Ok, I won’t. But do you disagree with the need for any investigation into the beliefs or character of a man being considered to lead a community? Should we not care about whether the man who paskens Hashem’s law to us actually believes that Hashem exists and gave us that law?
Dear Avram,
I don’t know with investigation, in practice it seems to be more about personal recommendations. So maybe you want to rephrase your question to me.
I don’t see the need to be concerned about his overall structures of belief. If he comes qualified for his job, we would assume (Perhaps we are wrong for taking this for granted. Perhaps I am wrong and rabbis are grilled on their beliefs.) that he has the ideas that necessitate his qualifications. If the posek doesn’t understand that Torah is min Hashamayim, then he isn’t fully qualified to pasken. In short, I didn’t give a clear answer. Because I’m uncomfortable with the scenario.
But more important, is that the one who is imparting beliefs – whether as a school teacher or giving lectures to adults, is open and up front about what he or she is completely convinced of, and what is unclear to them. Then at least the pupils won’t have blind faith that their instructor has worked everything out.