Reply To: Clarification to mod and DaMoshe

Yb,

“What did your rebbi say on purim 1956 [or another one of those years] about the hazon ish ?
The exact words , please ?
and what was the insinuation, please ?
Thanks in advance for your honesty .”

I looked this up I think a few years ago when I saw it here (probably). The Rebbe was quoting, in the very early years, at a small farbrengen, what a mashpia had said regarding the Chazon Ish, that even someone such as he, would be jealous in gan Eden of a little boy learning Chassidus (I hope I’m paraphrasing correctly.) the context was the greatness of Chassidus, not denigrating misnagdim.

Now, if the Rebbe treated others outside lubavitch, disdainfully in general, I could see how this story could be brought as proof of that. The fact that the Rebbe cared for others outside lubavitch is widely known and documented in books and videos (yes by lubavitch organizations, but the people are videoed and pictured by name.)

And again, The context was the greatness of Chassidus.

This reminds me of another Chassidishe teaching that the loftiest Malach would give up everything for a single amen Yehei Shmei Rabba by a yid.

The intent there too, is not to denigrate the Malach…