OrthodoxRabbi wrote:
“there were big chasidic personalities who said it would be their rebbe after their passing.”
I have never heard anything like that before. Can you please provide a source?
“The maharsha then wouldn’t compare to rashi and rashi to Chizkiya and Chizkiya to Shlomo hamelech.”
And what exactly is the problem in saying that? I don’t get your point.
“the only option ur allowed to say is Shlomo or king David if u count him. And yet the Gemara should have said shlomo instead of daniel. Why did it say daniel?”
You are basing your “choice” of Mashiach on the premise – and I believe it is a misconception – that Mashiach has to be the greatest person in the generation. Nowhere does the Rambam say that. If it were true, how could R Akiva have thought that Bar Kochba was Mashiach? Did R Akiva think that Bar Kochba was greater than all the other Tanna’im of his generation. I think not. In fact we see that the Chachamim considered Bar Kochba acting improperly when he had his warriors remove a thumb/finger. Rather, Mashiach has to have certain attributes, and R Akiva believed that Bar Kochba had them. This could also explain why Daniel was considered a possible Mashiach, and not Shlomo Hamelech. Daniel must have had the required attributes.
“As mentioned earlier a few people say it is because of his desire for Moshiach.”
Could we have a source please?
“if the rebbe was chosen before he passed away as many in lubavitch want to claim then the field is no longer open to who is the better candidate as the rebbe was already approved for the job.”
That is an absolutely HUGE “if”. And let me assure you that 100% of shomrei Torah uMitzvos who are not Lubavichers do not believe that he was chosen.
“Likewise if the rebbe is chezkas moshiach…”
He isn’t! As I have challenged more than once, show me how ANY of the Rambam’s prerequisites for Chezkas Mashiach apply to the Lubavicher rebbe.