Arso,
“Hold on a second. The Lubavicher rebbe claiimed his father-in-law was Mashiach? So was he wrong or right? If he was wrong, then you admit that he could be wrong, and thus possibly wrong in other statements. If he was right, then his father-in-law was Mashiach – and btw he hasn’t been alive for over 70 years and has still not returned! – so your rebbe was not Mashiach.”
The Rebbe was completely batul to his father in law, and even took the panim he received to the Frierdiker Rebbes ohel, where he would come back with the answers. When the Rashag was once pressed as to why he dropped his bid to become Rebbe, and became a chossid of his brother in law, he said that since the Frierdiker Rebbes histalkus, he hasn’t heard from him, whereas his brother in law, The Rebbe claimed to be in touch. One thing I know, he said, I’d that my brother in law is not a lier. So I became his chossid.
Basically they’re one essence, even more than the other Rebbeim, as this kept up the entire nesius. So either way is fine, but there are references to it being the dor hashvii etc.
“Having had tons of experience with Lubavich obfuscating (another word which I never get to use, so please mods don’t delete that word!) I am guessing that you will answer something along the lines that they are really the same person and the neshama has moved from one to the other, being “nesi’im” of Chabad. So if that’s the case, simply appoint another live “nasi” and he wil be a live Mashiach, removing so many of the problems.”
2 answers:
1. In lubavitch, a Rebbe is not an inspirational
yid. We have Mashpiim and Rabbonim. He is an extension of Moshe Rabbeinu, who stood
between the yidden and Hashem, whose every word is Hashem’s word. (A Rebbe doesn’t know everything, but whatever he says in response to a chossid is from Hashem. Like the time The Rebbe advised someone to miss their place with later crashed- when asked why he didn’t say the reason so more people could have been saved- he said he didn’t know the reason. He just knew that the person shouldn’t get on.) this applies in Avodas Hashem- what is this persons personal shlichus in this world, generational shlichus etc. And also to help people connect to Hashem and help them receive Hashem’s brachos, which may have been impeded by certain things with the Rebbe tells the person to take care of (being more careful with a certain Mitzvah etc.)
If you need a tailor, even if there’s an abundance of plumbers, it’s not gonna help you. Same here, there is simply no one else of Rebbe material in Lubavitch, and if you’rea good mashpia or Rav, that’s wonderful, but you’re nota a Rebbe.
Answer 2: The Rebbe told us all that were the next Rebbe- meaning he turned over the mission he devoted his life to, to us. So we don’t need a new Rebbe to tell us what is needed today- we know exactly what to do and have the tools to do it. By the Rebbes kevura, the shluchim promised not to stop their shlichus, and to carry on until we succeed in bringing Moshiach, which is what we were tasked with. So it’s irrelevant.