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A glimpse into the HIDDEN WORLD of a Satmar Hasidic Woman | Top moments with Pearl and Frieda
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ธ.ค. 2023
- Happy New Year! Thanks for being on this journey in 2023.
As a way to see out the year and bid it farewell, I'm sharing a compilation of best-of my first two segments with Pearl.
Pearl has been such a light, joy and source of humor and friendship in my life. We not only had some wonderful discussions which so many of you enjoyed, she also has become a personal friend with whom I have shared so many meaningful discussions. I am so grateful for the opportunities I have had to have these experiences, which are all thanks to this channel. This channel is a lot of work, and rarely does a video bring in the youtube revenue to cover its costs. But it's a passion project that is well worth it for experiences and friendships like my friendship with Pearl.
Thank you all for being such great participants to this channel.
Happy New Year and warm greetings,
Frieda
Happy New Year! Thanks for being on this journey in 2023.
To see out the year and bid it farewell, I'm sharing a compilation of the best-of my first two segments with Pearl.
Pearl has been such a light, joy and source of humor and friendship in my life. We not only had some wonderful discussions which so many of you enjoyed, she also has become a special friend with whom I have shared so many meaningful discussions and side-splitting laughs. I am so grateful for the opportunities I have had to have these experiences, which are all thanks to this channel. This channel is a lot of work and rarely does a video bring in the youtube revenue to cover its costs. But it's a passion project worth it for experiences and friendships like my friendship with Pearl, among many.
Thank you all for being such great participants and making this project possible. I especially want to thank you all for your kindness and your comments. They mean a lot.
Happy New Year and warm greetings,
Frieda
I just love her. She reminds me of what it is I love about the chassidishe world, just when I needed to be reminded the most. I’m sure she knows that she has done a service in making our world understandable to outsiders. I’m not sure she realizes how many of our own she has knocked a little bit of sense back into.
She's wonderful
I hope she is a mentor and a special person to turn to for you!!
And a very blessed 2024 to you & your son, Freida!
Wishing you a year of health, wealth and happiness. Your hard work is original, fun, and appreciated. If we continue to educate and celebrate the differences both within and outside the ( and all) religion and culture, my hope is that tolerance and acceptance will increase. What I love to see is the acceptance of the shops and community when you walk and film in the neighbourhoods. Thank you for your videos!
“No, no, he wasn’t gothic.” Talk about having awareness of the outside world; my own grandmother doesn’t know the difference. Thank you, Pearl for sharing your way of life! It’s been so wonderful.
Not many men her age know what gothic is ? But I know , many gothic girls look impressive .
I was going to make that exact comment! Everyone thinks they are so far removed from the world and I guess they are but they aren’t ignorant of what’s going on. The more I learn about this culture the more I believe they are (over all) much happier and content than 99 percent of the outside world.
Fantastic!
I commented once on these videos and now want to add that - growing up in the Bronx, we had several Jewish neighbors who were very kind to us Irish Catholics after my father died when I was a child. My mother was left a widow with two small children. One Jewish neighbor periodically brought over pieces of cooked fish, chicken soup, and chopped liver (I wasn't wild about the latter but ate everything else LOL) Also, every Passover when they had to remove certain grain items e.g., noodles, they gave it to my mother. That was the only time of the year we ate Goodman's noodles; my mother routinely only purchased Muller's or Ronzoni. (Hey, noodles are noodles.) I clearly remember this from many decades ago.
The Bronx, Brooklyn, a new unity was created amongst them there.
I could listen to Pearl every single day. She is always a tremendous blessing to see on your channel. I love her perspectives and her gentleness.
I miss the videos with Pearl!!!!! She is amazing!!! She is sooo sure of her beliefs and her place in her community. I love how she has an intelligent answer for everything. We hear so many stories of people "escaping" the Hasidic communities (especially Satmar) and comparing them to cults. She is another point of view of someone who has been very happy living there. Good for her! I wish that G-d always blesses her and her family!
I watch the Pearl videos over and over; I find her fascinating. Please create more videos with Pearl. Pearl: you're a loved celebrity now.
Oh my goodness, soon to the cardiologist!!
Hashem rules the world and he has our back! I'm going to pause right there and let that sink in!❤
Pearl is very wise, Hashem is always in control. I believe once you realize that, the world at large, and mine particular, is less scary.
What a wonderful way to end the year with pearls of wisdom from Pearl! I
have so much admiration and respect for her. I love how she honors G-D in not just her words but in her actions. Frieda would it be possible for you to have quarterly meetings with Pearl and put them on YT? We need wisdom like hers now more than ever!
Dear Pearl start your own youtube channel . I would love to pray some of the psalms every week with you and also have some insight from you . I am Christian , you are a treasure !
Pearl is wonderful.
She loves her faith and lives it.
Also she is realistic about living in the modern world and it’s challenges.
Pearl is the best. Remind me of my great Irish catholic mother in law. They best mom vibes
I really enjoy your channel Frieda. The videos with Pearl are my favorite. Your relationship with her is beautiful. She has no judgment (that I can see) of those outside the Satmar community. I grew up in and around Reform Judaism with family and friends. I feel so fortunate to have meaningful experiences.
Happy New Year, Frieda. Thank you for bringing us Pearl and your other guests this past year. I’ve learned a lot. What you are doing is so important.
Hello Freida,
Although I have been watching your videos for some time, this is my first comment. Thank you for sharing your gifts of knowledge, compassion, perspective with us. It is clear to me that your work on this channel truly is a labor of love. May 2024 bring you fulfillment and abiding peace.
She has so much insight on what is going on in the world outside Satmar.
Pearl is such a woman of wisdom. I just adore her. ❤❤
Happy New Year Frieda! Thank you again, for sharing Pearl with us. With a beautiful woman. I feel so much joy when she speaks. I must say that her name is so fitting. Her pearls of wisdom are valuable to each of us. I do hope she knows what a beautiful gift she is to the world.
You don't even know how comforting it is for me, in the midst of war and the raging antisemitism, to hear Pearl's words, to remember Hashem runs the business, to remember he wants us to be a nation apart. Thank you so much Frieda and Pearl!
It’s not antisemitism, it’s anti zionism, and Pearl agrees
@@amiboacid7183 dude, what? What do you want?
@@liorcohen1221 read it again
Pearl reminds me so much of my Aunt Violet, an Italian American sweetie who was a fabulous cook. Pearl’s kitchen and house are not unlike my Aunt’s,cosy and tasteful. Nostalgia!
I would be delighted if she had, if not a channel or podcast of her own, but a blog or a website she'd answer questions and taught us that are without a mother like she. Thank you for Pearl and thank you for you!
Pearl is a pearl. She is so kind and thoughtful. No wonder she is a friend. Thank you for your channel.
What a fitting name: Pearl; that’s exactly what you are. I could listen to her for hours. Amazing Lady. Thank you for your sharings and thank you, Frieda, for introducing us to her.
I'm impressed that she knew a slight aesthetic difference between metal and gothic presentation
Thank you, Frieda, for a wonderful year of your knowledge and perspective. People like you contribute to the brotherhood and sisterhood of mankind.
Let's take a moment to appreciate the skill of the young lady conducting the interview. 😊
That is so kind.
Our Pearl is truly a pearl! Such a strong woman! Gone is the stigma associated with “subservient” “passive” “unequal” women in Judaism in any community. In Pearl I heard my own family loving me and supporting me in my own journey. Excellent work Frieda! You deserve an EMMY! Hugs, Michael Albuquerque NM USA
Thank you for these interviews! Because if you want to know what a faith believes, you need to ask someone who's joyfully living it! I often see former members of a religion being asked about it. Their perspective is too limited. Ask a person who's doing it successfully--like Pearl!
Brilliant comment 👍
Hmmmm I would say both perspectives are valid. Somewhere, in the middle lies the truth.
Of course, everyone is speaking their respective truth, based on their experiences. I still hold that if you want to know about something, it's more informative to ask someone doing it successfully. Just like college or marriage or parenting or even travel--those who found it unfulfilling clearly missed something. Ask someone who got the whole picture! :-)
I enjoyed Pearl and her experiences 😉 I hope there’s more to come! So interesting! Thanks for sharing 😊
😮 Can’t wait to try her kugel! Is this recipe posted anywhere?
From Hasdic boy to a HM band drummer is quite a change , like from a nun to a pop star singer Maddona .
2:15 Who is Hashem ? Maybe elderly men will explain for Torah girls and boys . (Revisited)
What a beautiful person. Such a loving mother. I could listen to her all day!
Thank you for a year of wonderfully thoughtful and interesting videos Frieda. All best wishes to you and your son for 2024.
Yay Pearl !!!!
Words of wisdom from Pearl to end the year. Wise choice thank you. Happy New Year Frieda.
Hello Frieda, I wish you a happy 2024 with much luck and happiness. I' am so curious to see your new videos in 2024. I really love your videos. I learn so much from you. Thanks.
Once again, thank you for sharing!
Pearl’s comments about her son were so heartfelt and powerful. What a remarkable woman.
Yes, indeed. An exceptional woman with an enormous heart.
Thank both you AND Pearl for educating us.
Frieda I have enjoyed learning from you video's in 2023. Have a wonderful New Year ! I look forward to wat I will leard in 2024.
Cheers Joe!
Happy Gregorian New Year! I look forward to more videos in the coming year. Todah Rabah. ❤
I hope Pearl learns of all of the positive and thankful comments written here to her. Her willingness to speak openly and lovingly and share her perspective with the world is a wonderful thing. Thank you, Pearl.
Pearl a real pleasure meeting you today even if it was just a minute. I wish we could have had a longer chat.
I was so happy to see Pearl again yesterday for just barely a minute while I was getting off my bus ride and she was getting on.
If possible please have her with you again. Together you are a real A Team :)😀
Pearl is a gem 💎
Pearl your name is perfect for you, as you are a rare pearl of a woman!! Please do more interviews/videos with her ❤
Love Pearl and her wisdom. Thanks for this interview ❤
I love Pearl. Thank you for sharing her. And thank you to Pearl for sharing. ❤
LOVE listening to Pearl!
Thank you for your thoughtful insight into this community. Hopefully more videos in 2024!
Pearl is a jewel to the world.
I have been watching your interviews for a while now and you just keep getting better- May I say that it has been a great pleasure watching your growth! Looking forward to many more. Thank YOU Frieda!!!
What a wonderful woman 🕯✨️🕯
Please try to convince her to teach how to lead a jewish home. Maybe a monthly series?
I love Pearl! 🥰
Happy New Year! This is a wonderful interview and I loved seeing Pearl & You again! Joy to you both in 2024. ❤️❤️❤️
Love the Pearl videos. ❤️You both rock
Liked these videos. Happy 2024 Frieda.
Happy New Year and wishing you many blessings in 2024. And Hashem bless Pearl and her family, too.
Pearl is just the best.
Happy New Year Frieda! Many blessings for 2024. Thank you for sharing this video of Pearl and you talking. I could listen to her all day. Her words are comforting. The way she has accepted her son is so wonderful. Looking forward to many more of your videos! ❤😊
This woman is a treasure 💎💎😊
Love Pearl and all her wisdom!
How do Hasidic families feel about marriage therapy? Do they prefer to rely on their Rabbi for the most intimate of problems or is there a concern about “gossip” spreading about their home?
I had a few questions about Pearl’s comments about higher education. She says they don’t encourage college. I always thought the men chose a Yeshiva for their “higher education” but I don’t know if they attend Yeshiva to obtain a rabbinic degree of some sort. How many years do the men attend higher Yeshiva (beyond a high school level)? Women are supposed to make the home and family, according to Pearl’s beliefs. Why don’t they want some of their OWN community to go to law school and medical school so their community can be served by one of their own? Wouldn’t a woman prefer to see an OB/GYN who is an Hasidic woman?
In Amish communities, which I completely understand are quite different but they are similarly insular, they have a Rumspringa. The Rumspringa is premised on their faith requiring members being baptized as fully awar adults. Awareness requires that they have the OPTION to explore and live as “the English do”, for as long as they need, to feel more secure that they want to commit to the Amish faith.
Is there any room in the Hasidism for a similar “period of experiencing the world?” Would such a period help reduce the rates of youth sprinting from the communities?
I have throughly enjoyed watching these videos, thanks and appreciation to everyone involved.
Wow, things have changed over the last 30 years. Bless her unconditional love.
I love Pearl ❤ Thank you for these videos. Very informative and entertaining to watch.
Luv seeing Pearl! Happy New Year to you both and your families. Many blessings in 2024!
The arranged meeting and involvement of a matchmaker has worked well for centuries. Pearl tells us this is because a good life has divine guidance in all matters. If more folks had this intense faith the world would be a much better place.
Pearl every time you speak about God you bring me to tears. You have a great ability to see God wonderful nature towards the world
Beautiful home, really liked the reason for number of the beautiful❤❤ candles lit on Shabbat
Love your work so much!!
Happy New Year!
Hopefully, 2024...; best year ever!❤
I absolutely love your interviews with Pearl, her wisdom, but also the interaction between the two of you. You seem like such a gentle person.
Fabulous compilation Frieda. Happy new year🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thanks!
☺️☺️☺️☺️
Thank you for all the research, time and work you put into your videos. I really appreciate you.
Thank you for watching and your sweet comment!
I understand completely why children are raised according to their parent’s religion but the fears she had for her son is exactly why children should be given some tools to survive in the world. We can only know how wonderful Judaism is, if we understand others and the rest of the world and are able to interact in that world. Respecting their choices is hard and sometimes heartbreaking, but Hashem gives us the ability of free thinking. Taking it away goes against that. Pearl is a free thinker, insightful, respectful and an amazing parent.
I love, Pearl!
Thank you for this video compilation of Pearl. She is a gem!
אַ גוט, געזונט און געבענשט 2024. ײשר כח!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE PEARL !!! ❤️ ♥️ 💖 💕
Oh still so very much love Pearl ❤
me too!
Frieda, I saw one of your tours was on the Jewish channel on cable today. Happy New Year.
I agree with Perl.
Do you think Pearl’s son would do an interview?
I would love so very much to see a new interview with Pearl just to see how she and her husband are doing.
She’s doing great, feisty as ever. I’m waiting for her to be ready for a new interview; right now she has her hands full.
@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn thank you so much for letting me know that she is doing well. As an older woman myself and being a Christian who understands the part that Jews play in the Lord's plan, I have the ultimate respect for your faith. She completely changed my view on Zionism because I did not understand or know it to be anti-zionist was a good thing because the Jews were not to return to Israel until the 2nd coming of Jesus. We as Christians are never taught that.
Happy New Year beautiful Frieda
🎉
Ok so who's gonna be the one to tell Pearl that what she just described is absolutely an arranged marriage? I'm not telling her. I vote for Freida.
Oh my goodness there is an iconic episode of This American Life about a Hasidic guy who joined a heavy metal band!!
Yes, about Curly Oxide! Fascinating episode.
As a gentile I think maybe this arranged meeting for the sake of marriage thing sounds pretty good. I like the idea of the parents checking someone out. The problem with that, is if you have parents you don't trust to help you out. If I was abused by my parents for example or they had a horrible marriage they would be the last people I would wanting facilitating a marriage. But as someone who has been with my spouse ( another woman) for over 20 years I can tell you there are things that I did not consider when we met and decided to spend our lives together that my parents in a lifelong marriage would have thought of. Thankfully, it all worked out and she is a great spouse.
Rachael, I just want to say it was so delightful to meet you and your wife and I’m so happy to hear your thoughts on how we make decisions about partners without having some of the wisdom that comes with the years. I have learned over the years how true that is!
Beautiful to see❤
As a Christian I would love to have a conversation with Pearl. I think she is a lovely lady. I was taken aback when she said they would rather die thank kiss the cross. I understand to a point. But Pearl should be educated about Christians who know God too. We study the Old Testament as well as the New Testament. There is room for all as well as understanding and acceptance.
I love Pearl!!!
Me too !
Good Good very Good.
I couldn't help but to laugh when she said her son joined a heavy metal band
Who else laughed?
This is interesting. 🥰
Seems like Perl had good parents that guided her right
For anyone confused - OTD = off the derech (e.g. one has who has left the Orthodox way of life)
When is Pearl coming back on?
Y’all should have a round table talk about how the community is doing with all the war and antisemitism going on. I’m praying for all Jews, I know your heart is heavy. Mine is too, as a Christian. 💙🇮🇱