Reply To: Clarification to mod and DaMoshe

Arso

“One other thing that came to me, if the LR at any stage claimed his father-in-law was Mashiach, how does that fit in with the LR being the Mashiach because he is dor shevi’i?”

Dor Shvii only happened because as the Rebbetzin told the Rebbe- “if you don’t accept the nesius, all my fathers work will go to waste…”

The Rebbe made it clear in his opening maamar that he’s there to assist the Chassidim, but it has to be their own work. (Interesting how we’re in the same position today, yet the Chassidim now do have the power to continue… methinks this suggests a deeper layer of meaning.)

In other words, dor hashvii was really for the sake of the Chassidim, that Chabad shouldn’t disintegrate, but mitzad HaRebbe, all the brachos and direction he gave was from his father in law, which was why he visited the Ohel so often.