Beards & Crown Heights

I love this shit. Some well intentioned folks in Crown Heights decide to make a "hakhel" shabbos, full of unity and love, but some asshole has to bitch and find fault with people's ... beards. That's right. Beards. They touch their beards therefore they're not holy enough, and their attempt to make good in the community is worthless. Fuck this guy. People like Chaim make me sick -

“chaim wrote:

make room for the new generations of leaders? b"h for the older generation we still know what chasidim are. the new generation has a lot to be desired. where to start? oh, maybe the bais shmuel men can grow beards- that might be a nice beginning. of course there are some who do- but unfortunately the majority touch their beards.

12/07/08 - 03:44 -

Our inside analysts have identified the beard tampering infidels Chaim doesn't like -

But then an op-ed piece in CrownHeights.info titled "To Beard or Not to Beard" an anonymous writer takes assholes like Chaim to task:

Of course we all know that a Chabad Chassid should have a beard. But does one who has a beard make them entitled to write negative comments on those who do not, or touch their beard? Does it make you a better person than those who touch their beards? Does a quick glance at someone’s facial hair give you a right to comment on that persons Avodas Hashem? Does it give you a right to jump to conclusions about this person? If a non-Chabadnik without a beard would walk into a Chabad House, would he be judged because he does not have a beard? Our unconditional love for non-Lubavitchers should and does apply just the same to Lubavitchers. The Rebbe never distinguished between Yidden. All that mattered to the Rebbe was the Neshoma. As a Chassid, the same should apply to you. Of course, more is expected of us as Chassidim - but let that start with Ahavas Yisroel, and let it work itself up from there.