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As a Rabbi and educator, there is a question which I get asked, in various forms, all the time. It goes like this: It's one thing to believe in the Torah, which is the word of God. It's perfect, divine, absolute. It makes sense to be loyal to it. But the Rabbis are just people, flesh and blood. They make mistakes, have biases, human weaknesses, needs, and concerns. Why should we have to listen to what they tell us to do? Why do they have to be right all the time?
