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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=black
size=2><FONT face=Arial>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? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="CLEAR: both"><FONT face=Arial>-Josh S. <SPAN
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color=#0000ff size=3>==================</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=961264320-19032010><FONT
color=#0000ff size=3>Our story so far:</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=961264320-19032010><FONT
color=#0000ff size=3>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)</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN
class=961264320-19032010>KT<BR>Joel
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