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ExGingi posted link to an interview (full text copied here) with Rabbi Zushe Posner (who has been an educator for over 50 years) in English version of the Beis Moshiach magazine. Rabbi Posner unique style, of demanding of himself (and others) intellectual honesty, even when it gets uncomfortable was dubbed truth shock jock by gozalim.

In response to the OP, Yard sale asserted it to be "Undiluted kefira". In response to an inquiry by ExGingi, Yard sale brought two quotes from the interview to ostensibly prove his point, but brought no argument as to why said statements would qualify as "Undiluted kefira". ExGingi asked if his claim is because he believes that Tzimtzum is to be interpreted literally (צמצום כפשוטו). To which Yard sale tried to argue that "above quote is clearly not referring to Tzimtzum dilo kipshshuto the way ein sof is extant in you, me, and my pet rabbit. It is clearly referring to the Rebbe specifically in a unique way, as is evident from the continuation of the article."

As to the second quote ostensibly claimed to be Kefira, some tried to explain what a Rebbe is, while ExGingi disclaimed all such explanations quoting from the interview "...if I could explain it, well then that’s not a Rebbe." While for the first quote ExGingi offered a simplistic English explanation saying that "Once we understand ... that עולם is a concealment of the true being, then if something (or someone) is less of a concealment, then the true being appears "more present" in it (or through it)."

At a certain point Yard sale seemed to start retreating or slightly mellow down the tone from his original statement/accusation.

At that point doodle interjected in response to ExGingi's quote that we cannot really explain the situation, positing that "Or you were plain wrong . The Rebbe is not Moshiach. He never said he was anyway . It would have been amazing if he was , but he wasn’t ... Intellectual honesty and openness of thought is important."

ExGingi being always ready for an honest intellectual challenge (though not always having the time for a timely response) fully agrees with the demand for Intellectual Honesty (later claiming that this might be the main point Rabbi Posner was actually trying to bring across in the interview) and followed up with the challenges:
  • "How well versed are you in the Rebbe's talks and writings (to be able to say that he "never said he was")?
  • How well versed are you in the topics of גאולה and משיח from Jewish sources? From Chassidus? From the Rebbe's teachings?"

doodle jumped right at the first challenge, asking whether ExGingi "say(s) the Rebbe said he's moshiach? If yes, from where?" to which ExGingi responds that he is unaware of the explicit words being ever said by the Rebbe, but claims a propensity of material authorized for publication by the Rebbe implies that it would be intellectually dishonest to say that "the Rebbe "never said he was"."

chinagel requested clarification from ExGingi whether he is "of the opinion that the Rebbe held he was moshiach? Do you still think he must be moshiach?" To which ExGingi's terse response was "yes and yes".

In an interesting twist, Yard sale himself then brought a Hebrew quote that offers the same explanation that ExGingi offered earlier to the עצמות ומהות מלובש בגוף statement.

Dan decided to interject with a link to Wikipedia (which was then quoted by Yard sale) alleging that the Rebbe clearly told a journalist that he is not Moshiach, and that said interchange is recorded. [said "proof" is quoted by Wikipedia referencing an exchange between Tomer Persiko and Rabbi Chaim Rapoport, Persiko (who isn't quoted in current thread) offers a response to Rabbi Rapoport, but rather than going that route ExGingi, being honest and open minded searched for same recording to no avail, and challenged all to come up with it. chbochur reports that he inquired with various contacts at JEMedia (which Rabbi Rapoport alleges holds such recording) and none seem to be aware of such, he then reached out to Rabbi Rapoport himself who said he needs to dig it up, we patiently await it.]

With a few more questions thrown about, to which others might have offered some responses, at a certain point ExGingi said that he is "waiting for responses to my questions/inquiries before I publicly respond to others."

After some noisy nonsense introduced by none other than our dear friend CBC (what a surprise) who was given undue credibility by aygart, Yehuda57 offered a response to the ostensibly Kefira statement brought in the interview "if the Rebbe, G-d forbid … then we can stop putting on t’fillin, chalila". Yehuda57's response has several parts, first and foremost he asks whether "those people stop putting on tefillin?" And then went on to say that "perhaps there is just a slight chance they were saying extreme things as "shock jocks" in order to make a seperate point which may or may not have been excusable in context but appears blasphemous typed out coldly 30 years later?" after some additional noise from CBC and followup by aygart, Yehuda57 added that "if you are working on a premise that it is possible a Lubavitcher could believe that any reason at all is enough to make him stop putting on tefillin, then we have nothing to discuss."

When aygart responded to that with pleasure in finding out that said premise is flawed, he asked "how is one supposed to take such a statement?" ExGingi replied with an allegation that accepting such a baffling statement כפשוטו when referring to people whom you know to be שומרי תומ"צ, indicates a lack of Yiras Shomayim. While Yehuda57 went into a little more detail and another example, stating that if on'es "baseline, like others here, is that Chabad = kefira, no amount of contextualizing will change that, to the point that you could absurdly say Chabad hides their true beliefs."

After some more noise, the בעל אכסניא offered his regular english explanation of the עצמות ומהות מלובש בגוף statement, while separately making disparaging comments about the magazine where it was quoted. A third time must have been the charm, along with a disparaging comment about the source by Dan, and seemingly נחה דעתו of R' Yard sale.

After some additional back and forth noise regarding various "factions" within Lubavitch, Yard sale gave the thread an interesting turn, acknowledging that "It’s easy to smugly look down on others but the  Litvaks have their own problems; last I checked צפיה לישועהis also one of the י״ג עיקרים yet few of them take moshiach seriously. Sure we give lip service to the idea multiple times a day, but who is really interested in giving up all the good stuff we have here? It’s like some foreign concept that most of us espouse  מן השפה ולחוץ." Dan made some serious allegations about how he heard friends in non-Chabad school talking and from there discussion went OT about school vs home education, including proper attitude towards emphasis of שכר ועונש and attitude towards non-Jews.
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Re: BM Magazine Articles
« Reply #300 on: July 19, 2019, 01:01:43 PM »
You obviously went to an American Litvish Yeshivah. The lack of Mussar in that system is astounding, and sure helps explain your post of today.

As aygart said, get a mentor real fast.
What's the ideal amount in your opinion? What did your yeshiva have?
ETA ideal amount and topics
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« Reply #301 on: July 21, 2019, 09:48:46 AM »
What's the ideal amount in your opinion? What did your yeshiva have?
ETA ideal amount and topics

Went to a non-American “Grand Dame” Litvish Yeshiva.

- Chofetz Chaim Yomi was given daily during breakfast by a rotating Bochur. This was very geshmak.
-Half hour daily Mussar b’chavrusa, the classics, with hat and jackets and very serious atmosphere.
-Twice a week 45 minute “Mussar Vaad”. I was there for the Tomer Devorah and Pele Yoetz cycles. I will never forget these. Best hours of my life...
-Weekly “Shmuez” from an old time Mashgiach, went on for a good 90 minutes, peppered with lots of “Machsova”.
-Weekly Tanya Vaad for the Heimishe boys (non-Chabad) by the same mashgiach, who came from a Chabad family (from before the war, the real thing)

When I (re-)met the American boys in Israel, their lack of Mussar study was super obvious.

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Re: BM Magazine Articles
« Reply #302 on: July 21, 2019, 10:22:27 AM »
-Weekly Tanya Vaad for the Heimishe boys (non-Chabad) by the same mashgiach, who came from a Chabad family (from before the war, the real thing)

I'm just going to leave this highlighted here... (Even though it ain't Friday)

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Re: BM Magazine Articles
« Reply #303 on: July 21, 2019, 10:58:28 AM »
Went to a non-American “Grand Dame” Litvish Yeshiva.

- Chofetz Chaim Yomi was given daily during breakfast by a rotating Bochur. This was very geshmak.
-Half hour daily Mussar b’chavrusa, the classics, with hat and jackets and very serious atmosphere.
-Twice a week 45 minute “Mussar Vaad”. I was there for the Tomer Devorah and Pele Yoetz cycles. I will never forget these. Best hours of my life...
-Weekly “Shmuez” from an old time Mashgiach, went on for a good 90 minutes, peppered with lots of “Machsova”.
-Weekly Tanya Vaad for the Heimishe boys (non-Chabad) by the same mashgiach, who came from a Chabad family (from before the war, the real thing)

When I (re-)met the American boys in Israel, their lack of Mussar study was super obvious.
Fair enough.
Chofetz Chaim is considered mussar?

By me we had 20-25 minutes mussar everyday. In elul it was twice a day. Up to you if you wanted a chavrusa and what the limud was. Also very serious.

A weekly shmuez for around 45 minutes.

On shabbos/motzei shabbos there was another shmuez or two (depending on who came for shabbos) as a dvar Torah but it was more or less a mussar shmuez.
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Re: BM Magazine Articles
« Reply #304 on: July 21, 2019, 12:02:06 PM »
Went to a non-American “Grand Dame” Litvish Yeshiva.

- Chofetz Chaim Yomi was given daily during breakfast by a rotating Bochur. This was very geshmak.
-Half hour daily Mussar b’chavrusa, the classics, with hat and jackets and very serious atmosphere.
-Twice a week 45 minute “Mussar Vaad”. I was there for the Tomer Devorah and Pele Yoetz cycles. I will never forget these. Best hours of my life...
-Weekly “Shmuez” from an old time Mashgiach, went on for a good 90 minutes, peppered with lots of “Machsova”.
-Weekly Tanya Vaad for the Heimishe boys (non-Chabad) by the same mashgiach, who came from a Chabad family (from before the war, the real thing)

When I (re-)met the American boys in Israel, their lack of Mussar study was super obvious.
Name of yeshiva?

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Re: BM Magazine Articles
« Reply #305 on: July 21, 2019, 01:11:07 PM »
What he likely meant was:
הרה"ח ר' שלום פלדמן מכפר חב"ד (לשעבר משפיע בישיבת תות"ל חולון) קירב מישהו לחסידות. שמע היהודי לאחר זמן מה כי חסידי חב"ד מדברים שהרבי הוא עצמות ומהות מלובש בגוף - למרות כל ההסברים ששמע- הוא התעצבן נורא והלך.

ר' שלום רץ אחריו והתחנן אליו כי יסע וישאל את הרבי בעצמו. כעבור זמן מה הזדמן לאותו יהודי לנסוע לארה"ב, ואיך שהוא ובהשג"פ יצא לו להכנס עם עוד חסיד חב"ד ליחידות ושאל את הרבי על זה.

ביחידות, הרבי הסביר לו כך (תוכן): הענין הנ"ל מדובר גם עליך, ועל כל יהודי שבו כתיב "חלק אלוקה ממעל ממש", רק יש אחד שמגלה זאת קצת, ויש אחד שמגלה זאת יותר, ויש אחד שמגלה זאת לגמרי, כלומר שגלוי בו בכל רגע ורגע ש"דבר הוי' דיבר בי ומילתו על לשוני

So to use a quote from the Alter Rebbe:



And just like you've seen a plausible explanation to a seemingly outrageous statement, so too you should trust that other statements that seem wrong to you, do have a plausible explanation (if merely due to the fact that כל ישראל בחזקת כשרות, and especially if you see such seemingly "outrageous statements" coming from people who are obviously otherwise זהירין בקלה כבחמורה).

And now can we see an apology or retraction of sorts of your original comments about the article?
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Re: BM Magazine Articles
« Reply #306 on: July 21, 2019, 01:13:37 PM »
Without getting caught up in all this I'd like to mention that I asked a friend in jem who in turn asked around in the office and as of yet no one can remember of such a video where the rebbe says something so blatantly that he is not moshiach. I'm gonna move on to ask the one who wrote that article (Chaim rapoport) if he can produce the source and date/video of that encounter.

Any update from Rapoport, or should Wikipedia (and DDF) be edited to either remove this account or seriously put it in doubt, as it seems uncorroborated.
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« Reply #307 on: July 21, 2019, 04:52:22 PM »
So to use a quote from the Alter Rebbe:



And just like you've seen a plausible explanation to a seemingly outrageous statement, so too you should trust that other statements that seem wrong to you, do have a plausible explanation (if merely due to the fact that כל ישראל בחזקת כשרות, and especially if you see such seemingly "outrageous statements" coming from people who are obviously otherwise זהירין בקלה כבחמורה).

And now can we see an apology or retraction of sorts of your original comments about the article?
You don't say kefira and then rationalize and explain.

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Re: BM Magazine Articles
« Reply #308 on: July 21, 2019, 05:43:52 PM »
You and CBC are the DDF kanoim. Don't be shy about it.

In the spirit of this weeks Parsha, I hereby make a public מחאה on your labeling of CBC as a קנאי. It is an insult to true קנאים like פינחס.

I am not saying that I am worthy of the title, but I have seen absolutely nothing from CBC that would merit him such.
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Re: BM Magazine Articles
« Reply #309 on: July 21, 2019, 06:04:09 PM »
Any update from Rapoport, or should Wikipedia (and DDF) be edited to either remove this account or seriously put it in doubt, as it seems uncorroborated.
As of yet none, however there are those at jem who have heard of it but as of yet cannot find it.

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Re: BM Magazine Articles
« Reply #310 on: July 21, 2019, 06:06:03 PM »
As of yet none, however there are those at jem who have heard of it but as of yet cannot find it.

If the only source they heard of it from is Rapoport, I wouldn't even bother mentioning it.
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Re: BM Magazine Articles
« Reply #311 on: July 21, 2019, 06:07:33 PM »
If the only source they heard of it from is Rapoport, I wouldn't even bother mentioning it.
There is speculation that the video went 'missing' and by who but it hasn't been verified in any way.

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« Reply #312 on: July 21, 2019, 06:12:23 PM »
There is speculation that the video went 'missing' and by who but it hasn't been verified in any way.

You are way too intellectually honest to go down that route.  Let's agree to give the benefit of the doubt to Rapoport, while still finding it highly doubtful, and hence cannot be used to "prove" anything.
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Re: BM Magazine Articles
« Reply #313 on: July 21, 2019, 06:15:14 PM »
You are way too intellectually honest to go down that route.  Let's agree to give the benefit of the doubt to Rapoport, while still finding it highly doubtful, and hence cannot be used to "prove" anything.
Nah if you hear the alleged story with the names you'd also think of it as possiblity together with people hearing of it.
Either way if I was a pure mishechist such a video would in no way change my mind.

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Re: BM Magazine Articles
« Reply #314 on: July 21, 2019, 06:20:05 PM »
Nah if you hear the alleged story with the names you'd also think of it as possiblity together with people hearing of it.

So why not just ask Laibel Groner. He was definitely there and for sure remembers.  :P

Either way if I was a pure mishechist such a video would in no way change my mind.
What's that? (I get the first part - go to the Mikvah and you become pure, but I don't know what a mishechist is or isn't).
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Re: BM Magazine Articles
« Reply #316 on: July 21, 2019, 09:47:22 PM »
You are way too intellectually honest to go down that route.  Let's agree to give the benefit of the doubt to Rapoport, while still finding it highly doubtful, and hence cannot be used to "prove" anything.

You accuse Rabbi Rapport of lying, based on nothing but the fact that what he said contradicts your priors, and then wrap yourself in the mantle of "intellectual honesty"...

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Re: BM Magazine Articles
« Reply #317 on: July 21, 2019, 11:02:49 PM »
You accuse Rabbi Rapport of lying, based on nothing but the fact that what he said contradicts your priors, and then wrap yourself in the mantle of "intellectual honesty"...

You (along with CBC et al) are coming up with accusations, while I was the one that suggested to give the benefit of the doubt (after honestly searching for it myself and then asking others to come up with evidence), which means that despite the inability to corroborate the story (that must have been witnessed by several people, if it occurred in 1992 as told) I am not calling it out as untrue, but rather unwilling to give it much weight given the propensity of evidence indicating otherwise, and the inability to corroborate the story.

So let me understand your position, do you have no doubt in your mind as to the veracity of that story?
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Re: BM Magazine Articles
« Reply #318 on: July 22, 2019, 01:06:48 AM »
You (along with CBC et al) are coming up with accusations, while I was the one that suggested to give the benefit of the doubt (after honestly searching for it myself and then asking others to come up with evidence), which means that despite the inability to corroborate the story (that must have been witnessed by several people, if it occurred in 1992 as told) I am not calling it out as untrue, but rather unwilling to give it much weight given the propensity of evidence indicating otherwise, and the inability to corroborate the story.

So let me understand your position, do you have no doubt in your mind as to the veracity of that story?

Instead of channelling your inner AOC (I didn't say he's lying, I just said that the thing he said is a lie), please explain how this
If the only source they heard of it from is Rapoport, I wouldn't even bother mentioning it.
and the rest of your comments in this topic is giving Rabbi Rapaport
the benefit of the doubt

and not
calling it out as untrue
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Re: BM Magazine Articles
« Reply #319 on: July 22, 2019, 01:41:26 AM »
So to use a quote from the Alter Rebbe:



And just like you've seen a plausible explanation to a seemingly outrageous statement, so too you should trust that other statements that seem wrong to you, do have a plausible explanation (if merely due to the fact that כל ישראל בחזקת כשרות, and especially if you see such seemingly "outrageous statements" coming from people who are obviously otherwise זהירין בקלה כבחמורה).

And now can we see an apology or retraction of sorts of your original comments about the article?

The above quote is clearly not referring to Tzimtzum dilo kipshshuto the way ein sof is extant in you, me, and my pet rabbit. It is clearly referring to the Rebbe specifically in a unique way, as is evident from the continuation of the article.

90% of those reading this probably don’t know the meaning of ein sof, tzimtzum kipshuto, and dilo kipshuto, but if they asked their mashpi’im, Rabbanim, and manhigim, they would be told that the contention of the article-  “ it is not possible to have a generation without a living Rebbe in a physical body“ and therefore the Rebbe is still necessarily here in a physical body- is big time kefira every bit as much a believing in the Eucharist- that the bread and wine is actually yoshkes body....

If that is not the opinion of the author of the article I would certainly modify the above but all indications are that that is the intention of the article in which case I would reiterate the above. I’m not looking to call out any group in klal Yisroel, but at the very least, the article above conveys to the masses, possessing average intelligence and reading comprehension, concepts that would be understood as kefira. That is different than a מאמר פליאה of חזל or the בעשט that the Bal Hatanya was referring to. Therefore I still do think the above comments are justified.
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