Authors: Avrum M. Ehrlich, M. Avrum Ehrlich
ISBN-13: 9780765760555, ISBN-10: 076576055X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Aronson, Jason Inc.
Date Published: January 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)
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.
Acknowledgments | ||
Introduction | 1 | |
Sect. I | What Makes a HaBaD Rebbe? | 9 |
1 | General Description of Pre-Hasidic Jewish Leadership | 17 |
2 | Hasidic Leadership | 21 |
3 | HaBaD Conceptions of the Zaddik | 40 |
4 | The HaBaD Hasid's Relationship with his Rebbe | 60 |
5 | The HaBaD Rebbe as Scholar | 70 |
6 | Leadership Models for the HaBaD Leader | 81 |
7 | HaBaD Rebbe as a Military Leader | 99 |
8 | Ancestor Worship in HaBaD Leadership | 106 |
9 | Messianism in the HaBaD Leadership | 113 |
Sect. II | The Transfer of Leadership in the HaBaD Movements: Past Models | 121 |
10 | The Leadership of Shneur Zalman (RaSHaZ) | 128 |
11 | The Leadership of Dov Ber | 160 |
12 | The Leadership of Menachem Mendel - Zemach Zedek (ZZ) | 193 |
13 | The Leadership of Shmuel | 211 |
14 | The Leadership of Shalom Dov Ber (RaSHaB) | 236 |
15 | The Leadership of Yosef Yitzchak (RaYYaZ) | 252 |
Sect. III | The Election of RaMaSH as the HaBaD Rebbe | 289 |
16 | A Brief Biographical Sketch to RaMaSH's Pre-Rebbe Life | 296 |
17 | RaMaSH as Son-in-Law of RaYYaZ | 307 |
18 | Self-Development of RaMaSH | 322 |
19 | Introduction to RaMaSH's Leadership Bid | 330 |
20 | Competition to RaMaSH's Leadership Bid | 337 |
21 | RaYYaZ's Intentions Regarding the Future Succession | 353 |
22 | The Death of RaYYaZ and Pro-RaMaSH Posturing | 359 |
23 | RaMaSH's Leadership Qualities | 362 |
24 | RaMaSH's Appointment as the HaBaD - Lubavitch Rebbe | 394 |
Glossary of Terms | 407 | |
Glossary of People, Abbreviations, and Acronyms | 417 | |
Bibliography | 423 | |
Index | 443 |