So, we keep talking about the “derech” and those who leave it. Is there a consensus as to what defines the “derech” that when one deviates, they are now off? I am not a chassidishe yid (insert any chassidus here), do not dress in the levush, daven in the same nusach, follow the psakim of the beis din or rebbe of the chassidus, I am clearly on a different derech than this chassidishe yid; as far as he is concerned I am off the derech, but am I off THE derech? Where does one draw the line to label someone off the drerech? How much bandwidth does this derech have, a derech that clearly accommodates many different people and has numerous lanes for travel, and at what point has one finally gone off onto the shoulder or taken an exit?
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