I don’t want to spend much time here and I didn’t read all the posts but it seems that people dont understand the concept of connecting to a tzaddik and they don’t accept Tanya as a source. See ????? ??? a universally accepted Sefer by a rishon ???? ?:
??? ??? ????? ??????, ???? ???? ???? ????? ??? ????, ??? ????? ???? ?????? ???? ???? ???? ??? ?????? ??????, ?? ???????? ????? ???? ??? ???? ?? ?? ?????, ?? ???? ????? ??????? ??????? ?????? ???? ??? ????? ???????, ?? ????????? ????? ???? ???? ?? ??????? ??? ??? ???? ???, ?? ?? ?? ?????? ????, ??? ??? ????? ?????, ??? ????? ??? ????? ??????. ?????”? ?”? ??? ???? ??? ???? ???: “????? ????? ???? ??? ?????, ????? ???? ?? ?????? ????? ????? ?????, ?? ?? ????? ???? ??????, ???? ???? ??? ?????? (???? ?, ?), ?”?. ????? ??????? ?? ???. ?????? ?????? ??????? ??????? ?????? ???? ???? ???? ?????, ????????? ???? ????? ???? ?? ?? ??????? ???? ????, ??? ??? ????? ??? ??????? ????? ???????? ????. ??? ?????? ????, ?? ?? ???? ????, ?????? ???????? ?????? ????? ???? ?? ??? ?? ??????, ?? ???????? ??? ??? ??? ???? ???? ????? ???? ?????, ????? ???? ??? ?? ????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ???, ????? ?? ???? ??”? ????? ?????? ?? ???? ??????? ??????? ??, ?? ????? ????? ???? ???? ????? ???? ????? ?? ????? ??? ?? ????? ??? ???? ?????.
There is nothing new in chassidus every concept has a source in prior seforim if Torah.
The posters here should ask daas Torah themselves before denigrating a whole section of klal Yisroel. Ask Rav Shmuel Kaminetzsky not a Lubavitcher in any way. in the Yeshiva I went to he was considered the gadol hador of America. I personally know 2 bochrim who went to a litvish Yeshiva and wanted to switch to a chabad Yeshiva to learn chassidus as well as Gemara they asked him and his reply was “ why not ? If you want to switch there is no problem we all learn Toras moshe” . These posters here though think they are the daas Torah and gedoilim ofvthus generation as can be seen with the gaava they speak against other segments and leaders in klal Yisroel ( bringing up past machlokesin means nothing, there were always machlokesin going back to the Rambam, ask the daas Torah in your generation )