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Yserbius123
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@AviraDeArah The Likutei Sichos of Rav Schneerson ZT”L are just collections of divrei Torah, no more no less. They should absolutely be treated with the same respect given to any sefer.

But not the level of respect that many in Chabad give them. They do not contain the answers to all of life’s questions. Yeshivos setting aside a long seder every day to go over them is time better spent learning Gemara or Rishonim. They do not need explanations. One cannot divine inner meaning from apparent contradictions or mistakes. The late Rebbe of Lubavitch was a human being and the transcriptions of his writings are just the writings of an Acharon who himself is Basar V’Dom. Not (Chas v’Shalom) Torah m’Sinai, nor even Shulchan Aruch.