Comments on: Jerusalem Court Sentences Rabbonim to Prison in Fraudulent Semicha Case

By: JulesFe

JulesFe — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 07:43:06 +0000

In Yiddish the saying is Der Rebbe meg.
Such behaviour is chilul hashem.
Any Rabbi who is sentenced to a jail term should be denied teh right to be called Rabbi

By: avreimi

avreimi — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 22:05:01 +0000

When do the sentences start? As they will all surely appeal such harsh decrees, one hopes the Court will not treat them any more harshly than former Prime Minister Olmert who is allowed to stay out of jail until his appeal is heard. Or is there one law for the non religious and another for the haredim?

By: bklynmom

bklynmom — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 19:17:54 +0000

מדבר שקר תרחק

Yikes… It always boils down to $$$ incentives..

By: akuperma

akuperma — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 18:50:10 +0000

With a state religion, “smicha” becomes nothing more than a government license, unrelated to the traditional concept of indicating a certain educational attainment. They really should call the government license something such as a “rabbinic license” to distinguish it from what was traditionally referred to as “smicha”.