It is not easy following a success yet everyone has their predecessor and will be measured against them. Rabbi Saul Teplitz followed on the heels of predecessor Max Artz as congregational leader.
“Mine has been a very difficult lot during these past 14 years in the rabbinate,” he said in 1957. “If on a rare occasion I performed a feat worthy of commendation, I was immediately told, “Well, this is what Max would have done.”
Remember this above all: Teplitz was a highly successful rabbi. He just had to work harder at it for a long time. Do not abandon hope. Do your best.
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