ext_263231 ([identity profile] mysticengineer.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] taylweaver 2005-07-15 05:50 pm (UTC)

Re: Suicide Bombers, & Suicide

We need more community rabbis who understand this issue, as well. Ravs of Kehilas/kehilot need to understand more than the "Jewish law" side of things - so they know how to properly and healthily respond to people who come to them with problems like suicide, homosexuality, other sexual issues, abuse, etc...
There are a lot of amazing rabbis out there who do understand this stuff, but there should be more.
I once heard Rabbi Dr. Zvi Weinreb say that he heard more serious problems as a rabbi than as a psychologist - some people who went to him as a rabbi were people who were unwilling to go to a psychologist, and they went to him (as a rabbi) only when the problem got really out of hand.

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