easy finding a chassidic Tish these days, as most of the Rebbes went away for their summer vacation. Already during the week, a friend of mine told me about a chassidic group having a Tish. So, we ended up going to the Slonim, a group I hardly knew about. However, I try to gather more information about them and then write an article.

When my friend and I go for a Tish, we always face two problems. The first one is finding out if also women are permitted to the Tish, and the second problem is finding the women' s entrance into the synagogue. Sometimes this is not as easy as you might think.
Exactly those two problems we were facing in front of the Beit Knesset of the Slonim in Mea Shearim. The building seems to be almost brandnew and it has coloured very nice looking windows.

No one else was in the street so we walked up and down in order to find someone to ask. Suddenly we saw some women coming and followed them. However, we were too slow and lost them. Then we ended up choosing the wrong entrance and three men walked in as well. They almost fainted when they saw us. Nevertheless, we did not get stoned but were rather told in a nice way where we could find the women's entrance.

The women sit on the second floor and when we arrived, we hardly found any women. Later, I was told that the Slonim in Jerusalem have the custom that their women do not participate in the Tish. However, some of them were there, including some guests.

If one looks at the Slonim he might get the impression that they look very similar to the Gerer chassidim. But there are differences. Especially the shape of the head, the Streimel and the way they wear their pants.
The Slonim seem to be very disciplined and all of them were waiting what the Rebbe did. Did he start to sing or give out wine. No one dared to speak but just concentrated on the Rebbe.
Many guests entered the men's section. One of the reasons was that there was hardly another Tish available.

What we realized was that the Slonim have a doorman near the entrance to the men's section. Someone told me that the reason for this is that they were facing problems in the past. Litvaks and other outsiders came in and started trouble.
We could see that. As soon as a young Litvak group walked in, the doorman jumped on them and obviously told them to behave.

As far as we saw, the Rebbe did not have a meal and neither made Kiddush. They passed around some wine and had a LeChaim. Kugel and cake was also available. Not for the women, I have to add. We were lucky that we had eaten already. One thing we did miss - the air-condition. The men had one downstairs, upstairs we did not.
We only stayed for a little more than an hour and that is why I cannot say too much. The songs sounded rather sad but there was one thing we really liked. At a certain time, many chassidim lined up in front of the Rebbe and bowed down to give him Kavod. This is a very nice Minhag, I have to say.
We are planning to go back to their Tish and stay longer.

After we left the Slonim, we walked down to the Dushinsky group. Unfortunately, we were told that they did not have a Tish that night. What a surprise ? Everything is shut down before Tisha Be' Av.

We walked up Strauss Street again and passed the Satmar construction site. In Elul, the Satmarer Rebbe, Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum, is coming to Jerusalem to lay the foundation stone for a new 10 - floor - apartment complex. As we passed the exact site we could hear loud disco music. About 150 Meters far away, Satmar is going to face a Russian disco with noisy music. Once the apartment building will be finished, Satmar has to react in order to have a quiete Shabbat.