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Thousands remember the Lubavitch rebbe
Observing 10th anniversary of his death, they mourn Jewish leader some see as messiah
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
BY LUKAS I. ALPERT
Associated Press
The Lubavitchers were one of many Hasidic groups that were uprooted from Eastern Europe by the Holocaust and came to the United States.
But when Schneerson took over as grand rebbe in 1950, the Lubavitchers became the most outward- looking of the ultrareligious groups, constructing giant Chanuka menorahs in public places, proselytizing among less pious Jews and building Chabad centers from Sao Paulo to Bangkok.
"They chose to engage with the modern world," said Samuel Heilman, a professor of Jewish studies and sociology at the City University of New York. "Unlike every other Hasidic group -- which are very localized -- it's like joining the Navy: You can go and see the world."
The once-tiny sect has swelled in numbers and influence. Estimates of followers vary widely, ranging from tens of thousands to a million or more, and Lubavitchers have become a powerful religious and economic institution throughout the world Jewish community.
Schneerson's teachings were the movement's driving force, and some of his followers believed that he was the messiah, although he never claimed to be so, and that he would rise again to deliver the Jewish people as prophesied in the Old Testament. His charismatic leadership made him widely considered one of the foremost Jewish figures of the past half-century.
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-16/1087974742222620.xml
The body of a Jewish persons of a totally different quality from the body of members of all other nations of the world. Bodies of the Gentiles are in vain. An even greater difference is in regard to the soul . . .A non-Jewish soul comes from three satanic spheres, while the Jewish soul stems from holiness.
Lubavitcher Rabbi Mendel Schneerson
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Bush meets Lubavitch rabbis to mark late Rebbe's 100th birthday
By Shlomo Shamir
NEW YORK - U.S. President George W. Bush hosted a delegation of 10 leading rabbis and officials from the Lubavitch Hasidic movement at the White House yesterday. The 90-minute meeting took place in the framework of events organized by the movement to mark the 100th birthday of the late Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
"The president was very friendly," Rabbi Avraham Shem-Tov, who headed the delegation, told Ha'aretz, adding that Bush had presented himself as a believer and had spoken about the central role of faith in an individual's life. The president told the delegation that during his visit to China, he had stressed the importance of religious faith.
Another of the members of the Lubavitch delegation said that Bush had spoken of the temporary nature of the presidency. "My home is in Texas; and in my capacity as president, I am serving as the guardian of the Oval Office," the president was quoted as saying.
Bush added his signature to a document declaring the late Rebbe's birthday "The day of education and charity."
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=145483&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Thousands remember the Lubavitch rebbe
Observing 10th anniversary of his death, they mourn Jewish leader some see as messiah
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
BY LUKAS I. ALPERT
Associated Press
The Lubavitchers were one of many Hasidic groups that were uprooted from Eastern Europe by the Holocaust and came to the United States.
But when Schneerson took over as grand rebbe in 1950, the Lubavitchers became the most outward- looking of the ultrareligious groups, constructing giant Chanuka menorahs in public places, proselytizing among less pious Jews and building Chabad centers from Sao Paulo to Bangkok.
"They chose to engage with the modern world," said Samuel Heilman, a professor of Jewish studies and sociology at the City University of New York. "Unlike every other Hasidic group -- which are very localized -- it's like joining the Navy: You can go and see the world."
The once-tiny sect has swelled in numbers and influence. Estimates of followers vary widely, ranging from tens of thousands to a million or more, and Lubavitchers have become a powerful religious and economic institution throughout the world Jewish community.
Schneerson's teachings were the movement's driving force, and some of his followers believed that he was the messiah, although he never claimed to be so, and that he would rise again to deliver the Jewish people as prophesied in the Old Testament. His charismatic leadership made him widely considered one of the foremost Jewish figures of the past half-century.
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-16/1087974742222620.xml
The body of a Jewish persons of a totally different quality from the body of members of all other nations of the world. Bodies of the Gentiles are in vain. An even greater difference is in regard to the soul . . .A non-Jewish soul comes from three satanic spheres, while the Jewish soul stems from holiness.
Lubavitcher Rabbi Mendel Schneerson
http://www.rense.com/general48/newbook.htm
Bush meets Lubavitch rabbis to mark late Rebbe's 100th birthday
By Shlomo Shamir
NEW YORK - U.S. President George W. Bush hosted a delegation of 10 leading rabbis and officials from the Lubavitch Hasidic movement at the White House yesterday. The 90-minute meeting took place in the framework of events organized by the movement to mark the 100th birthday of the late Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
"The president was very friendly," Rabbi Avraham Shem-Tov, who headed the delegation, told Ha'aretz, adding that Bush had presented himself as a believer and had spoken about the central role of faith in an individual's life. The president told the delegation that during his visit to China, he had stressed the importance of religious faith.
Another of the members of the Lubavitch delegation said that Bush had spoken of the temporary nature of the presidency. "My home is in Texas; and in my capacity as president, I am serving as the guardian of the Oval Office," the president was quoted as saying.
Bush added his signature to a document declaring the late Rebbe's birthday "The day of education and charity."
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=145483&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y