Leadership In The Habad Movement
Leadership issues are subject to much discussion and interest yet too little is known of their internal dynamics. Leadership and succession of authority has been a constant theme in Jewish literature and life from biblical days until today. The present work studies questions relating to authority in general and hasidic authority in particular. It uses the various HaBaD hasidic dynasties as a case study to illustrate how authority was transferred from one generation to another and how a leader...
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Leadership issues are subject to much discussion and interest yet too little is known of their internal dynamics. Leadership and succession of authority has been a constant theme in Jewish literature and life from biblical days until today. The present work studies questions relating to authority in general and hasidic authority in particular. It uses the various HaBaD hasidic dynasties as a case study to illustrate how authority was transferred from one generation to another and how a leader emerges as a leader despite opposition. The rise to eminence of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson is the third major subject discussed therein. He is the focus of careful analysis. Through such illustrations, leadership characteristics peculiar to that movement as well as general leadership theory are better understood. In this work, leadership criteria are analyzed and discussed to properly ascertain what brought one person to a position of supreme leadership and what brought another to become a subordinate.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Sect. IWhat Makes a HaBaD Rebbe?91General Description of Pre-Hasidic Jewish Leadership172Hasidic Leadership213HaBaD Conceptions of the Zaddik404The HaBaD Hasid's Relationship with his Rebbe605The HaBaD Rebbe as Scholar706Leadership Models for the HaBaD Leader817HaBaD Rebbe as a Military Leader998Ancestor Worship in HaBaD Leadership1069Messianism in the HaBaD Leadership113Sect. IIThe Transfer of Leadership in the HaBaD Movements: Past Models12110The Leadership of Shneur Zalman (RaSHaZ)12811The Leadership of Dov Ber16012The Leadership of Menachem Mendel - Zemach Zedek (ZZ)19313The Leadership of Shmuel21114The Leadership of Shalom Dov Ber (RaSHaB)23615The Leadership of Yosef Yitzchak (RaYYaZ)252Sect. IIIThe Election of RaMaSH as the HaBaD Rebbe28916A Brief Biographical Sketch to RaMaSH's Pre-Rebbe Life29617RaMaSH as Son-in-Law of RaYYaZ30718Self-Development of RaMaSH32219Introduction to RaMaSH's Leadership Bid33020Competition to RaMaSH's Leadership Bid33721RaYYaZ's Intentions Regarding the Future Succession35322The Death of RaYYaZ and Pro-RaMaSH Posturing35923RaMaSH's Leadership Qualities36224RaMaSH's Appointment as the HaBaD - Lubavitch Rebbe394Glossary of Terms407Glossary of People, Abbreviations, and Acronyms417Bibliography423Index443
