II Kings 12:3: Yoash makes himself into an object of worship (sources)

Yehoash did what was upright in the eyes of the Almighty all his days, as Yehoyada the Kohen taught him.” Rashi: ‘All his days, as Yehoyada taught him’ — But once Yehoyada died, then ‘the officers of Judah came to prostate themselves to the king’ (II Chronicles 24:17), and they deified him. They said to […]

Mishnah Berurah cites Tanya — and rules like Chasidim over Misnagdim!

In the above exerpt from Mishnah Berurah, the author cites as a halachic source the book Tanya, written by the famed Chasidic master Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, also known as the first Lubavitcher Rebbe. He goes on to say that the view of the Tanya is opposed by the book Dagul meRevavah, written by […]