My point was that it was not spoken about much, until it was released in newspaper articles filled with quotes and snippets taken out of context (or worse…) to make Lubavitch look bad to boost the political campaigns of the late 80s…
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The so called ‘political campaigns of the late eighties’ you are referring to , probably allude to the establishment of Degel in the Israeli elections of 1988 or 1989.
You have it upside down here .
Degel’s establishment was a REACTION to habads theologically losing its way , and the inability of those concerned to mount a public protest , due to the concentration of power in the hands of habads protectors.
THE CONCERN ABOUT HABADS WAYS PRECEDED THIS ELECTION CYCLE BY MANY YEARS , IF NOT DECADES.
And was a CAUSE of the split. Not the other way.
Again , another indication of the failure of habad apologists of grasping the seriousness of the issue at hand.