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

Regarding coverting post 1:

So does that mean we want everyone to become lubavitchers?

As sechel said, no. Or if you want the real truth, yes but no. There’s levels of the ideals of the Rebbes vision:

Step one: getting everyone to do Torah and mitzvos

Step two: everyone should learn Chassidus

And step 3: the ultimate (which sechel didn’t address) everyone, while remaining in their own kreiz, with their own unique minhagim and chumros etc, should unite under the Rebbe/ the Rebbe’s horaos and if this would happen for sure moshiach would be here, no doubt about it.

We saw this in the midbar: every shevet had their own Nassi of the shevet, and their own unique way of serving Hashem, and yet they were united under Moshe Rabbeinu.

Later on, in eretz Yisrael, they united under one shofet and later on, one king. And so we will by moshiachs times as well.

But this is not coverting – like steps one and two- its a choice that everyone makes for themselves without any coercion. Ain melech blo am. As has been the case with Torah leaders throughout history.

Also, another thing, each step has merit on its own. Shluchim feel fortunate that a yid does mitzvos even if he never becomes frum. Because the mitzvah itself has value. And there are many who stay that way. There are also many who go the full length bh to the next level and become frum. Yidden who are frum can take their Yiddishkeit to the next level by learning Chassidus. Stage three is something that we don’t expect, are not looking to do – if someone wants to take that upon themselves, then we respect them for it.

And in many ways the frum world has moved in this direction with regards to how they view fellow Jews who aren’t/ are less frum etc. But the point is its something that has to come from within and from a feeling of conviction that this is the right thing to do.

Whereas lhavdil elef havdolos, the non Jewish missionary way (I took a Jews from Judaism class once) is to a) take things out of context or b) mistranslate. Ie trickery and falsehoods. And for sure push things using coercion (whether physical as in past generations or fear mongering, pressure, withdrawal of services etc)