Praying within four amot of my rabbi
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Question
May I pray within four amot of my rabbi, who is the rabbi guiding me in all my life questions, both spiritual and material?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha
Someone who guides you in life is not necessarily your “rabbo muvhak” (primary teacher).
A rabbo muvhak is one from whom you have learned the majority of your Torah wisdom, or the “gadol ha-dor” (the great Torah authority of the generation).
Nowadays this is found almost only in someone who returned to observance at an older age and learned from the very beginning of his studies with one particular rabbi].
Source
Mishnah Berurah, siman 90, se’if katan 73: "ורבו היינו שרוב חכמתו הימנו או גדול הדור." — "And ‘his rabbi’ means one from whom he has gained the majority of his wisdom, or the great man of the generation."
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