AviraDara:
No, nothing in the two statements you quoted were contradictory, but if you agreed with everything in the post until the last paragraph, then at least that’s a relief…
And no, Lubavitchers don’t learn Nefesh Hachaim; with the 250 sifrei chassidus chabad we already have on our plate that would be asking too much… Besides, most of what Nefesh Hachaim contains can already be found in Chassidus (I’ve learnt it before), and would seem redundant to an average Chabad bochur.
But if Nefesh Hachaim is what it takes for a litvishe bochur to learn chassidishe concepts, then fine with me….