One of the tricky parts of teaching the Tanya, the Written Torah1 of Chassidic philosophy, is that the work eschews polemic. The Alter Rebbe didn’t write Tanya to explain why you need Chassidus. He does not attempt to convince you his answers are correct.
Tanya is for people who already know the problem and already trust the Rebbe knows the answers. The …
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