[Avodah] proofs of G-d

[Zev Sero]

Marty Bluke wrote:
> R' Zev Sero writes:
> <As for the question of rishonim and acharonim and yeridas hadoros,
> that model doesn't fit the Baal Shem Tov, whose rebbe was <Achiyah
> Hashiloni.
> 
> To state that the Baal Shem Tov's Rebbe was Achiyah Hashiloni as an
> undisputed fact is a bit much. The Gra certainly didn't believe that
> the Baal Shem Tov's Rebbe was Achiyah Hashiloni. I don't think that
> any of the Litvishe Gedolim (certainly not the Briskers) throughout
> the generations ever believed this story. As RYBS would say it is a
> chassidishe maase. To state that because of this maase the Baal Shem
> Tov is not governed by the general klallim of yeridas hadoros and
> rishonim is very dangerous.


You have two choices. Either it's a fact, or he was a liar.  And *that*
is a very dangerous position.

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