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I am not Hasidic, but I hope for the purposes of not violating DIR rules it is sufficient to say that my rabbi is.How does one choose a rabbi. If religion is personal then it's a personal choice, how can the rabbi dictate to u how u should live.
Is god a dictatorI am not Hasidic, but I hope for the purposes of not violating DIR rules it is sufficient to say that my rabbi is.
A rabbi is not a dictator. A rabbi is a teacher. A Jew should live by the Torah. And if there is a particular matter in a Jew's life that makes him unsure which choice would be correct according to halacha, he consults his rabbi.
Rabbis have rabbis.
As for how to choose a rabbi.. that's a good question.
Well it's written you get punished if u don't keep laws like shabbos, kosher. ...What's the logic in thatHuh?
Well it's written you get punished if u don't keep laws like shabbos, kosher. ...What's the logic in thatHuh?
Exedos 31.14Source?
How does one choose a rabbi. If religion is personal then it's a personal choice, how can the rabbi dictate to u how u should live.
May I as why you chose to post this in the Hasidic DIR?How does one choose a rabbi. If religion is personal then it's a personal choice, how can the rabbi dictate to u how u should live.
Im new to the website. I'm open to suggestions.May I as why you chose to post this in the Hasidic DIR?
Posting it under the Hasidic DIR might limit who feels comfortable responding and it also creates an expectation that you are asking about having a rabbi within the cultural context of the Chasidic world where having a Rav might be thought of as different from listening to any other rabbi within another branch of Juaism.Im new to the website. I'm open to suggestions.
If you're primarily interested in a hasidic-centric response, post it here. If, however, you want input from various streams of Judaism, post in the Judaism DIR.Im new to the website. I'm open to suggestions.
Let me just say that I do not take the position that any rabbi can tell us how to live and expect blind obedience to what they say, but what any good rabbi can do is to give their advice, which should be seriously considered because of their education and training. To me, a rabbi should not be taken as some sort of dictator, and I doubt that most of us do. Nor would I recommend that the scriptures be taken as if they were a dictator since interpretation and application can be variable.How does one choose a rabbi. If religion is personal then it's a personal choice, how can the rabbi dictate to u how u should live.
I have been wondering if I can answer within a Hasidic DIR but I will throw caution to the wind and chime in (wind chimes...nice).....
Let me just say that I do not take the position that any rabbi can tell us how to live and expect blind obedience to what they say....
Didn't have secular education just religious educationIf you are willing to throw caution to the winds, how can I not weigh in, at least in one regard?
Leo, putting aside the obvious language difficulties - for whatever reason they exist - for someone who says he was brought up "religious" you seem to have, at best, the most rudimentary understanding of Judaism on any level.
Care to share more about yourself?
So you've only had a religious education and you still weren't sure about the questions in your OP?Didn't have secular education just religious education
What's OPSo you've only had a religious education and you still weren't sure about the questions in your OP?