Reply To: If you do not have s'micha, can you advertise yourself as "Rabbi"?

writersoul: that was one of my original points. Spot on. I’m not exactly at the Kosel in a tallis learning gemara with a maharat but you are 100% correct. By the analyses mentioned above: It’s a complete double standard to call a man who teaches halacha or engages crowds with inspirational speeches but does not have smicha “rabbi”, but a woman who teaches halacha or inspires people and does not have smicha cannot be called “rabbi”. If it is a technical term then it should stay a technical term. And if it is simply a title used colloquially then whats the big deal calling chashuva women “rabbi”.??