All the questions below represent distortions of nuances. For example, we don’t say bowing down to AZ is almost the same as bowing down to Hashem, which is the holiest thing, so bowing to AZ is second holiest.
Rather AZ is the worst thing possible.
Similarly, we don’t say that bringing a new neshama down to the world is the holiest thing so any way of doing it should be fine. Rather a relationship between a man and woman can be the ultimate of klipa or the ultimate of kedusha.
The reason is because anything with a lofty potential can fall much lower.
So the questions below remind me of the quotes that anti Semites quote out of context from the gemara to prove that the Jews are the vilest people in the world.
Especially in matters of kedusha nuance matters so much, as a misstep the wrong way can result in AZ CVS.
So really you need context for all these questions, and then you can understand.
“Did the Rebbe say the following…?
* A Rebbe is G-d in a body”
The way you mean it, obviously not. However the Rebbe did quote the Zohar which states that looking at the face of the Master (Rashbi) was like looking at the face of Hashem.
I again suggest learning the maamar byom ashtei asar to gain more understanding of tzaddikim s role in the world.
“Lubavitchers (and only Lubavitchers) don’t have to sleep in a Sukkah”
In short, lubavitchers follow their Rebbeim. Since the Rebbeim were uncomfortable to sleep in the Sukka because of the lofty giluim revealed within, so we are also uncomfortable to sleep there because we are aware of this from our Rebbeim. For more understanding, see the original sicha for the whole halachic analysis. I don’t know which chelek in likutei sichos it’s in offhand, but I’m sure one of the bochurim could fill you in.
“* The Alter Rebbe was on a higher level of Pnimuyus HaTorah than Rav Yochanan ben Zakai”
Never heard this
* The Bais Hamikdash will not be built in Eretz Yisroel but in 770 and then transported to Eretz Yisroel, since 770 is “the place of Moshiach”
Yeah but again you need to learn the source for context. See kuntres beis Rabbeinu shebibavel 5752