Response To Attack On Yudel's Messiahship

Recently, there has been an outbreak of vicious attacks challenging the belief that Yudel is Moshiach. These attacks stem from extreme anti-Yudelean sentiments and are geared only to cause dissension among Jews. What is transparent in all these attacks is that they are firmly based upon a foundation of hatred rather than logic.

Here, I will address some of the many objections to Yudel's meshichus, and by doing so it will become blatantly obvious that these accusations do not carry with them a shred of reason.

At the same time I call upon all Jews to strive for inclusiveness and understanding. I have already shown that the belief that Yudel is Moshiach is not just some emotional whim but a sound logical conclusion based on an objective analysis of the evidence. If someone is not ready to accept this yet, I pray that he has the strength to overcome his emotional barriers and to see the truth. Until then, I ask that everyone should bear with themselves a sense of acceptance for all Jews regardless of their differences, and should work towards unity rather than the perpetuation of disputations and division.

Following is a list of the most popular challenges and the response to them:

The Rebbe never left Yudel as Nosi.

Oh, so now you want to argue with the Rebbe? The Rebbe made this decision, and who are you to question it?

There were thousands of people in the room when mincho started, why do you think that Yudel is the one the Rebbe meant?

Everything the Rebbe said was a nevu'a. Now you're trying to be kofer in the Rebbe's nevu'a?! If the Rebbe said it then it has to be true.

The Rebbe never gave Yudel the tambourine.

Why are you trying to cause machlokes? You know, this weeks parasha speaks about the importance of achdus yisroel. Also, the Rabbonim spoke out very strongly against people who are trying to cause machlokes.

The mittler Rebbe was dor sheini so that would make Yudel dor shemini not dor shevi'i.

The Rebbe said that Moshiach would come in dor shevi'i not dor shemini. But I see already that you have no respect for anything the Rebbe said so there's no point in discussing this further with someone who is clearly kofer in the nevu'a of the Rebbe.

Many people were born when the footnote in Sefer ha-Sichos 5749 was written.

Why are you so hateful? Is that what they taught you in your yeshiva, hatred? Maybe if you would just vahrem zich op a bissel you wouldn't be so full of hatred.

The Rebbe mentions only that Moshiach must have been born, but he never says that he could not have died.

If so, what was the Rebbe's certainty that Moshiach had been born based on? Both the scenarios of the unborn and the undead are equally fantastical. The reason is that the Rebbe knew who Moshiach was, Yudel, and that he had been born.

What? Danish? What are you talking about?!

A Danish is a pastry made of a rich raised dough. Maybe if you spent more time in 770 you would know that.

Yoel Kahn never said that Yudel is Moshiach.

Who are you to argue with Yoel Kahn — he knows a LOT more Chasidus than you. Why do you even think that you know better than him?

Rav Aharon Soloveitchick never said that there's no basis for saying that Yudel isn't Moshiach.

Why are you always trying to seed hatred and division? In these times it is very important that we have achdus, so please don't spread your hateful lies.

No court ever recognized Yudel as Nosi.

The Rebbe said in a sicha about Korach that even though Moshe davened for Yidden when they were doing bad things, it didn't work for Korach because he was kofer in Moshe himself. That's what you're doing. If you've already made up your mind to be kofer in the moshe she-be-dor then I can't explain it to you. First you have to have emuna peshuta in Yudel and then you won't have all these kefirodikeh ideas. But since you're starting off by rejecting Yudel I don't see any point in trying to explain it to you.

Are you saying that anyone who gets a cold is Moshiach based on the nevu'a of Yeshaya?

Why do you have to make machlokes? What do you care what I believe? There's nothing wrong with this belief. If you don't want to believe it then you don't have to, but there's no place for you in Lubavitch if you don't.

The name Chayim plus the letter daled does not have the same gematriyo as the word "guf," Chayim and daled is 72 while guf is 89.

I wasn't the one who said that a Rebbe is Atzmus areingeshtelt in a guf, the Rebbe was the one who said it. If you have a problem with this then you're kofer in the Rebbe and there's nothing to talk about. Your problem is that you're trying to use seichel to understand it. Seichel is apikorsus. This isn't a matter that is al pi siechel, this is a matter of emuna which is lema'lo mi-ta'am vo-da'as.