rabbi

If a rabbi (not a proper noun, by the way) provides good advice, that proves that the rabbi as a human being is wise regarding certain things.

And of course, it's also common to say that you don't like a particular rabbi's ruling, but you have found a rabbi whose ruling is more to your liking.

This was provoked in a street with a synagogue but the rabbi of the said synagogue said it was never a target.

Even very recently, Rabbi Steinsaltz wrote his commentary on the entire Talmud.

Which is why you're not supposed to go rabbi shopping in Judaism.

They had to tell the Rabbi all the secret ingredients.

We'll leave those problems up to you and your rabbi.

I remember attending a Jewish student gathering organized to mourn the death of a Mumbai Rabbi killed in the Mumbai terrorist attack.

Did you not have the experience of needed a rabbi with grey hairs and a business degree to get a second meeting with any source of funding?

> the kindly rabbi who performed your bris mohel performs a bris, not a rabbi > It’s why you’re receiving 2% cash back on your credit card while your neighbor pays 12% on his.

I once heard a rabbi explain why kosher exists.

[...]in the old days it was your priest/rabbi/minister, or perhaps an elder in your household, who advised you on how to get along.

They could hardly wait for the Rabbi to answer their urgent queries." Continued...

"Rabbi's provide bad advice" might be a good first hypothesis - eventually we see that Rabbi's usually provide good advice, should we take that advice?

Which is why there's the famous saying, "If you don't ask the rabbi, then the chicken is kosher." (Meaning: Don't ask a question if you don't want to hear the answer.) So Judaism is neither 100% people nor 100% religion.

Mentors aren't "assigned" from the top, and finding "a mentor" or "a rabbi" is really rare.

Rabbi's are inspired by God, God created us and inspired scripture and knows what is best.

The question of whether God exists is not a scientific question, so a better premise to attack would be that Rabbi's are inspired by God.

It was that of Jewish population being persecuted everywhere (hinting that the same is true in India and in particular was true for the Rabbi) and the need to stand up, resist and confront that.