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Again, we must disagree
I posted in opposition to your sweeping statement that we all agree Chabad isn’t Judaism
I explained why I believe it is merely a variation in how Judaism is practiced.
You come back with a pronouncement that the religion of those Jews known as Lubavitcher is not Judaism.
Ever since the Destruction of the First Beit HaMikdash and exile there have been variations in how Judaism is practiced and how it has evolved.
Surely the Judaism of 1938 Yemen and Vilna were far different from each other.
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BTW
An anecdote:
Lubavitcher and Chabad (modern 770 movement) are not synonymous.
I grew up in New Haven, CT
There was a shul named Sheveth Achim Anshei Lubavitcher. It was not composed of Chassidim, but people (and descendants) of Jews who came from the town of Lubavitz (sp?)
They davened Nusach HaAri, but did not follow the Chabad Luach. (No dropping Tachanun because some Rebbe got out of jail, etc.)
In about 1950 that shul merged with a Litvish shul becoming Bikur Cholim Sheveth Achim. The Litvish got their name first, but davening Nusach HaAri continued into the 21st century