{"id":16696,"date":"2010-02-07T17:16:39","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T01:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=16696"},"modified":"2010-02-07T17:50:35","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T01:50:35","slug":"female-orthodox-rabbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=16696","title":{"rendered":"Female Orthodox Rabbi – The Latest Crisis In Modern Orthodoxy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shmuel Hain, a Modern Orthodox rabbi, writes on JTA<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nNEW YORK (JTA) — Another month, another round of recriminations in the Modern Orthodox community.<\/p>\n

Two months ago it was a breakaway rabbinic organization established, in part, to promote decentralized conversion standards. Last month it was a public forum on homosexuality in the Orthodox community.<\/p>\n

The latest controversy centers on the decision by two rabbis to bestow the title of rabba, a feminized version of rabbi, on a woman previously ordained with the title of Maharat.<\/p>\n

Public pronouncements followed by denouncements that generate name-calling and more rhetoric: chilul Hashem (desecration of God’s name). Conservative. Post Orthodox. Fundamentalist. Haredi. Beyond the pale. Off the reservation. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From a comment to Hirhurim<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Original
\nThere once was a wise Maharat
\nWho said, “Shas and poskim I’ve got
\nThough I’ve studied those tomes
\nWith two X chromosomes
\nAn Orthodox Rabbi I’m not.” <\/p>\n

Revised <\/p>\n

She now seems more clever than wise
\nThe Maharat title just a disguise.
\nProving she and her mentor
\nAre far far left of center
\nTo ordain Orthodox female rabbis.<\/p>\n

Y. Aharon posts: Thee best that can be said of R’ Pruzansky’s post is that it’s not as ignorant as the editorial in the American Yated. I note also that he is melamed zechut on those who believe that income tax evasion or having a kept woman is permissible according to halacha. Interesting that he can see the other side on ethical and moral issues, but not on issues of equity.<\/p>\n

I note that Gil appears to equate melacha on shabbat with ordaining women rabbis, whatever their official title. That is a highly questionable comparison even if we only consider amira le’acum which is forbidden rabbinically (i.e. explicitly assur, not just a question of novelty). I wish the Conservative movement would have adopted busing congregants to shul on shabbat instead of having them drive themselves. That would have been an halachic approach to a distance problem (even if some like RYBS may have demurred). Instead, they opted for overt chilul shabbat compounded by a so-called ruling that perverted halacha. By the way, the issue primarily involves turning on and feeding fuel to a combustion (not combustible) engine. In fact, I don’t understand why RYBS would object to busing by a Gentile driver since that would constitute zarchei rabim which is normally permitted, to my knowledge – as opposed to the Conservative congregants violating grave issurei de’oraita to attend services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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