What I am learning from this thread is that the Lubavitcher Rebbe never said explicitly that he was a god, or “clothed in a human body” or Moshiach. On the other hand, he never said explicitly and publicly that he was not. He spoke esoterically and people could interpret his words one way or the other. He knew that some of his followers were praying to him and practically all of them thought that he was Moshiach. At one point he sent a directive that the chasidim should not say that he was Moshiach. Our local Chabad rabbi said “I won’t say that the Rebbe is Moshiach, but I still think that he is”.
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