Reply To: The world is in a state of Geula- and don’t misunderstand us!

Sechel

“I’m not sure where you are going with the “Ahavas Yisrael starts at home” thing, that doesn’t change the *fact* that a Shliach is a representative of the Rebbe, as appointed by Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch. That’s not debatable, that’s the exact system the Rebbe established, as directed by R Hodakov, and later, by R Kotlarsky. I’m surprised that today’s PC culture of “one can identify as he wishes” seems to have gotten to some Lubavitchers in this context…”

What I mean is its easier to condemn fellow lubavitchers than try to be dan lkaf zechus. I saw a ksav yad of the Rebbe that said that “the yetzer hara saw how much were doing to bring moshiach, so he went and “layed himself on the doorstep” and sought to create machlokes in lubavitch. And r”l he succeeded.”

The expression oirois dtohu bkeilim dtikkun really captures who the Rebbe is and who we should strive to be. The Rebbe on the one hand was so normal – he could relate to everyone on their level (the video of the missionary who tried to missionize to the Rebbe by dollars, and how the Rebbe responded really brings this point home, as well as many others.) On the other hand, the Rebbe was a crazy revolutionary and said crazy things (in a context that somewhat normalised it.)

So of course you’ll have some chassidim who will tend more to the normal side and some who will tend towards the more revolutionary crazy side. I think in general the most important thing is to support each other, even if we don’t live with a certain statement, as long as we see a place for it to somehow be justified. We gotta stick together. Our post gimmel tammuz generation has done better than our parents in this regard I would think. May it continue!