{"id":49455,"date":"2013-06-30T06:31:08","date_gmt":"2013-06-30T14:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=49455"},"modified":"2013-06-30T06:31:08","modified_gmt":"2013-06-30T14:31:08","slug":"when-did-you-last-hear-a-rabbi-berate-his-congregation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=49455","title":{"rendered":"When Did You Last Hear A Rabbi Berate His Congregation?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve never heard a rabbi berate his congregation<\/a>. I know it happened in the past but it is rare these days.<\/p>\n

Marc Shapiro replies to my question: “[It is] not very common today, but in traditional societies it certainly happened. They would scream at them and tell them to repent, that sort of thing.”<\/p>\n

Another Orthodox rabbi says to me: “Nope, always the opposite, how wonderful they are…”<\/p>\n

Another Orthodox rabbi says to me: “No, it is prohibited to embarrass someone.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve never heard a rabbi berate his congregation. I know it happened in the past but it is rare these days. Marc Shapiro replies to my question: “[It is] not very common today, but in traditional societies it certainly happened. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,69,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-marc-b-shapiro","category-rabbis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t