[Avodah] Women Rabbis

[Rich, Joel]

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.
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Our story so far:
1.The greatest minds on the internet ( on Hirhurim  etc. :-)) can't agree on what defines " a Rabbi".  Having failed to come to an agreement on what is being discussed, they proceed to yell at each other in ever louder voices on the theory that the louder one yells, the more convincing they are.  So the answer is both or neither  depending on how you define Rabbi. GO TO 1(Fortran joke)
KT
Joel Rich
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