I myself remember hearing [in the early eighties] , from a mekor ne’eman that R Salamon zatsal [mashgiah of BMG] , convened a closed meeting in 1967[!] about his concern about the utterances of the habad leader .
[yb to shmei]
1) If this is even true, do we know for a fact that they discussed this sicha, which was said 17 years earlier? If yes, why did they only wake up about it now?
If it was 1967, it is more reasonable to assume that they were discussing the shocking and disturbing chiddush “שלא ראו אבותינו” of the Rebbe encouraging chassidim to put tefillin on non-frum Jews 😲 (which began that year in connection with the war).
[shmei to yb]
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Shmei’s flippant response here shows that he [nor did any of the other habad apologists] has not understood the nature of this discussion.
He and the other supporters still think that this is some version of teenage banter centered on support for competing sports teams.
It is not.
This is a dead serious conversation and they have not grasped the seriousness of the substantial allegations .
R Salamon wasnt a little child and he voiced serious concerns about habad’s theology and the dangerous turns it was making ,travelling towards a personality cult direction, away from klal yisraels and its own tradition.
Thats the substance of the issue .
Not newspapers and gimmicks. Not some supposed bemeizid falsifications .
Or alleged mean spirited misinterpretations of habad ,rooted in supposed personal vendettas.
Serious concerns by serious people.
To be addressed in a serious and satisfactory manner.