Reply To: The world is in a state of Geula- and don’t misunderstand us!

Rso

“Did you ever read the accounts given by the only grandchild of the Rayatz on his uncle-in-law’s early life? I don’t expect you to believe them, I don’t believe all of them either, but then again, I also don’t believe most of the wondrous stories about the Lubavicher rebbe.”

If you give weight to an individual who had a strong agenda against lubavitch and knowing the story of hei teves etc. and cite that as an acceptable source, all that shows is how your bias against lubavitch is negatively affecting your objectivity. (No I haven’t read it nor have I am interest in it)

“I don’t give much weight to stories that Satmar chassidim tell about their rebbe, and I don’t give much weight to stories litvishe tell about Reb Chaim Kanievsky. I am more likely to believe stories litvishe tell about Satmar and stories Satmar tells about Reb C Kanievsky. All the wondrous stories I hear about your rebbe have lubavich as their source, so I see no reason to give them much weight at all.”

For me, the fact that the Satmar chassidim regarded their Rebbe Reb Yoel as a tzadik, is good enough reason for me to err on the side of caution and treat him with that level of respect. Even if he argued with my Rebbe, that doesn’t mean he wasn’t a great person or a tzadik. Unless I had valid reason to suspect that the majority of stories said about him were untrue (such as fact checking three of the stories printed by Satmar and finding them to be made up and their attributed authors denying having ever said such a thing or contradicted their own stories or were known as liars etc ) I’ll take their word for it. Yidden are smart people and choose who they choose because they see him as authentic and not a charlatan. As the famous story of the chofetz chaim goes (may I assume you are all familiar?) “Your honour they don’t tell these stories about me or you.”

I would say this general distrust on your part just implies a level of unhealthy skepticism of others.

And that was even if all the stories were said by lubavitchers. But there are many many first person video recorded encounters with the Rebbe recorded by Jem said by noon lubavitchers.

In fact there is a Sefer I heard a previously poilisher chossid was working on, documenting all the Gedolim and Rebbeim who met with the Rebbe, what they had to say about him etc. I can look into the name of it if your really interested.