The Chief Rabbinate elections of 1993 represented a complete change of direction; not only for Israel, but for world Jewry. The Rabin governemnt had been voted in the previous year. It's two major coalition partners were the ultra Left, vehemently...
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To understand how the Israeli Chief Rabbinate essentially commandeered American Orthodoxy, we must look at some history first. Although Jews began arriving in America already in the seventeenth century, few rabbis, or even mediocre scholars, did....
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The new Chief Rabbis who were elected in 1993, were heavily under the influence of Hareidi rabbis. Around that time, the main Hareidi rabbis, especially in the Lithuanian Yeshiva sector, had adopted the very stringent approach to conversion, that...
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There have been, in recent years, movements that have challenged the status quo in the Chief Rabbinate, as well as their American proxy, the RCA. While receiving much criticism, and even threats of violence in some cases, they have, nevertheless,...
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Since so many people are asking, on and off list, about Har HaBayit (The Temple Mount), i will break my own rule and describe the issues briefly. Yes, according to all views (except RAAVAD) the prohibition of entering the site where the Temple...
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