Friday, March 12, 2010

Female Orthodox Rabbi???

http://www.heebmagazine.com/blog/view/2824

I strongly disagree that there should be female orthodox Rabbi's in the Jewish communities. Growing up Orthodox myself, its been taught to me that the definition of a Rabbi is someone who is in a position to answer questions regarding Jewish law and is an authoritative figure. How can a women have the knowledge to learn and understand the intricate laws given to us. By nature men and women think differently. For example, is a women supposed to answer as objectively as a Rabbi would on questions regarding everyday life? Women are more emotional, she might get too involved and base her answer on that emotion. Would that then be the best advice for her disciple?
Furthermore, a women who is in this position probably has a family. How will she choose an emergency needed by her community over taking care of her family? Should her husband play the role of the mom? Maybe, but I feel its unnatural. Additionally, whats so wrong about the wife of a Rabbi's role? She has a big part in her community,its just more hidden. I would even go as far to say it's bigger than the Rabbis , she has to be his backbone and make sure all the decisions he executes run smoothly. All in all I feel this is a very bad idea and will destroy the Orthodox World if it's allowed in.

1 comment:

  1. I think these are interesting observations... I do wonder what this kind of change would do to the role of a rebbetzin. Also, can a woman be truly tznius when she helps men with their intimate troubles? I'm going to be thinking a lot more about this.

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