Avira – so how can you say ‘they didn’t hold of him’? What does that mean?
It’s pashut the rebbe was mamash a genius in Torah, look at his seforim & watch ferbrengens!
I don’t see how it helps anybody to repeat saying which were merely based upon their view and knowledge of lubavitch, and, much more about the Rebbe is known to us since the Rebbe passed away. Now we see the massive effects of the Rebbe’s outreach & intense caring for every Yid.
Maybe at that time, based on what they knew, they came to conclusions, but i’m sure if they knew what is known nowadays, his opinion would change.
Tell me how many gedolim who know lubavitch well, are still misnagdim and ‘don’t hold’ of the Rebbe? How many Chassidishe Rebbes nowadays are anti-lubavitch? You can hardly find one!
For example, satmar used to be very anti-chabad. Nowadays, the Rebbe is a sandek for a shliach whom is is staying by his son’s bris! It would be the thought of someone living under a rock to say, but r’ yoel was very anti lubavitch! How can that possibly be???
The answer is, because know most people understand and view lubavitch very differentl.