Dear Yankel,
@ mesorah
Mesorah to yankel
I really don’t know much of these statements. They weren’t intended for me and I never met someone who uses these types of proclamations as a reason for what they think or do. If they thought that way, they will use it as ‘proof’ and if they don’t, they dismiss it. These public directives are barely educational and even less reliable.
My position is that there is nothing wrong with Chabad Hashkafah. It is on par with every other group. I have written this over a dozen times. I don’t know why their media is indicative of how they think in their heads. You have to meet real people to see what their actual belief is.
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Mesorah seems likehe is again doing what he does best …. Beating around the bush and sidestepping .
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He “doesn’t know much about these statements .”
That was referring to Statements by ALL habad rabbanim and their chozer and first rate habad mashpi’im .
He was referring to habad’s official position, trumpeted ALL AROUND THE WORLD .
Accepted by ALL habad hasidim at the time .
He is referring to something ALL religious Jews at the time knew as unassailable fact.
But Nomesorah doesn’t know much about it …
He doesn’t know ? …. Or maybe he does not WANT TO KNOW … ?
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“Those statements were not intended for him … ”
No ? Statements by the Chief Chozer of his rebbi , SUPPORTED BY his rebbi , supported by all habad rabbanim ‘were not intended’ for him …. Ridiculous seems an understatement …..
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“He never met someone who uses these types of proclamations as a reason for what they think or do”
It was WELL KNOWN EVERYWHERE that this was THE habad position .Espoused by all habadi’s at the time . But Nomesorah never met any habadi who would be influenced by the chozer and ALL habad rabbanim and mashpi’im ….. . Who does he think he is kidding ?
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He opines further – “those public directives are barely educational and even less reliable ”
According to Nomesorah – the Chozer plus ALL habad rabbanim and mashpi’im’s public directives are barely educational and even less reliable ………
Has he taken leave of his senses ? …. Or maybe he thinks we have ….
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Bottom line . Am not sure whose silence is more deafening here ? Menachems , retreating into his bunker [quoting qwerty] , or nomesorah’s by showing the best rebuttals he can muster .
The silence , across the board, is deafening .
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Seems there is no other option than the final usage of ‘Shtika Ke …. ‘