[Avodah] spread of chassidus

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 08:45:12AM -0800, Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org wrote:
: this little blurb  implies  that  1] the spread of chassidus in russia was 
: not seen in a positive light
: 2]it was seen  as the fault of the wives, which could be prevented with 
: education 

Hisnagdus is no chiddush.

If anything, blaming the *wives'* ignorance rather than those mechuyavim
in talmud Torah is milder than what the Gra would have written.

BH this dispute is long over.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha