How Do I Know Who Is a REAL Rabbi?

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Chaim Mintz’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

have an online question from Eli who wants to know I think this came up several months ago maybe a year ago um how does a person supposed to know who's a real Rabbi how was the person supposed to know who was a real Rabbi I know exactly what the person means when he says that a real Rabbi um I guess number one that he is uh knowledgeable I once said to my doctor many years a go I said to him exactly many years a go I said to him exactly this point I said to him to us Layman a person with the name of a doctor he's a doctor a doctor is the doctor but you as a doctor you know who's a real doctor because you went to medical school with him you know who cheated on exams you know who studied you know really a doctor the guy just passed because he just went through it and didn't really study and become a real doctor you know the doctors that really put themselves into it really knowledgeable and the ones we should really go to he said yes ones we should really go to he said yes that's true true you won't say it so fast but it's true so I said but to you same thing by a rabbi to you rabis a rabbi said the doctor but we as rabbis we know the guys who really study we the guys really know the stuff was he can rely on so the person asking the question is probably means who's a real Rabbi number one a real Rabbi a person who you can depend on to ask the words of the Torah what God wants from us I gu we call a real Rabbi a real

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2. 0:33many years a go I said to him exactly this point I said to him to…
3. 1:35from us I gu we call a real Rabbi a real Rabbi he means who can…
4. 2:07who asking questions now the per who kind of Rabbi is that he has to be…
5. 3:10to people living there and and uh dealt with the rabbis in the area and know…
6. 3:40of the Torah you believe in the Torah you believe in the Torah is given to…
7. 4:43few books from secular people and uh he didn't uh I'm sure from like that but…
8. 5:13believe they're dying they're suffering I don't know what the tell he tells imagine that so…
9. 6:14something there something he told me they don't believe it they don't believe no well I…
10. 6:44Tor Sinai so how can you not keep the laws of the Torah that's the second…

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