keraveltheint to me: “If you would kindly take the time to read the posts above, you would see that the statement “tzadikim run the world” does not mean what you’re saying it means. “Tzadikim running the world” simply means that through their influence of the Jewish people they, in turn, influence how Hashem chooses to relate to the world and which hashpaos Hashem chooses to give the world. ”
True, no lubavicher here actually said it about his rebbe, but you did quote the following from the Toldos Aharon Rebbe, and you were using it to support the belief in the lubavicher rebbe:
“The Rebbe Shlit”a explained, That he would hear often from him (HaRebbe of Dzhikov), that for tzadikim the strength is given from Shomayim to run the world how they desire it to be run, they hold the world in their hands…”
That certainly seems to me to mean that if the tzaddik wants Mashiach to come there is nothing to stop him.
Another thing I’d like clarified: can the concept that a dead tzadik is more “powerful” than a live tzadik be found in sources other than lubavich?