Rabbi, The

As Author of the Torah, as well as Author of the universe, G-d has the ultimate Authority on all matters great and small. And yet does this mean that human beings can never speak with authority? Are we just silent pawns in a divine chess game?

Make for yourself a rabbi, acquire for yourself a friend, and judge everyone favorably.

Rabbi Avraham Tanzer has served as head of Yeshiva College and spiritual leader of the Glenhazel Hebrew Congregation in Johannesburg, South Africa, for over five decades. In 1966, he had an audience with the Rebbe.