slabodka: I agree with you 100% that Rabbi did purely out of ahavas Yisrael, just wondering if he thinks he is a koifer then why did he speak so highly of him, for example his Emuna, etc. etc.
But can you explain to me why did all the Rebbeim in eretz Yisrael and also Rav Chaim kaniefsky sit with Rabbi Lazar (chief Rabbi of Russia) and they spoke with him, and accepted sefrei chassidus chabad from him? Isn’t he Lubavitche? I.e. koifr……..?