To mdd1
‘it’s an absolute lie and perversion of the Torah to say that a Rabbi has no right to tell his congregants what to do.”
My friend, you clearly know nothing about the concept of giving rebuke. Outside the Yeshiva world minyanim are a smorgasbord of Jews. On Shabbos, I went to my shul and it hosted an aufruf. There were about 60 guests all of whom were Mechallel Shabbos(they were on their phones throughout.) My Rov is one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet and an enormous Talmid Chacham. His goal is to be Mikarev such Jews. But according to you, it was his responsibility to stand up at the Bimah and tell them that they’ll all burn in Gehinnom. The point is that a Rov has to know his congregants. Yes, Rabbi Miller and others of his type could give straight Mussar but that’s because their followers hung on their every word. This however isn’t generally the case and so if a Rabbi goes fire and brimstone the next week he’ll be looking for a new shul. This is the reality but those, like you, who restrict themselves to the Yeshiva world have a very myopic view of the Jewish landscape.