Ravitz was
b'etzem a nice guy.
Gafni had a nice beard going then. I guess they told him that for
parnassah he needs to keep it "neat." I think had they kept the anti-
Chabad rhetoric out of their platform - and it WAS in there - they'd have had a much easier time breaking away from the
Gerrer stranglehold on the
Agudah. Now, we just look at it as
machlokes.
The Belzer was also skinnier then..
ReplyDeleteB'hashkocha protis this video
ReplyDeletehttp://www.collive.com/show_news.rtx?id=30107&alias=footage-smuggled-to-the-rebbe
was just released. Who did the Russian Jews ask if they can leave? Who was getting videos from Russia? Who was sending shluchim secretly before it was good PR to send?
The Rebbe
IIRC, the anti-Chabad rhetoric was basically the only reason they broke off from Agudah.
ReplyDeleteHT why didnt you publish my comment/link?
ReplyDeletenot sure which was yours, but I imagine that it wasn't suitable...
ReplyDeleteHere is the original source: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pHesayRcDVk
ReplyDeletedlz, no. Hirshel got it right. It was simply anti-Chabad rhetoric. The yeshivish-Gerrer coalition could have survived differences over Chabad if not for very long-simmering disagreements which finally led to the split.
ReplyDeleteRCK has beautiful payos, curled!
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