The Rav [R. Schnuer Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chabad] did not come to the Magid [of Mezritsh] to study Torah, but he sought [to acquire] refined character traits. He wanted to see how he [the Magid] ties his shoes.
I.F.
Kinever Rebbe
About the Research Institute
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.
