- Moshiach
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- Rabbi Reuven Mann - Dean, Masoret Institute
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- The Rambam, whose position on Moshiach is considered authoritative
by the Rebbe, clearly lays out the basic criteria by which the
Moshiach will be known. He will bring the entire Jewish people back to
a faithful observance of Torah, according to the written and oral
laws, will fight, successfully, the wars of G-d, will build the Holy
Temple in it's place and ingather the exiles of Israel. The Rambam
makes it clear that if he fails at any point then, no matter how great
a tzadik he may be, he is not the Moshiach. It is impossible for an
unbiased and honest person to maintain that the Rebbe fulfilled the
conditions listed by the Rambam. Many people approach the sources with
a preconceived notion(their belief in the Rebbe as Moshiach is rooted
entirely in their own emotions) and they then distort the sources to
make them conform to their baseless position. I have seen the
dishonest and convoluted reasoning employed by some Lubabvitchers to
defend their position. The distortion of Torah sources to defend
personal emotional biasses is a grave sin. The facts are: the majority
of the Jewish people today do not observe the Torah properly, there is
no Jewish king who has vanquished the enemies of G-d, the Temple has
not been built and the exiles have not returned.
- We must conclude that Moshiach has not yet come and therefore the
Rebbe A.H. was not Moshiach. To argue otherwise is a distortion of
Torah and a disservice to the memory of the Rebbe.
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