Editing The Split of Chabad Chassidus (section)

== The Attitude of Our Rebbes to the Different Branches ==
[[File:בזפלוב שמואל.jpg|thumb|Rabbi Shmuel Bezpalov, who, because of his connection to Lubavitch, refused to inherit the position of Rabbi Shmarya Noach Schneerson of Babroisk in the role of Rebbe, and in practice only replaced him in the rabbinate.]]
At the time of the split, there was a critical attitude in Lubavitch toward the various branches of Chabad, but today this has changed. The Rebbe Rayatz and the Rebbe considered the Rebbes of the various branches of Chabad as part of the Chabad Rebbes, but as different branches.

The Rebbe Rayatz, who noted the sons and grandsons of the Tzemach Tzedek in "HaKriah V'HaKedusha," called them by the title "Admor" (Rebbe). The Rebbe mentioned this in one of his talks and stated that from this we learn that every Jew can take the expansion and broadening of the title Admor.

When the editors of the Yagdil Torah collection included the words of Rabbi Yitzchak Dov Ber Schneerson (the Maharid) of Lyadi in the section "Early Chassidim," and when they brought the collection before the Rebbe for proofreading, the Rebbe moved it to the section "Our Rebbes," but with a separation of three dots between him and the Rebbe Rashab.

In Tel Aviv lived a grandson of Rabbi Shmarya Noach of Babroisk who had holy writings of the Rebbe Tzemach Tzedek. R' Binyamin Gorodetzky wanted to present them to the Rebbe, and that grandson agreed after persuasion. In response, the Rebbe printed the book "Shemen LaMaor" - the sermons of Rabbi Shmarya Noach. When Rabbi Shaul Dov Ber Zislin heard that the book of the Rebbe of Babroisk, Shemen LaMaor, was printed in Kfar Chabad, he went to R' Pinchas Althaus and asked, "Is it possible?" When R' Pinchas told him it was with the Rebbe's approval, Rabbi Zislin calmed down.
[[File:בברויסק.jpg|thumb|Rabbi Shmarya Noach of Babroisk]]
When the Rebbe came to comfort the Rashag on 25 Tishrei 5730 (1969) after the passing of his mother, exchanges were recorded between him and the Rashag regarding the book "Magen Avot" by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Schneerson of Kopust. Among other things, the Rashag asked the Rebbe if he had studied the book "Magen Avot," and the Rebbe replied affirmatively. The Rashag added and said that at first he was afraid to study this book because it was known that there was objection to those who studied the books of Kopust, but when he heard from the Rebbe Rayatz that the book "Magen Avot" is based on the discourses of the Tzemach Tzedek, he calmed down and began to study the book. The Rebbe even said that the discourses of Magen Avot are "pleasant discourses." Later in the conversation, the Rebbe added and noted that at the time of the split, there was even a prohibition and objection to those who studied the book Derech Mitzvotecha of the Tzemach Tzedek, despite the fact that only the introduction was written by a chassid of Kopust, but the Rebbe noted that this was only a temporary directive, and today one can study Magen Avot.