Are the disputes between the Chabad movement and traditional Orthodox Jewish movements disputes ONLY about whether the Moshiach (Messiah) can come from the dead, as many Chabad activists would have us believe?
In Jewish law, a מִין (min) is a term that refers to a person who maintains an atheist or idolatrous intellectual concept of God. According to Rambam, “minim” have no share in the World to Come.
In the Rambam’s comprehensive Jewish law code, Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Teshuvah, Chapter Three, the Rambam lists five types of Jewish “minim”:
“(1) he who says that there is no God and no Omnipotence;
(2) he who says that there is an Omnipotence but that there are two or more such;
(3) he who says that there is One Lord; but that He is corporeal and has a form;
(4)Likewise one who says that He alone is not the First Cause and Creator of all;
(5) likewise he who worships a star, or planet, or any other as a mediator between him and the Lord of the universe; every one of these five is a min.”
Chabad “Meshichistin” are claiming that the deceased Chabad rebbe IS Moshiach now. The dispute with Chabad is certainly NOT about whether or not Moshiach MIGHT come from the dead. This claim is a “red herring” diversion.
Moshiach is not a god in human form. The authentic Moshiach is a living, human Jewish king in Israel, as the prophets of Israel, the Talmud, and the Rambam explained.
We have been seeing more and more books, websites, and Chabad missionaries that promote the deceased Chabad rebbe as a god-like messiah with supernatural qualities, and/or sites that portray him as an intermediary between Man and God.
- This video claims that the deceased Chabad rebbe is “atzmus”, IE the essence of God.
However, the video seems to misquote the Gemara when it refers to “nigleh” (revealed Torah) as being the source that a rebbe can (allegedly) be the essence of God. In fact that quote about Rashbi being the “face of God” seems to come from the Zohar (which is not considered “nigleh”), and it was denounced as blasphemy in the sefer “Mitpachat Seforim” by Rabbi Yaakov Emden zt”l.
2. A prominent Chabad rabbi claims that the Rebbe runs the world:
“The Rebbe runs the world and will save us from exile”
3. Ein Sof and Elokus are terms referring to Hashem.
This “rabbi” claims that the Rebbe is beyond our comprehension, the Rebbe is Ein Sof…the Rebbe is Elokus…:
“Should a Lubavitcher chassid read biographies written about the Rebbe?”
The conflict between Chabad and Orthodox Judaism is really a conflict over the fundamental principles of Judaism, including the 13 Ikkarim (principles of the Rambam).
Using its enormous influence and resources, Chabad promotion of a false moshiach-god threatens the destruction of monotheistic Judaism as we know it.
We must adamantly reject any missionaries, Jews or non-Jews, promoting false theologies.
We must re-assert authentic Torah principles, especially principles currently being blatantly violated:
• Hashem is not matter or energy
• We may not associate Hashem with any entity in this Universe.
• We may only serve, worship and glorify Hashem, not the entities created by Hashem.
• The real Moshiach must be a living Jewish king in Israel. A deceased rabbi cannot be Moshiach.
A few months ago a prominent Torah scholar in Israel told me that the Chabad movement is where Xtianity was 2000 yrs. ago.
This does not mean that every Chabadnik believes that the Chabad Rebbe is the messiah or a supernatural being. However, a non-Chabad Jew must be careful not to attend a Chabad synagogue where the Ikkarim are being violated.
All Jews should know and accept the 13 Ikkarim (principles) of Rambam.
13 Ikkarim of Rambam:
TORAH METAPHYSICS 