The mainstream members of the movement are aware of the Rebbe’s reaction when people made Messianic claims about him, and they know that he felt there is no point trying to identify who the Messiah will be. They also are aware of the rabbinic writings that allow for the possibility that a righteous person may be resurrected to become the Messiah, as well as those who opine otherwise. Some of them interpret the sources as categorically ruling out the Rebbe ever becoming the Messiah, while others say that such a possibility cannot objectively be ruled out. But most of all they recognize that
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