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== ''Takanot'' == Ger is known as having the strictest views among Orthodox Jews regarding sexual relations.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Rabinowitz|first=Aaron|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-sexual-assault-allegations-rock-an-israeli-hasidic-community-1.8293926|title=Sexual Assault Allegations Rock an Israeli Hasidic Community|date=2019-12-22|work=Haaretz|access-date=2020-03-05|language=en}}</ref> In 1948, Rabbi Yisrael Alter established the "Ordinances on Holiness", known as the ''takanot'' (called ''takunes'' in the vernacular of Yiddish used by Ger Hasidim), which regulate daily living. The rules were passed on verbally, and were never written down until 2016,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/culture-news/271506/the-kedushah-crisis|title=Sexual Abstinence of Married Men Roils Hasidic Sects|date=2019-02-14|website=Tablet Magazine|language=en|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref> when a former member of the Ger Hasidic sect published them on Facebook.<ref name="AutoPG-9">{{Cite news|last=Ettinger|first=Yair|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-ger-hasid-reveals-sects-secret-rules-1.5404825?=&ts=_1583432233003|title=Ger Hasidim's Secret Rules on Male-Female Relations Revealed by Ex-Member|date=2016-07-03|work=Haaretz|access-date=2020-03-05|language=en}}</ref> The ''takanot'' prescribe, for example, that a couple should not have sex more than twice a month, should do so silently and quickly, and the man should always be on top.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Marienberg|first=Evyatar|date=2014|title=Contemporary Haredi Sexual Guidance|url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/p/pod/dod-idx/contemporary-haredi-sexual-guidance.pdf?c=fia;idno=11879367.2014.013;format=pdf|journal=New Perspectives on Gender and Jewish Life|volume=Frankel Institute Annual 2014}}</ref> In 2009, a Gerrer woman, Sarah Einfeld, appeared in a short documentary film, titled in English ''Shrew'' (in Hebrew, ''Soreret''). During the filming, she decided to desert Ger, and to adopt a secular way of life. In her blog, she reported on the "repression" of women in Ger, highlighting the suppression of sexuality under the regime of these rules.<ref name=":0"/>
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