A commemoration of the death of the Lubavitch rebbe will culminate in a White House briefing. Leaders of both parties in Congress, as well as top Bush administration officials, are attending the two-day tribute to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who died June 12, 1994.? The theme is education, and speakers include Elie Wiesel; U.S. Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff; and Australia�s defense minister. Chertoff and Joshua Bolten, the White House chief of staff, who are both Jewish, will attend the White House briefing Wednesday morning.
About 30 diplomats joined Lubavitch emissaries to their countries at the events. Thousands of people also are expected to gather at the rebbe�s grave in New York on the anniversary of his death.
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He�s Dead??!!
It would seem that it is no longer an official argument.
See here (http://www.habad.org.il/_Uploads/861hit623.pdf) for an official weekly publication for Anash in Israel. Notice the Rebbe’s title on the cover page. The suffixed acronym translates as “The memory of the righteous and holy is a blessing for life in the World to Come. His soul is in the heavenly vault. May his merit protect us.” Seems pretty unambiguous to me.
If denial is the first stage of mourning and coping with the passing of a loved one I would say that we, the Rebbe’s Chassidim, are making progress.