The Bris and the Rabbi

Everyone needs a friend. Often, our family and our chevreh fill the void. What happens when you cannot go to either?

Imagine you are a rabbi and you have a minor run-in with a congregant. You don’t want to share this with your family as why ruin your wife’s relationship with his wife?

You certainly cannot go to another congregant; how can you speak behind the back of one congregant to another?

Your only outlet is to speak to an older and wiser rabbi. He is the correct address because he understands what you’re going through.