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Title: Lies and defamation
Review: I would like to start this off by saying that I do not in any way believe the Rebbe was Moshiach and my family is not Lubavitch. Dr. Berger's book is a reactionary academic version to classic Lubavitch hatred. To be brief, here are 2 facts:1.Two monumental Jewish authorities) write that a Messiah from the dead is a theoretical possibility, the author of the Sde Chemed, an encyclopedic canvassing of Jewish law, the Abarbanel, one of the greatest commentators on the Prophets and Jewish thought ever. Both were Sefardic, having no connection to Chasidim. Dr. Berger by making this accusation, accuses these great men of being heretics as well.2.Two modern-day rabbinic authorities, Rav Ahron Soloveitchik and Rav Pinchas Hirshprung, have condemned these accusations. Dr. Berger accuses these modern-day holy men of being heretics as well.
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