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PAA,
That is not what I’m trying to convey. The focus is not that it is against her inherent role.
The point is, rather, that a major component of smicha is about being recognized as one who is steadfast in the Jewish people’s Torah hashkafa, mesorah, and traditions, and therefore, a woman who seeks out smicha is deviating from our heirloom of Torah haskafa, mesorah and traditions, and by doing so she inherently disqualifies herself from smicha and all that it represents.
Viewing a smicha as nothing but a social license to preach/teach is not representative of what real rabbanut actually represents.