Editing Make yourself a Rabbi (section)

== Choosing the Rav ==
Regarding choosing the Rav, the Rebbe said the matters are explicit in [[The Rambam|Rambam]]: Rambam writes that "The World to Come has no body or form but only the souls of the righteous without a body, like ministering angels" - thus Rambam rules that to be like ministering angels - The Rav - one needs to be in a state where the soul is not biased by the body, like the state of the soul in the future - without jealousy and competition, war and hatred and the like.

Clearer criteria - the Rebbe says that at minimum the 'Rav' needs to have the three signs of the Jewish people: merciful, bashful and performers of kindness. When these three signs are visibly apparent in him, he is worthy to be a 'Rav' similar to an angel of the God of hosts.

Additionally, the Rebbe instructed that not everyone can be a Mashpia, but needs to be someone authorized.

The Rebbe's innovation in this ordinance is also in the details of the instruction. For example: The Rebbe's instruction that everyone needs to give a report to their Rav - this detail is not mentioned in the Mishna and is the Rebbe's innovation.

The Rebbe explained that this ordinance belongs specifically to our time at the end of exile when hidden powers of people were revealed, therefore there exists a reality where very negative traits are revealed that a person doesn't notice. And the fix for this is "Make for yourself a Rav."