Comments on: Smicha Fraud Investigation Widening

By: popa_bar_abba

popa_bar_abba — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:53:41 +0000

I thought my yeshiva would start a fraud investigation after I got smicha, but apparently I got off.

By: UKbloke

UKbloke — Tue, 22 May 2012 12:39:33 +0000

On the contrary Loyal Jew. The fact that the Rabbinate have a test, which is checked and audited and quite hard means that their Rabbis should have a certain standard.

By: Loyal Jew

Loyal Jew — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:48:21 +0000

If this is true, it shows that the bona fides of people who receive smicha from the Rabbinate have as much chashash as the Rabbinate’s giyurim, kashrus, etc. All have the same problems: loopholes, impersonal bureaucracy, loose enforcement…

By: lazerc

lazerc — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:09:25 +0000

where there is money and personal gain, there is corruption. It is in both the frum and secular worlds. Equality from the yetzer hara!

By: UKbloke

UKbloke — Tue, 22 May 2012 07:11:12 +0000

This is shocking. If you can’t do the exam, don’t be a Rabbi. If you are a knowledgeable avreich, don’t help people cheat.

By: akuperma

akuperma — Tue, 22 May 2012 03:35:56 +0000

Before we were so modern, the people doing the testing knew the people being tested on a personal basis.