@chaim87
I agree with a lot of what you’re saying,
What I disagree about is the “fact/rumer” that litvaks are more “chassidish” today then the chassidim.
It could be true that they are more machmir, but that’s not chassidus, and it could be true that some chassidim do less chumros or hidurim (or even violate halacha ch”v)
Chumros and hidurim coming from fear of gehenom and wanting to get gan Eden is not chassidus
Using schar and onesh to keep oneself from doing something forbidden is definitely good, to do chumros – some chassidishe seforim say better not do the chumros .
My point is that chassidus is NOT judged based on ones actions.
A person can keep every halacha with all the chumros and have never learned chassidus, never went to a rebbe etc. Chassidus came to the world to awaken deeper levels of the neshama. Different chassidus had different ways to do that but ALL branches of chassidus stressed on being connected to the rebbe,
If one doesn’t have that, he may be a binuni according to Tanya (or a tzadik in the comen language) but he’s not more “chassidish”
If one is connected to a tzadik and workiun the ways of chassidus according to his level that’s chassidus. (He may be a rasha and may get gehenom)
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