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The Holy Beggars’ Gazette

BY OREN KROLL-ZELDIN

House of Love and Prayer wedding featured in Life Magazine, September 1969. Photo by Marvin Kussoy, courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
House of Love and Prayer wedding featured in Life Magazine, September 1969. Photo by Marvin Kussoy, courtesy of Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb.
  1. Introduction
  2. A Brief History of the House of Love and Prayer
  3. Confluence of Time and Place
  4. Carlebach and Controversy
  5. Everyday Life at the House of Love and Prayer
    • Shlomo Carlebach’s Role
    • Getting High on Torah and Prayer
    • Food and Shabbat Meals
    • Financial Difficulties and Fundraising
    • The Mechitzah Controversy
  6. Life Magazine Wedding
  7. The Holy Beggars’ Gazette
  8. Global Offshoots of the House of Love and Prayer
  9. Photo Gallery
  10. Acknowledgements

AN ARCHIVE OF THE HOLY BEGGARS’ GAZETTE 1975 - Special Double issue winter-spring

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1975 spring 26 storiesTwenty-Six Stories of the Rizhyn Dynasty

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1975 spring miraclesMiracles

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1975 spring 26 midrashA Midrash on the Akedah

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