[Avodah] Laughing at someone doing a mitzva

[Rich, Joel]

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In a recent issue of Mishpacha which had articles dealing with the Satmar Rebbe,  the author wrote that the Rebbe insisted on wearing his khassidishe garb on the street in America, even though the non-Jews (and probably some Jews) would laugh at him.

I would argue that when the Rebbe was fighting a tooth and nail battle to establish khasidut in America, different rules applied.

Ben
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I assume that what you mean is that while the Ramchal's rule applied, a perceived higher  priority rule (survival of chassidut/yiddishkeit) took priority.  The nafka mina might be - what if the Rebbi "knew" that yiddishkeit would survive and flourish but chassidut would not?  would that be sufficient to overcome the ramchal's rule?

KT&ST
Joel Rich
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