As with any complete worldview, there are bullets the new adherent to Chassidus must bite. There is an overt acceptance of logical contradiction by dint of G-d, an explicit commitment to trusting tradition and masters above and beyond our own capacity to appreciate. Most difficult for many, however, is Jewish exceptionalism. (What does it say about our …
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