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Rabbi Avi Weiss’s Bridge Too Far On Female Orthodox Rabbis
Rabbi Avi Weiss miscalculated. He thought he could get support on this issue without talking to anyone. His approach was the opposite of Chana Henkin‘s. She created a limited semicha (rabbinic ordination) for women to rule on Jewish law. She … Continue reading
Posted in Chana Henkin, Haredi, Orthodoxy, R. Avi Weiss, R. Yosef Kanefsky, YCT
Tagged chief rabbi, family purity, marc angel, orthodox rabbis, purity laws, rabba, rabbi avi weiss, rabbi weiss, s bridge, semicha
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Training Women To Become Orthodox Spiritual Leaders
From a JTA blog (link): Rabbi Avi Weiss announced last week he was creating Yeshivat Maharat, "an Orthodox Yeshiva of Higher Learning … [to] train women to become Orthodox Spiritual Leaders – full members of the Rabbinic Clergy – in … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy, R. Avi Weiss
Tagged bayit, full complement, pastoral duties, rabbi avi weiss, semicha, university campuses
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Beit Shemesh Extremist Rabbi Shabsi Wigder Extremely Ill
This announcement in Hebrew asks for your prayers. Wigder is not from the Karlin Stolin sect. (They are moderates, politically and religiously speaking.) Bleich, his son-in-law, is from that sect. Wigder hung around Rabbi Shlomo Freifeld, who was the Rosh … Continue reading
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