Question about hasidic jews usage of secular world?

with religious jews as they are so religious although they will use shops such as clothes shops do most religious jews avoid using stores such let us say the local bookstore as music store as well as the local takeaways and restaurants as the food would either be unkosher or it would clash with their LifeStyle ie ie messages in the songs or books



also i am assuming that whilst they will not have huge protests even though they do not celebrate christian holidays they will still enjoy and in someway join in with the holidaysQuestion about hasidic jews usage of secular world?
No one religious will be on today to answer, since it's Shabbat.



Chassidic are a few different groups %26amp; span a range of observances based on interpretations. So it's not a uniform answer. Chabad is chassidic, as are the fur hat groups.



If they use a particular type of item, they'll buy it in that type of store. Some of the groups use ipods %26amp; cellphones. Others don't, as too easy to get distracted from meaningful things in life. Some will use the technology to enhance their lives within the messages they want to show to themselves. Others will avoid altogether. Some use TVs in limited fashion (they aren't watching RAW wrestling). Others have no TVs.



Restaurants will be used only, %26amp; only if certified kosher. Any style of food can be kosher as long as it's made of kosher animals %26amp; follows the standards (not mixing milk %26amp; meat, etc.))



Jews don't celebrate the Christian holidays at all, that includes most Reform, Reconstructionist, Conservative %26amp; Orthodox (which is the group Chassidic belong to.) Some very secular Jews will cross over into Christian practices, but even most Reform Jews aren't comfortable with them doing that (except when it's about mixed families %26amp; keeping some peace, or interfaith exchanges of good will).



There is no reason for a Jew to protest someone else having their holiday celebrations either. Would you expect them to want to? Have you ever seen a Jewish protest? (The only protests are to keep church %26amp; state separate for ALL religions, so the minorities aren't forced into other religions.) That's worrisome to me that you'd have this misconception %26amp; expectation of Jews, %26amp; obviously would have gotten it from others having the same misconception. :)



The Christian holidays have bright lights, %26amp; people get happy, %26amp; have holiday parties... and to that extent Jews will enjoy seeing the lights around %26amp; going to a friend's party %26amp; support their Christian friends in enjoying their holiday with well wishes, etc.. However, they belong to another religion %26amp; theology, %26amp; we don't participate in them.Question about hasidic jews usage of secular world?
Chassidic Jews will shop in ordinary clothes shops. However, since the clothing they wear tends to be conservative, you wouldn't find them shopping for jeans in the local trendy shop. Also, it is common for them to have shops in their neighbourhoods which are convenient to shop in. So the usage of general shops varies according to availability.



Book stores and music stores really sell the books and music that most Chassidic Jews buy. while some may buy secular based nooks and listen to secular music- it is far more common for them to listen to Hebrew music, buy religious based books etc. as such while they might make some usage of secular books and music stores they would probably spend more time in shops selling Jewish books and music.



As for restaurants- they would not buy form any shop that is not Kosher. A shop would have to be certified Kosher or there would be nothing in it they would eat. As such, local take aways and restaurants that are bot Kosher would not be utilised.



In general, Chassidic Jews would make normal usage of secular clothing, hardware stores etc- but for things like books and music they would only make limited usage in some sects to no usage at all in other sects.



No Chassidic Jew would make use of an unkosher restaurant or take-away

When it comes to Christian holidays they do not celebrate them and would not join in. It is forbidden for Jews to celebrate the holidays of other religions. On the contrary, there are Chassidic sects that have the custom of staying up all night on Christmas and on Good Friday studying Torah-. they see these days as days of mourning for those killed in Pogroms on those days. It also used to serve as a practical means of keeping a guard going to spot any groups coming to kill Jews and thus to give warning so people could flee