article_snippet.sent: Over time I learned to step out of my perspective and look at them [rituals and customs] with different eyes, with the eyes of an outsider.
article_snippet.sent: Then, even the simplest ceremony looks strange.
article_snippet.sent: But no doubt, I was born and raised haredi [ultra orthodox] which allows me to understand and follow external appearances and corresponding behaviours.
article_snippet.sent: Over time I realised that when Western culture touches upon haredi culture, then the haredim appear to themselves as strange.
article_snippet.sent: Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai added: ‘My purpose with this series is not to show the haredi as odd, but instead to empower the essence of the haredi rituals.