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

YR post 2:
Now the Rebbe fulfilled the conditions for being bchezkas Moshiach which are to be
1) a king from Beis Dovid
2)Well versed in Torah and oisek bmitzvos like Dovid his ancestor
3) He coerces the Jewish people to go in Torah’s ways and strengthen (ie fix) its breaches
4) He fights the wars of Hashem
(If you have questions on that, I’ll be happy to answer. Just trying to avoid elaboration where I can.)

Now if someone is bchezkas Moshiach, he is considered so unless:
a) He is unsuccessful
B) He is killed.

Looking at the context here, two main things emerge as the qualifications needed to be Moshiach. One is the Moshiach’s personal qualities, and the other is his effect on the world, preparing it for the Geula.

Now if his efforts fall short and he fails to get the world to the geula (as the next stage of Moshiach vadai denotes), then his chazaka as Moshiach is broken. If the evil forces of the world, which he is meant to defeat, manage to defeat him instead, to the extent that they kill him, he is not worthy of being Moshiach.

Now what happens if the ‘Bchezkas Moshiach’ passes away? Well normally, that ends his efforts so as per A), his chazaka is broken.

But in this case, that isn’t the case, as the Rebbe’s efforts to reach every Jew and even non Jews, continue and have only grown stronger, until today, mainly through the shluchim.

Any shliach you ask will tell you that they are only able to do what they do by the koach of the Rebbe. But can this halachically be considered the Rebbe’s efforts?

Well we have the halacha that shlucho shel adam kmoso. Also, remember Shimshon, about whom it is said that he reigned for 40 years although he only lived as a shofet for 20. Why? Because his influence over the plishtim extended 20 years after his passing, and Torah therefore writes that HE ruled the yidden for all those 40 years. So as long as the Rebbe’s efforts continue, he can still be considered bchezkas Moshiach.

TBC