To CS
You come off as a decent fellow so I’ll share this with you. Chaim Miller wrote an English translation of the Tanya. In the foreword he spoke about the dispute between Chasidim and Misnagdim. He quoted the Gaon as saying that the Chassidim had to be dri ven out. He did say that. Then he cited a private letter from the Alter Rebbe which stated that the Gaon’s rhetoric caused the blood of Chassidim to flow like water. There are two problems with this. First, there were no dwaths at that time. Second, if there were deaths then lives would have been lost on both sides so why would the Baal Hatanya only specify Chassidim? Do you think he didn’t value the lives of all Jews. I brought this to my Rov’s attention. He told me that this letter was part of the Kherson forgeries. He explaoned, some time after the Alter Rebbe died his Chassidim forged his signature on documents that were slanderous lies aimed at defaming the Gaon. If you’re really a person of truth talk to someone about what I’ve written. edited