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The satmar rav was fighting an uphill battle and it seemed he was mostly losing
Young Israel almost put him Cherem in the ’50s
However, He said also that few of his all or nothing chassidishe followers were really fully capable of understanding
him
He said that
the yeshivishe
e.g R’boruch Kaplan,
understood him better than his own
Understanding the reality of that Era is crucial