@sechel
All the sfarim of the manhig of the habad hasidim are overwhelmingly osek in drush and agadeta and similar topics .
On which the klal of Ein Meshivin Al HaDrush applies .
His contributions in halaha and in Umka dishma’ata are not at all comparable to Rav Akiva Eiger , Mishneh LeMelech , Hatam Sofer , Noda BiYehuda , Shulhan Aruch Harav , Pnei Yehoshua , Ktsot Hachoshen , Havat da’at , Urim Vetumim etc.
Those were [some of the] truly great amongst klal yisrael .
They wrote on areas where there is clear responsibility , areas where you cannot say hidushim which merely SOUND nice .
In those areas you can be confronted with clear proofs against you , which you will have to answer to , which will hold you to account .
This is the stuff real Gdolei Yisrael are made of .
Compared to those names mentioned above , the rebbi of the habad hasidim seems like something of a lightweight .
Read [better said learn] the writings of those rabanim . then do the same with the rebbi of the habad hasidim .
If you are honest , you will walk away with a totally different feeling .
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1] That was [part] of my original post.
I was referring to the specific areas of halaha and umka dishmattsa.
Not to pshat in Chumash Rashi. Not to Drush. Not to Hasidut. Not to agadete.
I learned some of your Rebbi’s hidushim in those areas, halaha and umka dishma’atse.
There is no reason to suppose that other hidushim in those areas would be any different to the ones I learnt.
Ein meshivin al hadrush is not made up by me. It precedes me by over 2 thousand years at least.
2] You claim that many other gdolim maintained that the rebbi of the habad hasidim was the greatest t’ch after the war.
I can think of no better option than looking at the evidence. Compare his documented writings with those of the other t’ch , and let the evidence speak for itself.
I would suggest that for fairness’ sake we should exclude all and any use of encyclopedia’s and the like. [although this is hard to ascertain ]