Theos-Talk Archives (March 2006 Message tt01361)

	I would say that your second paragraph IMPLIES that you don't know what 
a rabbi is. Can you please tell me what you believe (or know) a rabbi to 
be, so that we can be sure we're talking about the same thing?

	Also, note that while Hasidic Jews are often referred to as 
"ultra-orthodox", in a number of ways, they go against the Jewish 
religion; their "rebbe's" (who are also rabbis) are more like Islamic 
imans. However, they have a number of practices which go against the 
mainstream of Jewish theology, some in direct defiance of Talmudic 
teachings. They score very high on the Bonewits Cult Index.

	Bart