Chassidus: From Redemption Stories to Kerestir ‘Malum in Se’ AMORALISM
And foolish trust in fake impunity.
Read some real-life examples here (but ignore the dubious academic framing)…
The most shocking example for me was that of the monster M. Leifer’s sister.
And if you wonder whether it’s actually happening, and at what scale, here is Yisroel Besser of Mishpacha:
But if, for example, a building goes up, and it doesn’t meet the code at all, but before the inspector comes, a sticker with a picture of Reb Shayale is affixed to the flimsy scaffold — it’s doubtful that that he will be there petitioning for the builder, since a defective structure with real potential to cause harm to others kind of goes against the ethos of Kerestir.
If, for example, someone is driving way above the speed limit, and then, when he’s pulled over, he snarls out a Reb Shayale-based incantation, it’s unlikely that the tzaddik will step up, because the act of endangering other drivers or creating panic on the roads wasn’t so much his thing. He was more into letting others pass.
There is a difference between Jew-hatred and justice, even approximate justice. It’s assur to bribe a non-Jewish judge.
The kindest way to put this: נשתכחה תורת הבעש”ט.