[Avodah] Women Rabbis

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

Josh S. jew at when.com:
> 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?

Lich'ora it's a slam dunk

Yore Yore is OK halachically
Yadin Yadin is NOT OK

Simple hilluq - eid echad neeman b'-issurim

OTOH The S. Lieberman responsum posits that yore yore is a stepping
stone to dayanus, so even THAT is a problem.

IMHO though, one does NOT need s'micha to quote wideley accepted halachic
texts [EG SA, MB Shach, Taz]

So AISI, NOW [pun?], a woman can offer halachic information based upon
a text, and easily punt the difficult cases to an "av beis din" which
is what many pulpit rabbis do now anyway.

Have a Good Shabbos
RRW
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