Messiah of Brooklyn: Understanding Lubavitch Hasidism Book

	Introduction : - difficulties with the proposed study - expositional difficulties - accessing material and information - a complex issue - messianism and succession
1	Historical context : - the beginnings of Hasidism - the Ba'al Shem Tov - the Maggid of Mezritch - after the Maggid - the emergence of the Habad movement	3
2	The ideal of the zaddik : - the concept of the zaddik - social functions of the zaddik - the idea of the zaddik in Habad - the Rebbe/Hasid relationship - the Rebbe/Hasid financial relationship	12
3	Habad in America : - Rabbi Dov Ber, the fifth Rebbe - Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak, the sixth Rebbe - location as a form of movement-building - Crown Heights	24
4	Schneerson's pre-Rebbe life : - the problem of sources - early life - the United States	34
5	Schneerson's succession	43
6	Transitional consolidation : - authority by virtue of office as Rebbe - Hasidic discourses : consolidation of public life	51
7	Consolidation through ritual : - the Farbrengen - Yehidut - letters from Schneerson - "dollars" - other rituals	57
8	Leadership qualities : - Schneerson's style - peculiarities of personality - personal contact - consolidation through charisma - the appearance of suffering - other personal characteristics - scholarship	70
9	The ideology of messianism : - the ideology of redemption - the importance of messianism - the effects of messianism on consolidation - messianism as a motivational device - Schneerson as a prophet Schneerson as the Mashiach - trying to be the Mashiach - messianic vacillation - isolation and messianism	81
10	Schneerson as a world leader : - the turning point in consolidation - a Jewish leader - modern orthodoxy - Sephardi Jewry - Russian Jewry - other Hasidic groups - the Mitnagdim - religious Zionism - Israeli personalities - beyond the Jewish world - the laws of Noah - Schneerson and world politics	95
11	Habad Zionism and Zionism : - coincidental timing? - opposition to Zionism - Zionist influences on Schneerson - the Six-Day War and after - never set foot in the Holy Land	111
12	Initial consolidation : - introduction - success of institutions - employment - a war economy - institutions and the dissipation of opposition - fundraising - the negative effects of fundraising	125
13	Consolidation of local authority : - the new Rebbe - the postwar period - challenge and response : the 1970s and after - what if Schneerson had relocated? - Crown Heights : religious significance	137
14	Administration and bureaucracy : - the Rebbe as "chief of state" - Schneerson's administrative qualities - delegation of authority - aides, secretaries, and assistants - the school of assistants - the bureaucratic hierarchy - the last years - the relationship between power and discipleship	148
15	Community services : - the outreach concept - campus outreach - synagogues - Ba'alei Teshuvah - emissaries - public relations - modern technology - the drawbacks of outreach - the Habad Yeshiva system - the Habad house - other organizations	166
16	Publishing houses and libraries : - dissemination through publication - the AGUCH collection - the Merkaz library - community libraries	189
17	Women's and youth organizations : - the role of women - the influences on Schneerson - women's initiatives - the family - a "fresh approach" - educational contributions - youth organization : the principle - symbolism of the organization - the growth of Zivot Hashem - the effects on consolidation - transfer symbolism	197
18	The issue of succession : - the passing of the Rebbe - what is transfer? - when does transfer occur? - the need for succession - the difficulty of succession - unrivaled personality - ideological prism - no obvious replacement - an extreme but active minority	215
19	Schneerson's intentions : - the question of intention - Yosef Yitzhak as the Rebbe - Schneerson's transfer of authority - cultivation of independent leadership - the aides - legal transfer - the Beit Din	232
20	Institutional authority : - the collective leadership model - the first will - the second will - the institutions	246
21	Other models of succession : - the no succession model - the fiefdom model - the slow succession model - the mission model - the ghost model - gravesite culture - the normalization model - Habad fallout - the Habad periphery : heretics, the disenchanted, and neo-Habadnikim	254
22	Factors of influence on succession : what's next? - the hasidic groupings - the international communities - the youth : a new constituency - the Ba'al Teshuvah movement - from local particularism to universal mission	275