Weinstein's book not only exposes the strict and difficult way of life under Gur Hasidism regulations, but also the distorted, violent and unbound sexual relations Weinstein had with her former husband, perhaps the inevitable result of the complete and compulsive control of Hasidic elders over the sex lives of the sect's members.
After Weinstein's suicide, Yisrael Greenhaus, a former Gur Hasid, published posts on Facebook describing the sect's rules for men and those for women. For example, two men cannot sit on the same bed. Two men can't be in a room alone. A man cannot touch another man. Men can't bathe at home, only at the ritual bath. Men can't use soap in the shower on weekdays, only on Sabbath eve. Men are not allowed to say the words â??bride, woman, girl, young woman.â? Meanwhile, women must cover their body according to strict rules, and they cannot touch a telephone. They cannot look a man in the eye, carry a purse, or receive a kiss or a hug from their father, and so on.
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