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Rabbi Yoel Kahn (or Kahan) is a senior Chabad rabbi, Mashpia, choizer and community leader. He has served in this role for four decades. Until 1966 he also served as Meiniach. He lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York. He is referred to familiarly amongst Chabad Chasidim as Reb Yoel, or just Yoel. He is the son of Refoel Nachman (Folle) Kahn, author of Shemu'os VeSippurim, a compilation of Chasidic stories. He serves as the main Mashpia in the central Lubavitcher yeshiva of 770 Eastern Parkway. He has no children.
[edit] ActivitiesHe was born in the Soviet Union, on 16 Shevat, 5690 which corresponds to February 14, 1930. In his youth he studied from the Mashpi'im Rabbi Moshe Gurary and Rabbi Nochum Goldshmidt. For decades Kahn served as the Rebbe's main choizer, repeater.[1] He would listen to the talks and then, after consultation with colleagues, repeat the talks to the Hasidim. He also served as Meiniach (transcriber) of many of these talks. This involved preparing these talks and discourses to be submitted to Rabbi Schneerson for editing; the final version was then released for public study. In this way Kahn prepared the first nine volumes of Likkutei Sichos, Schneerson's most important work, and the entire Sefer HaMa'amorim Melukat, along with assistant writers.[2] [edit] Chabad MessianismHe was considered to be sympathetic to the messianic faction within Chabad and supported the declaration of Yechi before the passing of Rabbi Schneerson. In 1993 he was quoted in the press saying "Moses was the first redeemer and the Rebbe is the last."[3] In recent years he has become a fierce critic of the more extreme forms of Chabad messianism, arguing that referring to Schneerson as alive or praying for his continued long life makes a mockery of him. However, Kahn does agree that Schneerson will return, as he believes in the principle of the resurrection of the dead, one of Maimonides' Principles of Faith[4] Rabbi Kahn has written that he certain that the Rebbe will be the Messiah in actuality, this is an internal conviction based on spiritual belief, and not an opinion necessitated by Jewish Law.[5] [edit] Works
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