Whatβs the closest thing to a Jewish firebrand preacher? Are there or have there been firebrand rabbis?
(inb4 someone says Jesus, thatβs clearly a special case)
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a mashgiach ruchani, a 'spiritual supervisor' is a role given to an esteemed rabbi. he gives 'mussar shmoozin' in which he reads from especific very intense books that have to do with sin and character improvement, for example
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Replying to @hormeze @kilovh and @liminal_warmth
part of what makes it so powerful for me at least, is that
he is speaking in the tone and cadence of a mashgiach in Ellul, which is like, the Jewish equivalent of fire and brimstone preaching
but he's just laying in to the institution from which that role emerged, skewering it
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oh that makes a lot of sense nice