[Avodah] hoist by his editor's petard

[Micha Berger]

Administrative note: Our web server is down, as is sending TO the
regular email addresses. As this email proves, sending FROM does
work. lists.aishdas.org is not, so posts should work. If not, use
avodah at lists.aishdas.org explicitly.

It also means I can moderate posts, albeit not using my usual set of
helper tools, so I can (1) reply to an Avodah post using cut-n-paste,
and (2) read an email sent to avodah that you tell me is for me
personally. (I'll just reply in the rejection letter.)

Shabbos he miliz'oq, od me'at, urefu'ah qerovah lavo, be"H!



RDR wrote:
> What has semicha to do with psak? Naively psak is pronouncing an
> applied halachic decision. Semicha is authority to perform certain
> judicial functions.

Actually, according to the usual text you tend to find on the "klaf",
it's reshus to give pesaq even when lifnei rabbo.


If semichah is about judicial functions, then you've opened the door
(or I guess I now am) to discuss giving "Toreh Toreh" to a woman.

(Awe, don't complain. If I didn't do it, you know someone would have. The
discussion of any actual merits vs prohibitions doesn't belong on
Areivim.)

:-)BBii!
-Micha