When R. Isaac Skverer’s wife Malkah, the daughter of the Ruzhiner, passed away, the Ruzhiner said: “It doesn’t pain me as much over the queen (Malkah) as over the king (melekh).” The Ruzhiner loved the Skverer very much.
I.F.
David Twersky
Descendent of the Skverer
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.
