Grey: Actually it is an excellent, smart and brilliantly devious post. One of the main tainos against chabad is the Rebbe’s interesting interpretations of 770 as the bais hamikdash and he said in a sicha that when a rebbe speaks its “shechina medaberes metoch grono”. 5ish assumes he preempted all taanois against the rebbe in this regard with this quote, as the chozeh is accepted by all of klal yisroel.
However, careful readers of my comments will note that I only criticize the chasidim – not the rebbe. And many chasidim take all these quotes to believe that the rebbe is moshiach or even a godlike figure – which they dont believe in regards to the chozeh. And furthermore, nowhere in that quote does it justify omnipotence and omniscience.
Also, if I was being an anti-rebbe litvak i would point out that the quote doesn’t defend atzmus umahus meluvash beguf. (Though Keravelt justified it earlier.)
Keravelt, once we’re defending sichos, how do you understand the sukkah sicha (not attacking just curious)?