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>>>It is reported that the Rebbe made predictions and performed miracles. Rambam writes (Yesodei hatorah 8) that signs are irrelevant, and Israel did not believe in Moses our Rabbi as a result of the signs that he performed.
If I understand correctly, you are saying that according to the Rambam, performing miracles and predicting the future are not proof that one is a novi.
If this is truly what you meant, this is called מגלה פנים בתורה שלא כהלכה.
How do you have the chutzpa to publicly forge the Rambam like this?
(I thought it’s only the Rebbe who you take random statements out of context לקנטר. Now I see that you do the same with the Rambam, רחמנא ליצלן.)
For everyone else who isn’t sure what I’m talking about:
The Rambam says that Moshe was the the head of all the nevi’im because he wasn’t believed because of miracles, rather because we, with our own eyes, saw Hashem speak to him at Mattan Torah (יסודי התורה ח).
Then, Moshe commanded us: “נביא מקרבך מאחיך כמני יקים לך ה’ אלקיך אליו תשמעון”.
The way to recognize a novi, Moshe told us, is if he performs miracles or predicts the future (יסודי התורה י).
If he shows these signs, we know that he was sent by Hashem, and אליו תשמעון – we must obey him.
>>>his followers believe that he is a god
I already answered this enough times. No point going back there.