Back to the origional point, and for those who seem to inject criticism in what anyone else says—-I am NOT trying to downgrade or belittle anyone at all in this post. I just want to know, like the origional poster, what the qualifications are to be called a specific title today, as I want to make sure I do not belittle someone when speaking to/about them. Do I say “Harav Hagaon”or just “Harav”? Is that person a “Reb” or “Rav”? For the perspective of today- what makes someone “”worthy”” of being called one title and not another?
