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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 7616653" data-attributes="member: 58172">Pretty much any clergy is more like a background, being a skill set.Knowledge skills (history, religion, arcana as mysticism), social skills (empathy, persuasion, intimidation), magical talents (bless, augury, healing, guidance)Peoples most commonly expressed needs are: belonging, relationship, family wellbeing, finances, physical health, spiritual seeking, meaning, ethical advice, adjudication of disputes, joy and fun.A rabbi will tend to be competent in several of these areas.There is something like a minor wish. Something that is truly needed shows up in a serendipitous synchronicitous way, say within a day, week, or month.As a rule, Judaism tends to view humans as needing to do all of the effort while the Divine does all of the success or failure of that effort. So, praying for something for free is a waste of time, albeit in an emergency there might be intervention. The ultimate goal is to do good things, and to help others do good things. Science and medicine are holy because they are a human effort that can be used to do good things. When a miracle does happen, it is to empower persons to do good for others.This background is in addition to whatever class the rabbi chooses. One rabbi can be very different from an other rabbi.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 7616653, member: 58172"] Pretty much any clergy is more like a background, being a skill set. Knowledge skills (history, religion, arcana as mysticism), social skills (empathy, persuasion, intimidation), magical talents (bless, augury, healing, guidance) Peoples most commonly expressed needs are: belonging, relationship, family wellbeing, finances, physical health, spiritual seeking, meaning, ethical advice, adjudication of disputes, joy and fun. A rabbi will tend to be competent in several of these areas. There is something like a minor wish. Something that is truly needed shows up in a serendipitous synchronicitous way, say within a day, week, or month. As a rule, Judaism tends to view humans as needing to do all of the effort while the Divine does all of the success or failure of that effort. So, praying for something for free is a waste of time, albeit in an emergency there might be intervention. The ultimate goal is to do good things, and to help others do good things. Science and medicine are holy because they are a human effort that can be used to do good things. When a miracle does happen, it is to empower persons to do good for others. This background is in addition to whatever class the rabbi chooses. One rabbi can be very different from an other rabbi. [/QUOTE]

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