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Article: RABBI SCHNEERSON'S DEVOTEES WAITING FOR A MIRACLE THEY SEE THE PARALYZED REBBE AS A MESSIAH, WHO NEED NOT SUCCUMB TO DEATH.(RELIGION)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- April 23, 1994
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Byline: JAMES D. DAVIS Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
For more than a month, he has lain paralyzed in New York, felled by his second stroke in two years. He is 92 years old and was listed in very critical condition Friday.
And yet, ask a devotee about Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson's chances of recovery and he'll say: ``You won't be writing an obituary you'll be writing a miracle story!''
Rabbi Rafael Tennenhaus of Hallandale, Fla., is quite emphatic in his faith. Like many members of Chabad-Lubavitch, he sees Schneerson as the Messiah of biblical prophecy, a man who need not succumb to death. Schneerson has led the world's largest ...