A ceremony will take place on Thursday 9 Elul in Yerushalayim to bestow semicha on 400 new rabbonim.
The rabbonim will receive semicha from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel in the presence of Chief Rabbi David Lau Shlita, Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Shlita and Deputy Minister of Religious Services Rabbi Eliyahu Ben-Dahan. The event will begin in the Yeshurun Shul at 13:30.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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3 Responses
Almost anyone can receive smicha for volume of material accomplished.
If only there could be a process of vetting for adherence and authenticity
Wishing them well
worse even than disregard for halacha
Do they subscribe to the cardinal precepts of Judaism?
Let me tell you a secret it doesn’t help anyone to get ordained at the end of the day if you want a job you better have “protektzia” in one of the parties.