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An unvarnished look at Polish Hasidic life before the Holocaust

Muranowska Street was virtually lined with shtiblekh (prayer and study houses), each with its own dynastic affiliation. One day, a young man established a new shop on the street and brazenly kept it open on the Sabbath.

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Muranowska Street was virtually lined with shtiblekh (prayer and study houses), each with its own dynastic affiliation.

One day, a young man established a new shop on the street and brazenly kept it open on the Sabbath.

In the decades before the Holocaust, Warsaw still teemed with Hasidim.

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Muranowska Street was virtually lined with shtiblekh (prayer and study houses), each with its own dynastic affiliation. One day, a young man established a new shop on the street and brazenly kept it open on the Sabbath. In the decades before the Holocaust, Warsaw still teemed with Hasidim.

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In the decades before the Holocaust, Warsaw still teemed with Hasidim.

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