If someone is a tzadik does that mean you should be their slave? The answer seems to be no.
I heard this issue brought up in a discussion between a Na Nach person and another fellow from the Shuvu Banim Group--both subgroups of Breslov.
The Shuvu Banim fellow was trying to convince the Na Nach guy to hold from the lunatic madman that is the head of their movement. The Na Nach fellow said some things in response to this attempt which I thought were insightful. He said:
"Let us say you have a person who has worked on himself for twenty years. And now he is a tzadik. Does that mean I should be his slave? Sure it is true that he being a tzadik gives him spiritual powers. But should give him power over myself?"
It is classical California type of independence even though the Na Nach fellow was not from California at all but rather from somewhere near Tel Aviv.
This is relevant to many other movements that have nothing to do with Breslov. Some people become in fact righteous and tzadikim and in the back of their minds is the idea that that is how they will make a living. Other will voluntarily contribute money to them once they know that they are tzadikim.
I heard this issue brought up in a discussion between a Na Nach person and another fellow from the Shuvu Banim Group--both subgroups of Breslov.
The Shuvu Banim fellow was trying to convince the Na Nach guy to hold from the lunatic madman that is the head of their movement. The Na Nach fellow said some things in response to this attempt which I thought were insightful. He said:
"Let us say you have a person who has worked on himself for twenty years. And now he is a tzadik. Does that mean I should be his slave? Sure it is true that he being a tzadik gives him spiritual powers. But should give him power over myself?"
It is classical California type of independence even though the Na Nach fellow was not from California at all but rather from somewhere near Tel Aviv.
This is relevant to many other movements that have nothing to do with Breslov. Some people become in fact righteous and tzadikim and in the back of their minds is the idea that that is how they will make a living. Other will voluntarily contribute money to them once they know that they are tzadikim.
