Beatrice Weber was told her only goal in life should be getting married to a respectable Hasidic man and bearing as many children as possible. After being “rebellious” as a young teen, she was sent abroad to a strict religious school where she was meant to learn to behave. As soon as she returned, her parents set her on a path to marry a Torah scholar for a hefty price. She was only 18 years old. She would then not be allowed to use birth control and go on to having 10 children. Suffocated in the lifestyle with little to no help from her husband, she began plotting her escape. 

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Chapter Marks

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:35 Beatrice's conservative community

00:05:40 What it was like growing up with extra rules and eating by stricter kosher standards

00:10:16 The consequences for eating the wrong color popscicle

00:14:12 Dressing modestly to the extreme

00:18:03 Interactions with the opposite s*x and how birthday celebrations where considered "immodest"

00:22:15 How isolated was Beatrice's chiIdhood?

00:23:50 How to Holocaust influences modern Jewish life

00:26:15 How the community's set up perpetuates corporal punishment 

00:27:59 The Ritual Bath and its problematic nature

00:31:08 Lack of s*x education in the Hasidic community

00:32:22 Beatrice's family moves and changes her education

00:35:29 How the focus on actions prevents original thinking

00:38:03 The preceived importance of lingeage in the Jewish community and how long Beatrice was at seminary school

00:39:32 Beatrice prepares for marriage and how she felt about it

00:41:59 Beatrice's experience with the Hasidic Jewish marriage process

00:47:55 S*x education and new rules after marriage

00:54:19 The rules around s*x and Beatrice's ex-husbands controlling nature

00:56:55 How did Beatrice manage with 10 kids?

00:59:06 Getting birth control in the Hasidic Jewish community

01:01:44 Beatrice rebells and goes to therapy

01:05:45 When did Beatrice start to question?

01:08:58 Beatrice realizes the only option

01:10:46 How Beatrice had to time her escape to create the best outcome for her chiIdren

01:13:24 Linda, listen

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