Where does the inyan of davening with a Tzaddik on Rosh HaShanah come from? Where did it start? Was there ever such a minhag before chassidus come along? (Assuming it started with the Chassidim -- my question before this was with which chassididm did it start with since that was my assumption.)
Asked
Active
Viewed 98 times
1
-
Live Tzadikkim? – JNF Sep 24 '12 at 07:22
-
Yes, let's start with Tzaddikim that are physically alive – Yehoshua Sep 24 '12 at 09:45
-
Perhaps the Tzaddik lifting the overall (spiritual) level of the Tzibbur, so people try to be part of that Tzibbur. – JNF Sep 24 '12 at 09:52
-
The question was in the history, where did it start? By Chassidim? Before Chassidim? Not so much the reasons... – Yehoshua Sep 24 '12 at 09:55
-
Related: https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/83924/rabbi-nachman-on-connecting-to-tzaddikim-and-tefillah/84585#84585 – TrustMeI'mARabbi Feb 07 '18 at 02:21