The point of all this? Is this blog site only for questions or issues? Can’t anyone just start a string by stating some interesting facts. I think this was very informative for many people. Next.
Nusach Sfard or Arizal. Back when chasidus started Sfard was deemed to be a “holier” way to daven. The Arizal said that during the time of the 1st beis hamikdosh when we had a federated nation of 12 nations, each sheivet had it’s own liturgy. There was however, a 13th liturgy, which the Arizal said was his re-creation, that was considered universal or “accepted” by Hashem no matter who davened that way. Since we don’t know which sheivet we belong to, the Arizal said we should daven his nusach.
No tefilin on chol hamoed is not a prevalent chasidic minhag. Bobov and Satmar bochurim do put on tefilin.
No gebroktz is a minhag of pure kabbalah, no source in din. There’s a very seminal discourse of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Ztzl from approx 1954 that discusses this in depth.
Eating only Glatt kosher meat was a chumrah in Europe. Today the reason for Glatt started because the shochtim of plain kosher just plain were not reliable. Many weren’t even shomer shabbos. Most of the butcher stores had the same issue. Many butchers weren’t shomer shabbos.
Women not saying kaddish isn’t exactly a new trend. Women never said kaddish in a shul. That’s a new women’s rights issue.
Chasidic dress was modeled as looking different than goyim of Europe. Dressing long has always been a yiddish concept. Wearing 2 head coverings, a yarmulka and a hat, is mandated in shulchan orech. Actually the concept of a gartel is too but there is a heter if you’re wearing a belt. Even so, chasidim wear a gartel because of a posuk, “make yourself ready to stand before Hashem”.