[Avodah] Maharat

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 04:03:26PM -0500, Noam Stadlan via Avodah wrote:
: the point being that those who want to outlaw ordination for women have
: sources to rely upon...

Again, the Rama cites the Mahariq... So, so rule leniently is to
read the Rama and ignore his source.

: The other point which really hasn't been adequately unravelled is whether
: semicha is synonymous with heter hora'ah? something different? can someone
: have heter hora'ah and not semicha? it seems that the concentration on the
: specific issue of semicha has skirted the perhaps more important issue.

Well, in the case of Maharat in particular, the big bold print in
the middle of the certificate reads "heter hora'ah larabbim".
http://www.jta.org/2013/06/17/default/what-does-an-orthodox-ordination-certificate-look-like

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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