The RebbeFrom the 1950s until his death in 1994, Menachem Mendel Schneersonrevered by his followers worldwide simply as the Rebbebuilt the Lubavitcher movement from a relatively small sect within Hasidic Judaism into the powerful force in Jewish life that it is today. Swept away by his expectation that the Messiah was coming, he came to believe that he could deny death and change history. Samuel Heilman and Menachem Friedman paint an unforgettable portrait of