Peretz, a dual French-Swiss national, received her ordination from Daniel Sperber, winner of the prestigious Israel Prize for his achievements in Talmudic study and a revered rabbi who has challenged the Orthodox establishment.
So here's the question - I will assume that Rabbi Sperber examined this woman, made sure she'd covered the appropriate curriculum and was as fluent in it as any man candidate for semichah. Now, if the woman knows the stuff, how does one explain to her that despite doing exactly what the man does, and despite there being ample precedents for women being allowed to pasken, and despite the various halakhic opinions that allow women some authority despite the ban on s'rarah, why can't she be a rabbi?
Maybe technically she can be, but because we live in an age of feminism and people wanting to change everything we have to be extra strict and not allow even a minor change.
So here's the question - I will assume that Rabbi Sperber examined this woman, made sure she'd covered the appropriate curriculum and was as fluent in it as any man candidate for semichah. Now, if the woman knows the stuff, how does one explain to her that despite doing exactly what the man does, and despite there being ample precedents for women being allowed to pasken, and despite the various halakhic opinions that allow women some authority despite the ban on s'rarah, why can't she be a rabbi?
ReplyDeleteMaybe technically she can be, but because we live in an age of feminism and people wanting to change everything we have to be extra strict and not allow even a minor change.
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