And now another installment:
The reason no one succeeded him, and the reason they felt so desperate is because of something else. There’s a known story (sippur) I believe it was the great Maggid of Mezritch (forgot the beginning of the story) who had two great students before him. One was the great Baal HaTanya (incidentally he authored the Tanya), another was his colleague, another great Chassidic Master. Said the Maggid (think it was him): “This one (pointing to the Baal Hatanya) will have seven doros, and this one (the other one) will have until Mashiach’s day”.
Yes, his words live on. Seven means seven. And the other, their dynasty ב”ה does continue on קע”ה.
So if it was only seven didn’t it make sense to have Mashiach directly afterwards?!? I truly belive that was the ‘mekor’ for the ‘seven doros’, and that apparent;y was their rush to hasten his coming.
But it doesn’t mean the DERECH of the Lubavitch, the path of all it’s Rebbes are to be lost. That’s their mistake. It’s the end of the line of Rebbes. Now we have their teachings, maamorim etc. And Lubavith Chassidim ought to continue in their path. It’s high time for them to finally totally and emesdig adapt to a lifestyle of LEARNING from the teachings of ALL Rebbes זכרונם לברכה, instead of having a live Rebbe guiding them. ‘Cause obviously that’s רצון השם. HaShem knew exactly how long the world needed his guidance… that is the most literal meaning of דיין האמת. HaShem looked at it from all sides and then decided what he should do.
If the Lubavite Rebbe נ”ע haden’t the time or presence of mind to arrange for a future (I posit it’s because he really thought he was going to ‘make’ Mashiach come)… now is the time for some true leadership. Let them set up a system, hierarchy of Rabbonim, leaders… LEADERSHIP. Not at the level of Rebbe ח”ו, only as Madrichim. So that a dynasty so great as Lubavitch continues on, and does not fade like so many other חדרים in the Chassidic world. I think it’s high time for them to reclaim Lubavitch. With a ברעקל אמת. ‘Cause that’s the only way it’s gonna go.