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At my first shul as a rav, I was told, âSoon enough, youâll figure out that you have to compromise on principles or youâll never get anywhere.â Wherever I went, I was told, âSooner or later, Dov, youâll learn that you canât feed a family on principles. Everyone sells out, sooner or later.â Advertisement Throughout my life, I have heard many Jewish laity snipe about their shul rav: âHe has no guts. No rabbis do. Cowards â the whole lot of them.â And yet, thatâs the very rabbi these complainers want: a man whoâs fearless but does and says only what heâs told â on penalty of being fired. ....