The tale vividly describes the tension surrounding hassidic innovations: the excitement at new spiritual practices, coupled with a sense of disregard for entrenched, time-honored customs.
‘THE SOLUTION was to be found in a “Shivhei Habesht” manuscript that reached the Lubavitch Library in summer 1980.’ Pictured (from left): title page of the first edition; the page that illuminated the solution(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)ByLEVI COOPERRead More