QUESTION:
It is said that the Gra accused the Chassidic movement of being followers of Shabsai Tzvi. What was this fundamental machlokes all about?
ANSWER:
Much ink and paper has been written on this, and it is an elaborate subject. Briefly, the Gra’s Torah teachings were rooted in the light of the first 6000 years of the world, whereas the root of Chassidus is to draw forth the light of Mashiach and usher in the days of Mashiach, to draw the illumination of Mashiach into the current dimension. That is the root of the entire argument and differences between the Gra and Chassidus.
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