Ordination

After Supreme Court ruling:

First woman passes rabbinical ordination exam

Woman passes examination in the field of the laws of mourning. She must pass five additional exams to be eligible for ordination.

Rabbi Avigdor Nebenzahl calls to boycott rabbinical exams

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.

Historic ordination certificate of Rabbi Shlomo Goren revealed

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.

Rabbinical exams returned fourteen months later

Dozens of examinees received today the scores of a Rabbinical exam from Cheshvan 5785, after an exceptional delay of a year and two months.

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A glimpse into the life of Rabbi Avraham Price zt”l

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.

Test books lost from Chief Rabbinate ordination exam

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.

Chief Rabbinate refuses to give easier tests

Students for Rabbinical Ordination will not be given any leniencies on their tests due to lengthy periods of reserve service.

Life is not only about what we do, but how we do it

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.

Israeli Modern Orthodoxy and female clergy-crossing the line

There are clear halakhic decisions against women serving as congregational rabbis. In the case described below, that has been ignored.

The never-ending saga of unrecognized American conversions

Chief Rabbi Yosef: Leniencies only within halakhic guidelines

Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef told new rabbis and rabbinical judges to be lenient only within the guidelines of halakha.

382 new rabbis in Israel

At a ceremony held in a Jerusalem synagogue, Chief Rabbis welcomed recipients of the 'Yoreh Yoreh' ordination.

Celebrations At Yeshiva University - Video

Watch full video: hundreds of rabbis receive ordination this week in unique Yeshiva University ceremony.