Reply To: Short Skirts – No Excuses

I personally know people who are known as rabbis but do not have Yoreh Yoreh semichah, and I also know people who have Yoreh Yoreh semichah but are not known as rabbis. Semichah is just a statement that you have learned particular areas of halachah and can be trusted to teach and answer questions about those areas. Many with semichah never actually work as rabbis.