CS: “It’s been some time since I looked up that Gemara. I had remembered…”
Some intellectual honesty and, it seems (I hope I’m correct), an admission that Rashi cannot be brought to show that according to that gemoro (notwithstanding anything else) the LR who has died can be Mashiach.
“Dor Shvii only happened because as the Rebbetzin told the Rebbe…”
So dor shevi’i is only something made up to suit the circumstances. Which is the type of ‘proof’ or argument that we have been disputing all along.
“Isn’t it a tad ridiculous to expect me to trust you’re know what you know, and completely disregard an open printed statement of the Rebbe when you’re talking about what the Rebbe said??”
It would be more than a tad ridiculous, but I’m not asking you to trust me in this case. Just to hear my claim, by which I still stand.
And just for the record, coffee-addict, I loved your response!