Original sentence: " This view is presented by Chabad Jews as being identical to that of mainstream Hasidic Judaism, but it has been rejected as heretical by many Orthodox Jews.In this view the words of the tzadik are the words of God (Pavzener, based on Tanya Chapter 2).Many see this as a new formulation of hasidic philosophy that contradicts the Jewish principles of faith.Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson's teachings developed this theology into a new direction, holding that "It is not possible to ask a question about a [Rebbe being a] go-between, since this is the essence of God Himself, as He has clothed Himself in a human body" (Likutei Sichos II:510-511).Schneerson holds that a tzadik, who does whatever God wants, effectively nullifies their own soul as his soul joins with the will of God.Schneerson makes this explicit "Just as 'God and the Torah and the Jews are One', means not just that the Jews are connected to the Torah and to God, but literally they are all one, so too is the connection of Chassidim and their Rebbe, they are not like two things that become united but rather they become literally one.Therefore, to a Chosid, him and the Rebbe and God are one entity
Edited sentence: And the Rebbe is not an intermediary which separates rather he is one that connects.In 1951 the seventh Rebbe of chabad, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson said a similar statement, (Lekutei Sichos Vol 2 pg 510-511) saying regarding the practice by Hasidim to have a Rebbe act as an intermediary with God on their behalf, by explaining that "the Rebbe is completely connected with his Hasidim, not like two separate things that connect, rather they become completely one.Therefore by a Hassid, he with the Rebbe with God are all one...Therefore one can not ask a question about an intermediary since this is the essence of God Himself, as He has clothed Himself in a human body" While the term received little attention at the time, it was later used to shock those who have no exposure to these sources