Joseph:
A little intellect, please.
A problem exists when it is observed, not put together by a pile of words on a page. I live within a chassidic community, and associate with chassidim of various groups, locally and elsewhere. As with any community, there will be individuals with a variety of problems, some involving mental health, medical, OTD, shalom bayis, shidduchim, machlokes, and many more. We are not addressing individual problems that require specific solutions. The insinuation was that there is something at the tzibbur level, and that this needs to be understood and addressed. I have not had any reason to believe that there is anything at all relevant to a community, not formal scientific study, nor even any accumulation of anecdotal information. So before I entertain the hypothesis that there is a problem to examine, first show me something convincing that there is an issue to study. I do not set a standard of scientific study. But just something.
This reminds me of an old witticism about a Brisker talmid that asked a serious question about a Rambam? His chavrusah pointed out to him that the Rambam actually does not say what was being used to create the question. His retort was, “That’s no way to say a teretz on a shverrer Rambam”. It is ridiculous to fabricate a problem, and then challenge those who cannot find reason to justify it because of the serious implications.
Let’s try this in really simple words. There is no such shidduch crisis in the chasidisshe community. Case closed. Now, המוציא מחבירו עליו הראיה.