Editing The Rebbe as Melech HaMoshiach (section)

== Halachic Ruling (Psak Din) ==
Extended topic - '''The Halachic Ruling that the Rebbe is Melech HaMoshiach'''

The Psak Din that was signed in 1998 (5758), signed by hundreds of Rabbonim

Following the well-known sicha that the Rebbe said on 28 Nissan 1991 (5751), in which he placed the responsibility for bringing the Geulah on the chassidim, an urgent gathering of Chabad chassidim was held in Kfar Chabad on Motzei Shabbos, 30 Nissan, 1 Rosh Chodesh Iyar. At this gathering, Rav Shmuel Frumer suggested writing a Psak Din from Rabbonim stating that the Rebbe is Moshiach (following similar rulings that the Rebbe had initiated regarding Psak Dinim from Rabbonim that the time of Geulah had arrived). The suggestion was accepted, and at that gathering, the secretary of the Chabad Beis Din, Rav Dovid Chanzin, declared in the name of the Rabbonim that the Rebbe is Melech HaMoshiach.

That evening, the Rav of Kfar Chabad, Rav Mordechai Ashkenazi, wrote the complete text of the Psak Din, and in the following days additional Rabbonim joined and signed it: Rav Yosef Avraham Heller, Rav Gershon Mendel Grelick, Rav Levi Bistritsky, and Rav Gedaliah Axelrod. Rav Dovid Nachshon and Reb Avi Taub traveled specially to the Rebbe's court to present him with the Psak, and on Tuesday, 2 Iyar, they presented the Psak to the Rebbe as he left the mikvah. When the Rebbe received the Psak, he looked and said with a smile: "Yasher Koach, Yasher Koach!" and put the envelopes in his sirtuk pocket. Afterwards, a delegation went to read the Psak Din at the gravesite of the Previous Rebbe and at the gravesite of the Rebbe's wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka.

Meanwhile, additional Rabbonim joined the Psak Din, and another version was written by the Rabbonim who came to the Rebbe for Shavuos that year. After Yom Tov, Reb Dovid Nachshon and Reb Avi Taub were sent to the CIS countries to read the Psak Din at the Ohalim of our Rebbeim: the Tzemach Tzedek and Rebbe Maharash in Lubavitch, the Mitteler Rebbe in Nezhin, the Baal Shem Tov in Mezhibuzh, the Maggid of Mezritch in Anipoli, the Alter Rebbe in Haditch, the Rebbe Rashab in Rostov, and the Rebbe's father's Ohel in Alma Ata. They received encouragement from the Rebbe for this journey.

On 11 Nissan 1992 (5752), a third Psak was signed by dozens of Rabbonim, ruling that as Melech HaMoshiach, the Torah's oath "that his candle shall never be extinguished forever and ever" applies to the Rebbe, and he will live eternal life.

In Tishrei 1998 (5758), a fourth version of the Psak was signed, based primarily on the Rebbe's sichos regarding the identity of Moshiach and his prophecy of Geulah. Hundreds of Rabbonim have joined this version over the years, and new Rabbonim continue to join it constantly.