Comments on: Lost and found http://lastexiled.com/index.php/2010/06/15/lost-and-found/ residence-in-exile of The Last Amazon Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:53:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Kateland http://lastexiled.com/index.php/2010/06/15/lost-and-found/comment-page-1/#comment-4255 Kateland Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:48:02 +0000 http://lastexiled.com/?p=4879#comment-4255 Chabad is a huge movement, and while there are meshichists within the movement, not every Chabad-Lubavitcher is a meshichist. I do think it was the one single mistake of the Rebbe not to appoint or groom a successor when he first fell sick. This is how the meshichists gained traction. Then there are a number of good deeds the Chabad movement performs on a whole so I can't write them off nor do I think those acts should be discounted out of hand. Chabad, unlike the Satmars for example, are on the whole staunch Zionists. Chabad has brought literally thousands of Jews back to religious observance with the majority of them not even joining Chabad. Chabad houses operate as a safe place for Jews spread out all over the world from India to Jamaica...surely, its not a bad thing? Chabad is a huge movement, and while there are meshichists within the movement, not every Chabad-Lubavitcher is a meshichist. I do think it was the one single mistake of the Rebbe not to appoint or groom a successor when he first fell sick. This is how the meshichists gained traction. Then there are a number of good deeds the Chabad movement performs on a whole so I can’t write them off nor do I think those acts should be discounted out of hand. Chabad, unlike the Satmars for example, are on the whole staunch Zionists. Chabad has brought literally thousands of Jews back to religious observance with the majority of them not even joining Chabad. Chabad houses operate as a safe place for Jews spread out all over the world from India to Jamaica…surely, its not a bad thing?

]]> By: Backseat Blogger http://lastexiled.com/index.php/2010/06/15/lost-and-found/comment-page-1/#comment-4234 Backseat Blogger Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:31:07 +0000 http://lastexiled.com/?p=4879#comment-4234 sorry kateland, i can in no way shape or form support chabad until they get over this meshichist nonsense. While I know logically speaking that the movement will fade out over time, my emotions say that meshichists are vipers as dangerous as Jews for Jesus. One seems to be on track for becoming a halachic Christianity while the other just has an older model on offer. Neither are acceptable in the jewish context. sorry kateland, i can in no way shape or form support chabad until they get over this meshichist nonsense.

While I know logically speaking that the movement will fade out over time, my emotions say that meshichists are vipers as dangerous as Jews for Jesus.

One seems to be on track for becoming a halachic Christianity while the other just has an older model on offer.

Neither are acceptable in the jewish context.

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