CS re the ternm Nassi: “Incorrect. It’s in sefarim more recent than that. (Arso has looked into it- ask him).”
Arso reporting for duty! It may not have ended by the early Amora’iim – the truth is that I don’t remember what I found when I investigaed it – but it certainly ended over a thousand years ago.
“Yes lubavitch is unique in applying it to their Rebbeim. I guess as descendants of Beis Dovid, we are unique.”
I would be rolling on the floor laughing if your posts weren’t so sad. As I have written a number of times, your rebbes are as much descendants of Beis Dovid as I, and possibly your won husband, are. No proof whatsoever. And, for your information, there are many gedolei Yisroel around today who are descendants of Beis Dovid, and although they may not be able to prove it 100% with witnesses, their claims have more base to it that Lubavich’s.
” And the term connotes responsibility for all Jews, not just your community.
And yes we’re proud of it and it wouldn’t bother us if others had the same outlook- it would be great if every community looked out for the entire Klal Yisrael.”
Reason for more laughter… and tears. Although I am a chassid of only one Rebbe shlita, I KNOW that there are many out there who care about – and who spend hours, days, months and years working for – the benefit and responsibility of the entire Klal Yisroel.
But we don’t make up a term in order to show (ourselves mainly, as I wrote earlier, as a crutch) that we are the best. The last well-known group who did that LEHAVDIL also came up with a unique term. I believe it was son of G-d עפרא לפומייהו!