Where did the “misnagdim” have a problem with having to do teshuva? And the besh”t was not tue first to say that everyone needs to do teshuva; it’s all over the seforim, including chazal in avos….repent one day before you die, as explained by the bartenura there
rabbeinu yonah is full of such sources
You’re making it out to be as though, chas Veshalom, the Gaon and the Tzlach thought themselves to be tzadikim (they didn’t) and that they were perfect the way they are and had no need to grow, arrogant Lithuanian rabbis..
And then comes the baal shem and says that you need to grow too. And here we were sitting here thinking we’re just great the way we are.
This js how they teach history in chabad bubble world???? Such a superficial minimization of the tzadikei olam, the gaonei hagaonim, gedolim who were ispashtusa demoshe – that zohar is not limited to chasidishe rebbes.
There were never such interactions, because first, the baal shem never met the misnagdim, and more importantly, the tzadikim were always growing, shteiging… there’s a famous story about the Gaon, printed at the end of nefesh hachaim, where he says that at his deathbed, the Gaon lovingly grasped his tzitzis, and said “what s world we live in, where for a few kopekz, one can purchase eternal life.”
Tzadikim ain lahem menuchah…
The chofetz chaim, hardly a chosid, was once seen by a talmid crying. It aas after he did a cheshbok hanefesh(he thought he was alone) and believed himself to be half chayav and half zakai…as chazal say.
How do you have the chutzpah to say such things? Have you ever spent time with a gadol byisroel outside of crown heights? Do you really think that we’re all arrogant and inferior?