P.S.
Wisdom of our Fathers, Rabbi Hillel: “In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man.”
On the subject of Zalman Schneerson - Chapter 1 - Paris at War.
Zalman Schneerson, came out of Russia, like many of us, naive, idealistic and good to the core. Such a creature has no place in the practical, cultist culture of Ramash Chabad. Lackeys, peasants and gangsters rule. It was inevitable that he would be mistreated. If not for the Yihus, he would have been destroyed without a trace, like many of us did.
To remedy the situation, legends have been constructed that distorted the picture of his family and Zalman himself (you will see in Chapter 2). I heard with my own ears the enthusiastic disparaging of his mother. Shame on you!
But the scarce Yihus, he could put in the bank without realizing it. It was a valuable commodity. In Russia, in was worth nothing (thousands of Schneersons assimilated). But in America…
P.S.S. If the level of participation in this blog does not change, I will go all paid. I will better write for the five people that value my work. Also, in real life, I have no meaningful contacts with Chabad. Why should it be different here? There is no upside.
There is nothing left to prove. And these people don’t care and don’t want to know anyhow.
So a Rebbe must be a con man ?
I agree that it helps.
I'm not even sure why we are writing about events of 70 years ago or why I care about it.
Chabad has been dismembered ,numbers were not critical,quality counted.in past
It's over,Chabad youth need no Rebbe ,they need new singers,caterers,travel agents and IT people.Oh forgot about fund raisers and another group I won't mention.
Zalman was a hero but remember readers his field of play was the Holocaust and our leader never spoke about Holocaust never wrote about it,thus Zalman had to be ignored because unlike his cousin he stayed in Ear torn Europe with Bogart and didn't run to US
His desc. should speak out !!