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Posted By richards on July 22, 2015

She broke free from the iron-tight grip of her ultra-conservative Hasidic community only to kill herself after years of struggling with that decision.

Tortured soul Faigy Mayer, who leaped to her death from a trendy Manhattan roof bar Monday night, was shunned by her parents for choosing to live in the secular world, relatives and friends told The Post.

The tragic woman, 30, posted touching old family photos on Facebook just six minutes before she climbed over the ledge of the 230 Fifth Rooftop Bar in the Flatiron District at 6:45 p.m. and jumped.

My family refuses to allow me to have my baby pictures so finding these pics were cool! the woman wrote above the snapshots.

Photo: Facebook

The question was laden with symbolism. Jewish people pray in that direction, toward Jerusalem.

After the bartender pointed, Mayer walked over to a 4/-foot brick wall along the roof and put one leg over it, then the other, the source said.

The bartender ran to her and grabbed her hand, but she pulled loose and jumped, the source said.

Photo: Facebook

In 2009, she appeared in a National Geographic documentary called Inside Hasidism admitting that her loss of faith was a long time coming.

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