About NeoHasid
In 1995, the year after Reb Shlomo Carlebach z"l died, a group of friends came together to form a Chasidic egalitarian minyan on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, led by David Seidenberg and Shaul Magid.
On Shabbat B'reishit (the shabbat right after Simchat Torah), we davened together for the first time, meeting once a month for several years. A wonderful community of committed people from many walks of Jewish life, including ex-Yeshiva-niks and currently Orthodox yidn, Conservative and Reform rabbis and rabbinical students, etc., etc., began to gather to dance and sing, share Torah and meals.
One decade after the first Chasidic Egalitarian minyan, NeoHasid.org was created by Rabbi David Seidenberg to help folks integrate Chasidic song, learning, and nusach into their davenning and communities.
Online publications, news about classes, etc.
Some pages to help you understand (a little) what Kabbalah is about. See also:
Definitions of Hebrew and Aramaic words, and other technical or poetic terms on NeoHasid, with variant spellings, personal asides, etc. Almost 100 terms!
Egalitarian can have a lot of meanings - and we mean all of them.
Classes, seminars, and publications by Rabbi David Seidenberg.
Reb Duvid's writings and academic presentations
NeoHasid.org will connect people from all walks of life, practicing all forms of Judaism and spirituality, with the
ruach (spirit) of the Chasidic tradition...
You can read more about Neohasid's mission here: on egalitarianism, community, inclusiveness, and enriching the nascent Neo-Chasidus that is spreading throughout the Jewish world.
NeoHasid.org provides resources to help people learn and use Chasidic traditions to deepen their davening, regardless of their affiliation, gender, observance, religious identity...
