@NhavsMaimonides Kinda agree. That does show that our mesorah has a way of self regulating and ultimately only absorbing the better parts of controversial movements.
@NhavsMaimonides So this is very thought provoking. Don’t have much space here for much; in one sentence, while your points on the pitfalls of “tzaddik” are so important, perhaps there is a middle ground, where “tzaddik” does refer to some sort of status or achievement. A “level” w/o deification
@NhavsMaimonides@TzviElimelech@shnayor Again, to be clear, are you saying there’s no caliber , level, achievement called “tzaddik” and what are your sources? I don’t entirely disagree with your last post. Yes, we can all indeed have various different moments…it’s the tzaddik thingie I’m interested in.
@zekelehrman@NhavsMaimonides@shnayor Yeah that’s true, but the same Tanya also talks about the tzaddik who has achieved a level of “iskafyah,” which means an outstanding individual who manages to subdue and transform the dark stuff rather then struggle with it.