bers are satisfied with the result because the choice was God's."
Hasidism stresses the superiority of religious enthusiasm and devotion over study and intellectualism. The Hasidic people have a deep distrust of the printed word, particularly when authored by those outside its immediate spiritual community. The Hasidim prefer to rely on the writings that result from the oral tradition initiated by Baal Shem Tov. As one Hasidic student explained, "I trust Lubavitcher books . . . and the collections of the rebbes' discourses, because our Rebbe got the information in them from the rebbe before him, and so on in an unbroken chain."
The Hasidic Jews prefer to teach their students in private schools, with boys and girls edu
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