I'm pretty sure that the Hassidim are wearing clothes that were traditional in 19th-century Poland. Like the attire of Catholic nuns is in fact the women's clothing of the Middle Ages.
--- On Sat, 3/28/09, Dorene Cornwell <dorenefc at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Dorene Cornwell <dorenefc at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] umbrellas and hasidism
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009, 1:19 AM
> Absolutely no basis for commenting
> about the Hasidim, but the longer anyone
> lives in Seattle, the less likely they are to carry an
> umbrella either.
>
> Don't a lot of Hasidic men wear pretty broad-brimmed hats?
> Those keep rain
> out of one's face and leave hands free for carrying
> packages,, one's
> prayerbook or whatever. No idea what the women do and
> lazily not even
> volunteering to research....
>
>
> DC
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 7:32 PM, shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com>wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > google turned up so many false positives, I turn to
> y'all. As I've
> > mentioned, I lived a couple of blocks from three
> Jewish temples and there's
> > a large Hasidic population here. It's been raining for
> days and I noticed:
> > no one uses an umbrella. These are the kind of folks
> who go to Temple
> > several times a day. It's been raining pretty much all
> day, for days. So
> > it's not like they got caught out without an umbrella.
> Anyone know the
> > scoop?
> >
> > shag
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