Editing Shneur Zalman of Liadi (section)

===Misnagdim===
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In the course of the Hasidic movement's establishment, opponents ([[Misnagdim]]) arose among the local Jewish community. Disagreements between Hasidim and their opponents included debates concerning knives used by butchers for ''[[shechita]]'', and the phrasing of prayers, among others.<ref>See ''The Hasidic Movement and the Gaon of Vilna'' by Elijah Judah Schochet. For a full treatment of this subject see ''The Great Maggid'' by [[Jacob Immanuel Schochet]], 3rd ed. 1990, ch. X, {{ISBN|0-8266-0414-5}}.</ref> Shneur Zalman and a fellow Hasidic leader, [[Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk]] (or, according to the tradition in the Soloveitchik family, [[Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev]]), attempted to persuade the leader of Lithuanian Jewry, the [[Vilna Gaon]], of the legitimacy of Hasidic practices. However, the ''Gaon'' refused to meet with them.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chabad.org/therebbe/livingtorah/player_cdo/aid/575008/jewish/An-Encounter-with-the-Alter-Rebbe.htm|title=An Encounter with the Alter Rebbe - Program One Hundred Sixty Eight - Living Torah|accessdate=2 December 2023}}</ref>