DoesntSoundGood

Two things: If it was already well-known, and the story allegedly happened decades before the Riyatz said it, it would be documented in Chabad seforim published earlier than it was said by the Riyatz. Maybe it is, and that’s why I’m asking for a source.

Also, as pointed out in other threads in the Coffee Room, and in other forums, there are a number of stories told by the Riyatz that are definitely not historical, so maybe this is also one of them.

I’ve checked other threads in the coffee room, and I see that in the past there have been others more knowledgeable than me who have questioned Chabad’s “history” and who have even doubted some of the things written by one of their rebbes. So I don’t feel I’m in terrible company if I question the veracity of this story.

How long ago were Chabad celebrating 20 Kislev? Are there any primary sources? By that I mean that if there is a statement in one of the seforim of, say, the Tzemach Tzedek himself, I would consider that primary and reliable. But a more recent source claiming that the Tzemach Tzedek said something about it is neither primary nor reliable.

I tend to see it as very hateful. If the Baal Hatanya suffered from a misnaged it is hateful to make an entire day’s yom tov about it to the extent that tachnun is omitted.

But as Syag Lchochma says who said that it came from him? I’m still waiting for a reply about that.

Thanks for the explanation Milhouse but is that really correct. Sounds terrible and not at all in line with Chabad’s love of all fellow Jews, mitnagdim or chassidim.

Can you give me a source where the Baal Hatanya himself gives that reason?