Take it with a grain of salt?

amother

Mon, Apr 07 2014, 11:27 pm

Question about advice from a respected rebbitzen.

When asking a question or shaila to a Rav, my experience is that the rav listens, clarifies & then gives either a p'sak if I am asking a shaila, or hadracha if I am asking advice. I feel bound, once I have asked, to follow what the Rav tells me.

Today I went to speak with a Rebbizen who I respect. I was looking for some spiritual guidance. Before I could explain what I needed guidance with, the Rebbizen was giving me medical advice that I had not asked for. I respect the Rebbizen immensely, but have differing views on the value and reliability of medical treatments.

So although I came to her for guidance in a different area, now she has given me specific advice on what to do or not do, that is contrary to what my husband & I consider advisable. And is not an area in which I would have asked her for guidance on.

She is a wise person in Torah, and the wife of a gadol b'yisorel, and I do not want to entirely disregard her, since she offered this advice with much blessing.

Do I need to follow her advice?
Do I need to ask a rav a shaila to see if I can disregard her advice?