I don’t claim to be יודע דעת עליון ח”ו, but I will note that the lack of emphasis on basic mitzvos and mentchlichkeit has produced a warped creature who can sing the nigun of the week but lacks care for a mitzvah or derech eretz for elders.

It must be said clearly: “Chassidishkeit for children” (as a formal program, not in the avir of a home) is a new invention and was not sanctioned by the Rebbe. For everyone’s sake, we should go back to the Tzivos Hashem that the Rebbe encouraged.

this is an issue many have with the present tzivos Hashem program – first of all, want to commend them on all the amazing things they do, creating a very active program – but seems that the Rebbe had in mind an all-inclusive army where every jewish child of every age and stage is comfortable and welcomed, not working through schools, and basically being a chassidishe after-school curriculum…

afaik (though i may very well be wrong), before gimmel tammuz (and in moshiach times till now) the missions are universal missions, like helping cleaning the house for pesach and asking mah nishtana, not singing a specific niggun at the shabbos table… to be clear, these are positive things in their own right, but seems like mishen kashe mit borsht, and daas elyon vs daas tachton should be kept distinct.

also something else i noticed is the use of the hebrew term chayal instead of the english term soldier. the Rebbe consistently uses the term soldier in english when talking to the kids (in general, the Rebbe rarely uses the term when talking about soldiers in general, usually using the term אנשי צבא thats used in chumash). seemingly, using a hebrew term makes things more abstract, whereas using the regular term soldier will actually give the child the feeling that hes a full soldier with the kabbalas ol the Rebbe wants to instill as a result (see the famous english letter about tzivos Hashem for elaboration).

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