I do believe “Hashem has no body” is more complex than you think (we have many Gemaras, pesukim, and ma’amorim that refer to body parts when talking about Hashem). And I think it was one of the Ani Ma’amims that fell under a machlokes Rishonim. Still, there is universal agreement that Hashem absolutely does not have a body in the way we understand and does not C”V put himself into human form.
@n0mesorah Depends on how you define “worship”. I’m pretty sure that most poskim agree that saying a teffila asking for a bakosho from a dead person with the intent that the dead person can hear the teffila and act to fulfill the bakosho constitutes “worship”. Lubavitcher Rabbonim are literally the only Jews who disagree with that.It’s literally on the website of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Ohel HaMeis and repeated in countless Chabad speeches and outreach programs available online. I’m just going to leave off with some Gan Izzy songs:
His father hears and explains<br>
“My dear son, there is one indeed<br>
Since you’re a chossid, you’re personally loved<br>
By the Rebbe, who cares for your needs”<br>
To be a chossid I strive, to the Rebbe mekusher<br>
To give over my life to the Rebbe’s avodah<br>
I yearn to be close, my heart and my soul<br>
A connection to the Rebbe I hold<br>
Though now we don’t see the Rebbe lematah<br>
In a guf physically, the work so much harder<br>
But a talmid I am, his Torah I learn<br>
While I eagerly await his return<br>
Our Faithful Shepard won’t forsake his flock,<br>
The Rebbe’s loving care will never stop,<br>
In spite of the darkness, The Rebbe hears our cry,<br>
For He is a diamond in the Rebbe’s eyes.<br>