The Rabbi says the courts' demand to force the Chief Rabbinate to open certification exams to women should not be accepted, and he proposes alternatives such as holding examinations within bodies that operate without court intervention.
Arutz Sheva - Israel National News has obtained an official document signed by the then-Chief Rabbi Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac HaLevi Herzog, granting Rabbi Shlomo Goren full rabbinic ordination.
Dozens of examinees received today the scores of a Rabbinical exam from Cheshvan 5785, after an exceptional delay of a year and two months.
The Avnei Nezer gave a special entrance exam for the young by, then ordained as a rabbi at 18. To earn a living, he invested in real estate, amassed wealth, and then opened his own bank, but when the Nazis rose to power, fled with nothing. Then in Toronto, he headed the “Torat Chaim” Yeshiva for 38 years and continued to serve as head of the Toronto Rabbinical Court until his passing.
The test books of sixty candidates for Rabbinic ordination were lost during the marking process. After months of uncertainty, the Chief Rabbinate summoned the candidates for a replacement exam.
Students for Rabbinical Ordination will not be given any leniencies on their tests due to lengthy periods of reserve service.
A look at Shiffra and Puah, midwives in the Book of Exodus, at new Rabbi Uri Shachor, buried treasure in Lodz and a farewell to Genesis.
There are clear halakhic decisions against women serving as congregational rabbis. In the case described below, that has been ignored.
Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef told new rabbis and rabbinical judges to be lenient only within the guidelines of halakha.
At a ceremony held in a Jerusalem synagogue, Chief Rabbis welcomed recipients of the 'Yoreh Yoreh' ordination.
Watch full video: hundreds of rabbis receive ordination this week in unique Yeshiva University ceremony.
