ULTRA ORTHODOX: Life Imprisoned As a Submissive Rabbi’s Wife

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. Watch pt 2 here: https://youtu.be/6MXpJm_aRoU?si=L67psW-uh-nOcwJX Resources for help leaving Orthodox communities Footsteps  https://www.footstepsorg.org/ Rights and Religion Forum  https://rarforum.org/ Find and support Beatrice! Linktree  https://linktr.ee/bweber Website: https://beatriceweber.com/about/ Subscribe to our C2C "CLIPS" Channel! https://www.youtube.com/@CultstoConsciousnessClips Support C2C - Any donations are welcome and appreciated to support the making of this podcast. Find our FULL (uncensored) merch store here! https://cults-to-consciousness-shop.fourthwall.com/en-usd Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cultstoconsciousness Venmo @sheliseann **FULLY BOOKED** Our C2C vacation where we can meet you in real life and go on adventures together has sold out! However, you can add yourself to our waitlist in case of cancellations. Click here to go to the official booking page https://trovatrip.com/trip/central-america/costa-rica/costa-rica-with-shelise-sola-aug-2024 Find us on Social media! Instagram @cultstoconsciousness https://www.instagram.com/cultstoconsciousness Host Instagram @sheliseann https://www.instagram.com/sheliseann/ Co Producer / Host @jonathan.rosales_ https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.rosales_ TikTok @cults.to.consciousness https://www.tiktok.com/@cults.to.consciousness Twitter @cultstocon https://twitter.com/cultstocon 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 Theme Song Produced and Composed by Christian Guevara **Disclaimer: Thanks for joining us at Cults to Consciousness. This storytelling podcast is meant to be for entertainment purposes only and does not substitute for medical advice. We may discuss triggering topics and we ask that you make your personal mental health a priority. Lastly, the opinions of our guests do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the host.**