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“I take personal offense at the statement made by CS that the Vilna Gaon saw the Alter Rebbe of Lubavich through a key hole, realized that if he would meet him he would have become a chossid and ran away. But this is just a symptom of the above stated problem.”
I didn’t make it up or I would get your personal offense, this is a story I watched the descendent of the Vilna Gaon’s top talmid say is the tradition passed down through the family”
I already addressed this point – way back.
Do you really believe everything someone says on a video – only because he claims to be a descendant?
I have read plenty of material on that issue, good and bad– sorry, but this is utterly nonsense. The Gra never bothered seeing the Alter Rebbe, nor did he have any issues with emotions. Meaning, if he felt there is real kedusha,he would have no issue facing it.
You are not speaking about some nowaday Rosh Yeshiva!
The Gra when he completed writing his pirush on Shir hashrim, he stated to his talmid: he has completed all torah, Niglah and Nistar to the level of keSinusei m’Sinai, he has only one question in nistar, which he would travel to the other end of the world to find an answer…
Do you really think he couldn’t face the truth?!
In any case, the Machlokes was not based how people portray it was…and is a discussion on its own.
Anyways, see the following link for the Rebbe The Tzemach Tzedek’s take on the very Machlokes. His opinion (as related to the Aruch Hasulchan) is that it actually benefited Chassidm:
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=48315&pgnum=81
Read it carefully and you will see, that It’s really interesting how history repeats itself…how Chassidus did go overboard these days..