[Avodah] Mussar vs. Chassidus

[David Riceman]

RTK
: I think that chassidus has much more warmth and heart than does mussar, and
: there's a good reason why the one attracted hundreds of thousands while the
: other attracted...dozens.  That was in Europe and kal vechomer in  America.

RMB
<<It's not a competition. As have been said by a couple of different
people on the RSFM and RSRH thread -- there is no one derekh that works
for everyone.>>

One of my friends once asked R. Dov Katz's son why there are so many 
more Hassidim than mussarniks.  R. Katz answered that there aren't; it's 
just that it's more fun to be a failed Hassid than to be a failed 
mussarnik, so there are a lot more of those.

David Riceman