Monday, November 21, 2022

Different Groups

Group

World view

Focus

Comments

Approach to others

Manalist

Surrounded by enemies

Gemara lomdus

All intellect, not much talk about mitzvos or hasgacha pratis or Hashem or klal Yisroel

Gentiles and reform Jews are enemies, snobbery towards the less learned

Musar-R’ Miller

World full of Hashem’s miracles

Awareness of Hashem through thought

Intellect, some mitzvos particularly chesed, middos, much talk about hashkacha and Hashem

Gentiles mostly shunned, mixed feelings about reform Jews, positive regard for baalei middoes

R’ Soloveitchik

Life full of dichotomies, mystery, wonder

Lomdus, philosophy, feeling, action, tefillah

Similar to Chabad but more of a philosophy of action than action

Generally positive to all

Chassidus-Chabad

World full of holiness

Torah, mitzvos, tefillah

Thought, feeling, action, and supernatural connection, the tzadick

Very positive to all Jews


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