Reply To: Haftorah at modern orthodox shul (No LH)

Ultimately the person must decide what to do. Though he will give heters, so I guess he does have some authority.

I said that this was very different from what I grasped from Chassidus, where listening to the rabbi was a huge thing. He said that if someone has a rabbi who knows the person very well then it is possible to only follow that rabbi, but one cannot then only follow when one likes the answer.

Still he said that he is only human. He isn’t perfect. Only the person has all of the information and knows what is truly right. He guides the person but doesn’t decide for him or her. That person has a unique relationship with G-d.