They always ask, do you have a rav. Who is they? Everyone. If you go to a rabbi to ask a question: do you have a rav? If you want to go on a shiduch, do you have a rav? On the shiduch: do you have a rav? If you are trying to talk over an idea or halacha with a neigbhor: what does your rav say. If you are married she'll declare: we need a rav.
However, there are two fundamental problems with this demand. The first is the nearly every rabbi you'll meet today is single-minded, believes in one thing only: Gaining schar via Brisker Lomdus. You know, talmid Torah k'neged kulam as it is popularly but erroneously interpreted. So nearly everybody who will qualify as a rav in the minds of all those who are asking isn't interested in spending any time with you, getting to know you, or even spending 10 seconds thinking about his response.
The second problem stems from the first. His only interest is Brisker lomdus, which is a chess-like analysis of Talmudic abstractions. Thus, your rav isn't interested in wisdom. He skips the aggadata. His view on life is just a patchwork of dogmas that he hears around town.
So this person that other people want to be in charge of your destiny isn't interested in you, has no time for you, and is not wise. He's most likely a fool.
So I ask, do you have a rav? I hope you don't.
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