LEADER 03841nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910823074003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-66581-2 010 $a9786612665813 010 $a1-4008-3427-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400834273 035 $a(CKB)2550000000018955 035 $a(EBL)553477 035 $a(OCoLC)649915988 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000441533 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11269499 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000441533 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10406711 035 $a(PQKB)10134424 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC553477 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36579 035 $a(DE-B1597)446822 035 $a(OCoLC)979632405 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400834273 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL553477 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10400789 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL266581 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000018955 100 $a20091204d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Rebbe $ethe life and afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson /$fSamuel C. Heilman and Menachem M. Friedman 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, NJ $cPrinceton University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (382 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-15442-2 311 $a0-691-13888-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-329) and index. 327 $aFarbrengen : the gathering of the emissaries -- Death and resurrection -- Coming of age in a time of transition -- Entering the court of Lubavitch -- From survival to Uforatzto -- On a mission from the Rebbe in life -- From resurrection to death : we want moshiach now -- On a mission from the Rebbe in his afterlife. 330 $aFrom the 1950's until his death in 1994, Menachem Mendel Schneerson--revered by his followers worldwide simply as the Rebbe--built the Lubavitcher movement from a relatively small sect within Hasidic Judaism into the powerful force in Jewish life that it is today. Swept away by his expectation that the Messiah was coming, he came to believe that he could deny death and change history. Samuel Heilman and Menachem Friedman paint an unforgettable portrait of Schneerson, showing how he reinvented himself from an aspiring French-trained electrical engineer into a charismatic leader who believed that he and his Lubavitcher Hasidic emissaries could transform the world. They reveal how his messianic convictions ripened and how he attempted to bring the ancient idea of a day of redemption onto the modern world's agenda. Heilman and Friedman also trace what happened after the Rebbe's death, by which time many of his followers had come to think of him as the Messiah himself. The Rebbe tracks Schneerson's remarkable life from his birth in Russia, to his student days in Berlin and Paris, to his rise to global renown in New York, where he developed and preached his powerful spiritual message from the group's gothic mansion in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. This compelling book demonstrates how Schneerson's embrace of traditionalism and American-style modernity made him uniquely suited to his messianic mission. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions. 606 $aRabbis$zNew York (State)$zNew York$vBiography 606 $aHasidim$zNew York (State)$zNew York$vBiography 606 $aHabad 615 0$aRabbis 615 0$aHasidim 615 0$aHabad. 676 $a296.8/3322092 686 $a11.26$2bcl 700 $aHeilman$b Samuel C$01093441 701 $aFriedman$b Menachem$01752634 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823074003321 996 $aThe Rebbe$94187982 997 $aUNINA