Chabad messianism, or Lubavitch messianism, is a term used to describe a spectrum of beliefs within the ChabadHasidic movement regarding their late leader Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson and his purported position as the Messiah.Another 'Second Coming'? The Jewish Community at Odds Over a New Form of Lubavitch Messianism, George Wilkes (2002). Reviews in Religion & Theology 9 (4), 285–289. Simon Dein, Anthropology & Medicine, Volume 9, Number 1/April 1, 2002Messianic Excess, David Berger, The Jewish Week, June 25, 2004