@non political
“Merely citing the Lubavitcher Rebbe Z”L as a source in these cases is not enough. Why Not? The problem is NOT that he is not a legitimate Torah source. No, the problem is that when a legitimate Torah source takes a novel position and:
1) all Gedolim (for who we have evidence that they are are familiar with the position) are opposed
2) no Gedolim (for who we have evidence that they are familiar with the position) are in favor
such a position is rejected.
I have raised this point twice before in this thread and you have ignored it. Why? This is not a controversial point. In fact it is blatantly evident both from halachic sources as well as simple logic.”
Sorry I thought I addressed this. Of course the chiddush of WHY its OK to betten beim Rebben belongs to the Rebbe. But theres a HUGE difference between saying this is the Rebbe’s chiddush, and I think its OK for a different reason, (besides no one has addressed the multiple sources brought), and saying that position is the opposite of achdus Hashem cvs.
It is an oxymoron to say the Rebbe is a Torah giant but his position here is kefira, because that would make the Rebbe and chassidim who follow him the opposite of ovdei Hashem, and you can’t then say that you respect the Rebbe as a Gaon etc.