The Rebbe [Moses Zevi] of Savran [d. 1837] quarreled with the Ruzhener. The Rabbi [Abraham Joshua Heschel] of Apta [d. 1825] asked him not to bother him. The Savraner replied, “I will do anything you say Rabbi of Apta but not this.”
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Pinchas Landa
Late Hasidism was perceived and presented in research as a movement of institutionalization and entrenchment that lost the initial Hasidic renaissance, and even degenerated. Recently there have been changes in research and more complex methods and approaches have been introduced that find characteristics unique to late Hasidim.
