Reply To: The world is in a state of Geula- and don’t misunderstand us!

Neville I don’t know what you’re on about in your latest thread. Rso was saying its fine to put himself on par with the Rebbe and brought Rav shach as an example to bolster his claim that there is no need to respect the Rebbe.

I find this quite ridiculous as I, or any other frum yid for that matter, would never think I should have equal say to predict what halacha should be for example, as my Rav, because (for arguments sake, let’s say I was a man. Not talking about the man / woman aspect) haven’t studied dayanus, so I know I can’t pasken. Maybe I can guess what the halacha is but I definitely wouldn’t put myself on the same footing. I think anyone that does just looks like a fool.

My Rav would never put himself on the same footing as Rabbi Kanievsky for example who is known to have much more knowledge of Torah than the typical learned Rav.

And any learned yorei shomayim person cannot be put themselves on the same level as a tzadik who is not just a yarei shomayim, but has ruach hakodesh, can read people’s thoughts, and can see what is happening in the heavenly realms. The Rebbe was such a person as has been evidenced by thousands of encounters by people from all walks of life.

So for a regular person to say my personal opinion or interpretation of a source (not backed by ancient sources or tzaddikim etc) is as good as the Rebbe’s interpretation I just find ridiculous. And I don’t see why anyone else wouldn’t.

If I said my knowledge of Torah is as great as Rabbi Kanievsky because we’re both human, or because there is a another Torah giant out there that disagrees with him, I would be equally foolish. This is not a matter of litvish vs. chassidish. We in Chabad respect Rabbi Kanievsky and the chofetz chaim etc. Its simply a matter of knowing your place which I think should be a basic for any frum jew