Who Is a Rabbi? Who Is a Cantor?
What is the status of "ordination" in the halakhah? In a world where you can download a s'mikhah certificate from the Web, how can you tell the real rabbis and cantors from the phony ones? Are the words "real" and "phony" even appropriate here? Must one graduate from a recognized seminary or yeshivah before earning the title "rabbi" or "cantor"? Or may anyone simply adopt those titles for themselves?
What is the status of "ordination" in the halakhah? In a world where you can download a s'mikhah certificate from the Web, how can you tell the real rabbis and cantors from the phony ones? Are the words "real" and "phony" even appropriate here? Must one graduate from a recognized seminary or yeshivah before earning the title "rabbi" or "cantor"? Or may anyone simply adopt those titles for themselves?
The Halakhah and Organized Labor
May workers organize for better pay and working conditions? May they adopt rules that govern their jobs and their relationship with their employers? May they go on strike and prevent nonunion workers from replacing them?
May workers organize for better pay and working conditions? May they adopt rules that govern their jobs and their relationship with their employers? May they go on strike and prevent nonunion workers from replacing them?
