Sabbateanism On Sin
I tried to explain to someone that half the Berland camp think nothing ever happened (or is busy happening!), while the other half, too well aware of the sordid facts, spin justifications employing counterfeit terms such as “Aveirah Lishmah”, “Yeridah Letzorech Aliyah”, etc. (and ‘never shall the twain meet’).
As my interlocuter correctly explained the kosher version of “Yeridah Letzorech Aliyah”:
“A person is not permitted to sin; but if he finds himself in sin, it’s because he’s not really at the spiritual level he thought he was, and he has the opportunity to make a true teshuva, if he can bring himself to avail himself of it, and not remain depressed over his sin (like Reuven over the sale of Yosef, and Ohn ben Pelet, over his near-miss with Korach)”.
Sabbateans, on the other hand, pretend/ed a “Tzaddik” nevertheless has a special license (or even “obligation”) to purposely sin, either (1) so as to “infect” others with his awesome greatness, or (2) so he will mercifully have what to do Teshuvah for (because, sad poor thing, he never seems to collect any Aveiros in life, so how will he gain the special merit of doing Teshuvah?)…
There are some pale hints of this atrocious Sabbateanism in early Chassidic writings, but no more. Now, this is being resurrected by the accursed Berland and half his worshipers.