What's your rabbi like?

But didn’t Rabba bar bar Ḥana say that Rabbi Yoḥanan said: What is the meaning of that which is written: “For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek Torah from his mouth; for he is an angel of the Lord of hosts” (Malachi 2:7)? 

“If the rabbi is similar to an angel of the Lord of hosts, (perfect in his ways) they should seek Torah from his mouth; but if not, they should not seek Torah from his mouth.”  (Chagigah 15b)

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