Manitou explains that Sabbatianism was a heresy based on entering evil to overcome it, which destroyed great spiritual forces. Hassidism saved what Sabbatianism destroyed. The Mitnagdim initially opposed Hassidim fearing another Sabbatian heresy. He uses the parable: to save someone in a mud well, tie yourself to someone above. Abraham stayed pure while Lot tried to be righteous inside Sodom — wanting to be Abraham in the wrong place.