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        Moshiach
         
        Rabbi Reuven Mann - Dean, Masoret Institute
        
  
        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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