For What Does Your Worldview Overcompensate?
On Theology and Psychology
There’s a folkloric saying that Breslov Hasidim are obsessed with joy because they are depressives; Karliner Hasidim are obsessed with controlling their emotions because they are angry; and Chabad Hasidim are obsessed with nullifying their egos because they are ego-maniacs.
The (reductive) sentiment behind the saying is that a person’s theological or phi…
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