rav gifter approached a bochur, did you speak negatively against the lub. rebbe? yes, go to ny take off shoes and ask him for mechilah and tell rebbe i said this, rebbe smiled and said, 'now a great concealment on chassidus has been removed.'
ra gifter had questions on lub, why not join moetzes, why yod tes the holiday of holidays, serveral lub. who learned in telz, motty gerger, boruch rubinstine, matis canter - late 50s, 60s, telz policy no beards only ry, , one of these students had, wwas send to telz by rebbe, he wanted to go to chabad, rebbe told him 2x to go to telz, fire in dorm at telz so no room in dorm, told rebbe no place, rebbe said stay where he was which wsa chofetz chiam balt and next zman after rebuilt to go to telz, bochurim gave him hard time, not adminsitration he said, made fun, badgered, not nice, wrote to rebbe, maybe take off beard, rebbe certainly should not, 13 months there, 64-65, good yeshiva, learned well, good relationshiop with ry and rabbis, mixed relat. telz and lub. r gifter by and large was accepting of lubavitch until late 70s early 80s when rav shach became gadol hador in litvish and had accusations again lubavitch, and r gifter became very vocal opponent, was always vocal, leading supporter of rav schack which meant opposing lub and rebbe, not convinced that was real real slef
traditionally at telz if you came with a beard, didn't have to cut it
brisk studies the what, telz the why
tzamach tzedeck said you can trim your beard but not cut or look like woman