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Didn’t the OU need OO rabbis in order to make the statement against orthodox female rabbis?
BACKGROUND:
In Parsha Mishpatim, I learned that in the Torah, it says that the Beis Din needs a majority of at least two or more of the 23 judges to sentence someone to capital punishment.
According to Torah, a unanimous vote against or for something does not count. If it’s unanimous, then the trial lacked intellectual honesty because at least one judge would have looked at it from another angle.
IN TALMUD:
The Story of Rabbi Eliezer vs. Rabbi Joshua (and the Sages)
About the Clay Oven made of pieces – Can it become impure?
Excerpt from Chabad:
Rabbi Joshua stood on his feet and said: “‘The Torah is not in heaven!’1” … We take no notice of heavenly voices, since You, G?d, have already, at Sinai, written in the Torah to ‘follow the majority.
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According to Torah, a unanimous vote against or for something does not count. If it’s unanimous, then the trial lacked intellectual honesty because at least one judge would have looked at it from another angle.
I’m pretty sure that only applies to applying the death penalty to a particular person (which we don’t do today anyways).
(If every Jew in the world agrees that murder is forbidden, would that make it muttar?)
lightbrite,
According to Torah, a unanimous vote against or for something does not count. If it’s unanimous, then the trial lacked intellectual honesty because at least one judge would have looked at it from another angle.
I think the ruling that crabcakes are unkosher is unanimous, and it still counts.
As you were told, LB, what you’re referring to applies to sentencing a person to death.
In general, consensus on Halachic issues is not a bad thing, and is not indicative of any errors or miguided thinking.
Without OO, there would be no women rabbis, so the issue wouldn’t exist.
I know you said the end, but I had in mind to write that from the beginning of the thread but I was very good and I read through the entire thread until I saw that you wrote the end.
Anyhow, it was a very important point of logic that no one else had made yet.
Okay. THE END!
Please insert all genius defense’s of Open Orthodox policy on this thread:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/lets-make-yct-teshuvas-by-popa/page/3
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