They didn't wear them. People actually have become more strict in the mitvot. My grandfather who was born in 1900 said not a single person at their shul or them that he could remember. He has been dead many years now and I'm old. I can say things where not like young Jews think they were back then. Orthodox were way more liberal and most Jews were just average Jews, no reform conservatives etc
Wow. Look at the cold and even derisive looks that some of the men give the camera. Not to mention some people trying to obstruct the camera's view. It's also good to note the overall cheerful atmosphere. On a somber note, how many of those people didn't make it out in time before the holocaust.
The Chofetz Chaim famously avoided cameras. He held (Kabbalistically) that a photograph tied down a piece of your soul to this world, remaining even after death.
@@aharonw2 my paternal grandfather also believed this, I am told. He was drafted into WW1 when my dad was a baby and, in fact, was lost 6 months after that war started. Neither my dad nor his brother recalled what he looked like.
WOW. My Great-Great-Great Grandfather. What a wonderful video. I wish there was sound.
The people who tried to block the camera have no idea how much simcha this bit of footage brought to people
WOW!
I didn't notice a single person wearing their tzitzit out.
Hg S Please don't judge; the Orthodox Jewish culture was different then.
They wore long jackets back then which usually ended up covering the Tzitzis.
They didn't wear them. People actually have become more strict in the mitvot. My grandfather who was born in 1900 said not a single person at their shul or them that he could remember. He has been dead many years now and I'm old. I can say things where not like young Jews think they were back then. Orthodox were way more liberal and most Jews were just average Jews, no reform conservatives etc
Wow. Look at the cold and even derisive looks that some of the men give the camera. Not to mention some people trying to obstruct the camera's view. It's also good to note the overall cheerful atmosphere.
On a somber note, how many of those people didn't make it out in time before the holocaust.
The Chofetz Chaim famously avoided cameras. He held (Kabbalistically) that a photograph tied down a piece of your soul to this world, remaining even after death.
@@aharonw2 my paternal grandfather also believed this, I am told. He was drafted into WW1 when my dad was a baby and, in fact, was lost 6 months after that war started. Neither my dad nor his brother recalled what he looked like.