WIY thank you so much for a very correct comment. All those alleged sringent rules that Ger has during marriage, Skver and Belz and Viznitz et al, have the same rules. For all of you who think Ger discriminates against women, go to New Square and you’ll see what real discrimination means. Ger in Israel do not have those rules. Gerrer don’t talk to women in the street? That’s not a Gerrer rule, the majority of chasidim don’t talk to women in the strret. By the way, that happens to be a clear mishna in Pirkei Ovos. Officially as Didu states, Gerrer rules are pretty much normal rules of the majority of chasidim. By majority I mean the chasidim who walk in the path of pre-WW2 European life. Sure you’ll find dozens of “chasidic” garbed couples acting very much out of ruling. But the official stance of whatever sect they belong to does not sanction their behavior at all. Pick any sect. Satmar, Belz, Pupa, Viznitz, to name some Hungarian sects. Non sanction open mixing of couples in the street. Their rules in all aspects of married life are just about the same as the “official” rules of Ger. We have a huge problen in Ger. It’s called lousy PR. We are so elitist that we couldn’t care less what the world says about us. And the world kind of doesn’t like Ger. Partly because of our elitist attitude, partly from jealousy because Ger is an Israeli political powerhouse. There are many websites that demean Ger constantly. Being quite literate, I have often written comments defending Ger vociferously, only to find that the editors wouldn’t publish my defensive comments, themselves being virulently anti-Ger. Walk in Boro Park and you’ll see hundreds of men not walking directly with their wives, very obviously not Gerrer. And you’ll see dozens of Gerrer walking with their wives. Try a little v’ohavtem es ha-Ger.
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