Reply To: Clarification to mod and DaMoshe

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“n one post you claimed you were not aware of official Habad Policy before the Histalkus / Disappearance of 1994.
In a subsequent post you claimed , you are well aware of it .”

Depends what aspect you’re talking about, and if I’ve heard something once or twice or looked into something in depth.

Be it as it may , the following question is very pertinent –

“When will we get an unreserved acknowledgement that Official Habad made two major U-Turns in the last 60 – 70 years ?
Or possibly , alternatively rephrased as “one Major U-Turn and one Great Deception” ?”

What I know is (again I was born after) that the Rebbe started off the Nesius by saying that we are the seventh generation who’s job is to bring the Shechina back down to earth (just like Moshe- seventh from Avraham). And we’re not better than other generations- it’s just our mission as the lucky 7 (kol shviin chavivin.) the Rebbe will help us but he will not do the work for us.

There was always an emphasis on bringing Moshiach. This was nothing new- the Frierdiker Rebbe had a campaign around the Holocaust time- lalter liteshuva lalter lGeula.

Seeing the Rebbe as Moshiach of the generation is also nothing new. At least the third Lubavitcher Rebbe was held this way, and possibly many others. The Rebbe also referenced the Frierdiker Rebbe as Moshiach during the Rebbe’s nesius. (Another reason why Moshiach min hameisim is moot- if the Rebbe could say the Frierdiker Rebbe could have techias hameisim and come back with the first wave, what’s the issue?)

As far as the Rebbe himself being called Moshiach- at first it was probably unheard of as the Rebbe was completely batul to his father in law. In time, with whatever communications the Rebbe received, he slowly began to reveal it to those closest to him, hence the change of position, but still didn’t feel this was suitable for the world at large. Later on that changed somewhat too. So this isn’ta series of flip flops rather a one way process.

There is more to be said about how Gimmel Tammuz affected Chabad, and I’ll save that for my next time.

“But , Please – please , Not by saying that the non habad world ALSO made a u- turn by initially [pre 94] opposing habad ‘candidacy’ for M , based on the premise that M comes from the dead . and somehow only now [after 94] insisting M only comes from the living.
That’s a factual non starter …”

To be honest, I have heard this more than once, and it probably has some basis- if you could give background from your end would be nice. I never looked into it yet