Ebbie:   I never knew that about the Amish--=-the variance in the power sources ( propane/oil etc;) Just goes to confirm my earlier post---though I do find it incongruous to see Hassidim dressed in their traditional garb speaking on their cell phones.

One might be interested in seeing a film of a few years back called: A Price Above Rubies.   I had thought at the time it was a documentary--it was not. It was with very mainstream and famous actors and much despised by the Hassidic community. Well worth viewing since it does show both sides---the faithful and the secular.

Bill Hahn