Reply To: The world is in a state of Geula- and don’t misunderstand us!

Regarding The Rebbe just managing to fool people cvs with his charismatic persona:

I think the biggest proof this isn’t the case is the fact that lubavitch is growing today and not shrinking. That 2/3 of the shluchim today have gone out AFTER gimmel tammuz. There is definitely no charisma to draw them in today, and yes the older generation pine for the time they will get to see the Rebbe again. For me and my generation, we don’t even know the extent of what we’re missing as we’ve never seen the Rebbe… I have heard eltere Lubavitcher chassidim say the young chassidim today are much stronger chassidim than they ever were, because we actually have to learn and act on what the Rebbe wants of us, and not merely fool ourselves to think we’re chassidim because we run to Sunday dollars and Farbrengens and bask in the Rebbe’s aura without doing actual avoda.