[Avodah] Women Rabbis

[Saul Guberman]

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 15:24, <jew at when.com> wrote:

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>
> The Rabbi of my community (Rabbi Elie Weissman of the Young Israel of
> Plainview) said in his speech last shabbos that "any Rabbi worth his salt
> will tell you that a woman becoming a Rabbi is not a halachic issue; it is
> an hashkafic one". I have heard however from other sources that it indeed
> is an halachic issue. Which statement is correct?
>
> -Josh S.
>

It is both a halachic issue & hashkafic issue.  See the RCA blog for good
posts about this issue by Rabbis Helfgot, Klapper, & Rothstein.  They have
taken away a lot of the heat & discuss more of the issues.

http://text.rcarabbis.org/?p=761
http://text.rcarabbis.org/?p=811
http://text.rcarabbis.org/?p=827
http://text.rcarabbis.org/?p=804
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