tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post6005135581618125711..comments2024-03-28T09:43:50.919+02:00Comments on Life in Israel: Interesting Posts #349Rafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-88604832048292852722012-01-18T20:01:18.169+02:002012-01-18T20:01:18.169+02:00Sorry, but the relationship to the 'rabbi'...Sorry, but the relationship to the 'rabbi' in the 'Ask The Rabbi' post sounds like it verges on the cultish. I realize the writer is hassidish, and that probably explains it; but it sounds a bit extreme to me. Her idea of 'daas Torah' is not the standard in the whole Orthodox world, despite her representations. In fact, Rav Y.D. (or J.B.) Soloveitchik exemplified a very different model. He undoubtedly fit her criteria for a rav; yet part of his example and explicit teaching was that we invest too much authority and power in rabbanim. I would add that Rav Mordechai Eliyahu explicitly told me in one of our many converstations that 'you don't have to do as I say'; and that the heavenly court would hold me responsible for my actions whether or not I listened to his instruction. He, too, would certainly fit her criteria for a rav.<br /><br />I accept that her representation and the comments on that thread are one version in the observant world of a relationship with a rav; but I object to it being written as if it is THE way we must relate to our rav.<br /><br />For *one* different perspective in the Orthodox world, see: http://kavvanah.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/rav-soloveitchik-speaks-to-mental-health-professionals-1978/Mordechai Y. Scherhttp://www.kolberamah.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-87021715965309344662012-01-18T19:34:46.958+02:002012-01-18T19:34:46.958+02:00Thanks for the link!Thanks for the link!Mrs. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14649082640953110457noreply@blogger.com