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Rabbi Yoel Kahn

Rabbi Yoel Kahn (or Kahan) is a senior, Chabad rabbi, Mashpia, and community leader. He has served in this role for four decades. He lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York. He is referred to familiarly amongst Chabad Chasidim as Reb Yoel, or just Yoel.^{[citation needed]} Chabad Lubavitch, also known as Lubavitch Chabad, is a large branch of Hasidic Judaism. ... Mashpia (Heb. ... Crown Heights is a neighborhood in Brooklyn in New York City. ... Brooklyn (named for the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... NY redirects here. ...

Activities

For decades Kahn served as the Rebbe's main choizer. His intimacy with the Rebbe led to him being termed "the repeater" by Chabad followers, in reference to his transcriptions of Schneerson's words for the hasidim.^[1] He would listen to the talks and then, after consultation with colleagues, transcribe the talks. Some of these talks and discourses were then submitted to Rabbi Schneerson for editing, and then they were released for public study. In this way much of Likkutei Sichos, Schneerson's largest and most monumental work, was written by Kahn and assistant writers, based on discourses and talks delivered by Rabbi Schneerson over earlier years.^{[citation needed]} Hasidic Judaism (Hebrew: Chasidut חסידות) is a Haredi Jewish religious movement. ...

Chabad messsianism

Immediately after the death of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson rumors circulated amongst Chabad adherents suggesting that a secret second will appointed Kahn as the successor but nothing came of the rumors. ^[2] He was considered to be sympathetic to the messiansit strand led by Shmuel Butman the director of the Lubavitch Youth Organisation. In 1993 he was quoted in the press saying "Moses was the first redeemer and the Rebbe is the last."^[3] Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (April 18, 1902 – June 12, 1994), often referred to as simply The Rebbe by Lubavitcher Hasidim, was a prominent Charedi (traditional Orthodox) Jewish rabbi who was the seventh (and to date, final) Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad-Lubavitch sect of Chassidic Judaism. ... Rabbi Shmuel Butman Rabbi Shmuel Menachem Butman (born 1944) is a prominent Chabad rabbi in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York. ...

Kahn supported the declaration of Yechi before the passing of Rabbi Schneerson. In 1993 he was quoted in the press saying "Moses was the first redeemer and the Rebbe is the last."^[4]. The phrase Yechi Adoneinu Moreinu vRabbeinu Melech haMoshiach lolam vaed! (יחי אדוננו מורנו ורבנו מלך המשיח לעולם ועד) is used by some Lubavitch Chassidic Jews to proclaim that the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), is the awaited messiah as prophecied in the Hebrew Scriptures. ...

In recent years he has become a fierce critic of the more extreme forms of Chabad messianism, arguing that referring to Schneerson as alive or praying for him continued long life makes a mockery of him. However he himself refers to Schneersons death as a histalkus (depature) and does not argue that he will not return. ^[5] Main article: Controversies of Chabad Chabad messianism or Lubavitch messianism[1] is a term used to describe messianic beliefs within the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. ...

Nevertheless, according to David Berger Kahn has not abandoned his messianism. He quotes from a article by Kahn in a chabad publication^[6] where he writes: Bergers most famous work David Berger is a professor of history at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, and a visiting professor at Yeshiva Universitys Bernard Revel Graduate School. ...

"Although it is an absolute certainty that the Rebbe will be the Messiah in actuality, this is an internal conviction that should not be publicized so as not to deter people from embracing the message of Chassidism."^[7]

He told a Kfar Chabad magazine in 2007 that "The right shitah [opinion] is to say the truth: That now the Rebbe is also alive and affects us here physically."^[8] Kfar Chabad is a Chabad-Lubavitch community of about 400 families located near Tel Aviv. ...

Citations

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See also

• Chabad messianism