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The Rebbe
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ISBN: 1282665812 9786612665813 1400834279 9781400834273 9780691138886 0691138885 9780691154428 0691154422 Year: 2010 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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From the 1950's until his death in 1994, Menachem Mendel Schneerson--revered by his followers worldwide simply as the Rebbe--built the Lubavitcher movement from a relatively small sect within Hasidic Judaism into the powerful force in Jewish life that it is today. Swept away by his expectation that the Messiah was coming, he came to believe that he could deny death and change history. Samuel Heilman and Menachem Friedman paint an unforgettable portrait of Schneerson, showing how he reinvented himself from an aspiring French-trained electrical engineer into a charismatic leader who believed that he and his Lubavitcher Hasidic emissaries could transform the world. They reveal how his messianic convictions ripened and how he attempted to bring the ancient idea of a day of redemption onto the modern world's agenda. Heilman and Friedman also trace what happened after the Rebbe's death, by which time many of his followers had come to think of him as the Messiah himself. The Rebbe tracks Schneerson's remarkable life from his birth in Russia, to his student days in Berlin and Paris, to his rise to global renown in New York, where he developed and preached his powerful spiritual message from the group's gothic mansion in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. This compelling book demonstrates how Schneerson's embrace of traditionalism and American-style modernity made him uniquely suited to his messianic mission. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.

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Habad. --- Hasidim --- Rabbis --- Chasidim --- Hassidim --- Jews --- Chabad --- Lubavitch-Chabad --- Hasidism --- Schneerson, Menachem Mendel, --- Habad --- 296 <092> --- Judaïsme. Jodendom--Biografieën --- Schneersohn, Menaḥem Mendel, --- Admor M. ha-M., --- Admor Melekh ha-Mashiaḥ, --- Admor mi-Lyubaṿiṭsh, --- Admor Sheliṭa, --- Lubavitcher Rebbe, --- Lyubaṿiṭsh, Admor sheliṭa mi-, --- M. ha-M., --- Melekh ha-Mashiaḥ, --- Menaḥem Mendl, --- Rabi mi-Lyubaviṭsh, --- Schneerson, Menachem M. --- Schneerson, Mendel, --- Sheneʼursohn, Menaḥem Mendel, --- Shneersohn, Menahem Mendel, --- Shneerson, Menakhem Mendel, --- Shneʼorsohn, Menaḥem, --- Shneursohn, Menahem Mendel, --- Li︠u︡bavichskiĭ Rebe --- אדמו׳׳ר, --- אדמו״ר --- אדמו״ר שליטא, --- אדמו״ר שליט״א --- אדמו״ר, --- אדמו״ר מלך המשיח --- אדמו״ר מליובאאיטש --- אדמו״ר מליובאווטש --- אדמו״ר מליובאוויטש --- רבי --- רבי מליובאוויטש --- רבי, --- שנאורסאהן, מנחם מענדל --- שניארסאהן, מנחם מנדל, --- שניארסאהן, מנחם מענדל --- שניאורסאנן, מנחם מענדל --- שניאורסאן, מנחם --- שניאורסאן, מנחם מענדל --- שניאורסאהן, מנחם מנדל --- שניאורסאהן, מנחם מנדל, --- שניאורסאהן, מנחם מענדל --- שניאורסאהן, מנחם מענדל, --- שניאורסאהן, מנחם מענדל בן לוי יצחק --- שניאורסאהן, מנחם מענדך, --- שניאורסאהן, יוסף יצחק, --- שניאורסן, מנחם מענדל --- שניאורסון, מנחם מנדל --- שניאורסון, מנחם מנדל, --- שניאורסון, מנחם מענדל --- שניאורסוהן, מנחם מענדל --- שניאורדאהן, מנחם מענדל --- מנחם מנדל שניאורסאהן --- מנחם מנדל שניאורסון --- מנחם מענדל שניאורסאהן --- מנחם מענדל, --- הרבי מליובאוויטש --- Любавичский Ребе --- Шнеерсон, Менахем-Мендел


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With us more than ever
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ISBN: 1503612422 1503608344 1503612414 9781503612426 9781503608344 9781503612419 Year: 2020 Publisher: Stanford, California

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Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson was the charismatic leader of the Chabad Hasidic movement and its designated Messiah. Yet when he died in 1994, the messianic fervor he inspired did not subside. Through traditional means and digital technologies, a group of radical Hasidim, the Meshichistim, still keep the Rebbe palpably close—engaging in ongoing dialogue, participating in specific rituals, and developing an ever-expanding visual culture of portraits and videos. With Us More Than Ever focuses on this group to explore how religious practice can sustain the belief that a messianic figure is both present and accessible. Yoram Bilu documents a unique religious experience that is distinctly modern. The rallying point of the Meshichistim—that the Rebbe is "with us more than ever"—is sustained through an elaborate system that creates the sense of his constant and pervasive presence in the lives of his followers. The virtual Rebbe that emerges is multiple, visible, accessible, and highly decentralized, the epicenter of a truly messianic movement in the twenty-first century. Combining ethnographic fieldwork and cognitive science with nuanced analysis, Bilu documents the birth and development of a new religious faith, describing the emergence of new spiritual horizons, a process common to various religious movements old and new.

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Hasidism --- Book Keywords: Messianism. --- Chabad. --- Meshichist cosmology. --- Meshichist phenomenology. --- Meshichistim. Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. --- media studies. --- virtuality. --- Chasidism --- Hassidism --- Jewish sects --- Schneerson, Menachem Mendel, --- Cult. --- Schneersohn, Menaḥem Mendel, --- Admor M. ha-M., --- Admor Melekh ha-Mashiaḥ, --- Admor mi-Lyubaṿiṭsh, --- Admor Sheliṭa, --- Lubavitcher Rebbe, --- Lyubaṿiṭsh, Admor sheliṭa mi-, --- M. ha-M., --- Melekh ha-Mashiaḥ, --- Menaḥem Mendl, --- Rabi mi-Lyubaviṭsh, --- Schneerson, Menachem M. --- Schneerson, Mendel, --- Sheneʼursohn, Menaḥem Mendel, --- Shneersohn, Menahem Mendel, --- Shneerson, Menakhem Mendel, --- Shneʼorsohn, Menaḥem, --- Shneursohn, Menahem Mendel, --- Li︠u︡bavichskiĭ Rebe --- אדמו׳׳ר, --- אדמו״ר --- אדמו״ר שליטא, --- אדמו״ר שליט״א --- אדמו״ר, --- אדמו״ר מלך המשיח --- אדמו״ר מליובאאיטש --- אדמו״ר מליובאווטש --- אדמו״ר מליובאוויטש --- רבי --- רבי מליובאוויטש --- רבי, --- שנאורסאהן, מנחם מענדל --- שניארסאהן, מנחם מנדל, --- שניארסאהן, מנחם מענדל --- שניאורסאנן, מנחם מענדל --- שניאורסאן, מנחם --- שניאורסאן, מנחם מענדל --- שניאורסאהן, מנחם מנדל --- שניאורסאהן, מנחם מנדל, --- שניאורסאהן, מנחם מענדל --- שניאורסאהן, מנחם מענדל, --- שניאורסאהן, מנחם מענדל בן לוי יצחק --- שניאורסאהן, מנחם מענדך, --- שניאורסאהן, יוסף יצחק, --- שניאורסן, מנחם מענדל --- שניאורסון, מנחם מנדל --- שניאורסון, מנחם מנדל, --- שניאורסון, מנחם מענדל --- שניאורסוהן, מנחם מענדל --- שניאורדאהן, מנחם מענדל --- מנחם מנדל שניאורסאהן --- מנחם מנדל שניאורסון --- מנחם מענדל שניאורסאהן --- מנחם מענדל, --- הרבי מליובאוויטש --- Любавичский Ребе --- Шнеерсон, Менахем-Мендел

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