Question:
When the Rav answers people’s questions is it a general answer for everyone or it a specific answer to the one asking it? It seems that the answer to a question depends on who is asking it, because sometimes we need to know who is asking the question or at least feel out his personality and then answer accordingly. Or maybe the Rav’s answers are always universal?
Answer:
The answer to any question is subject to change, depending on the place where it’s being written, the time in which it is being written, the shift of emotions/thoughts within the soul, and also it depends on the one asking the question. Therefore, while all of the answers are in the category of Torah, chochmah, they are not a ruling as to what to do practically. That is why sometimes the same question can get different answers.
If you have a particular reason to clarify this matter, you can write down the information you have and I will try to think about it, bli neder. Without the information, it is hard to know what’s true and what’s false.
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