Reply To: Chassidus

One Liner: No, they taught that the ultimate way of connecting to Hashem is through D’veykus. They said that Torah learning wasn’t giving people the D’veykus they needed, so they should not do it, and should instead engage in prayer. Early chassidim even advocated drinking and turning somersaults in order to increase happiness. They said it didn’t matter how you became happy, as long as you got there.