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Posted by: Gil Student in News May 26, 15 1 Comment

▪ Chief Rabbinate to weigh ending Rabbi Riskin’s tenure in Efrat
▪ Riskin say he will remain Efrat’s rabbi regardless of Chief Rabbinate decision
▪ And the wedding might not be halachic ally valid. You need someone who knows “tiv kiddushin”: Why Mail-Order “Ordination” is a Troubling Solution to a Real Problem
▪ Joyous Return to 130-Year Old Eastern Jerusalem Synagogue
▪ Hebrew inscriptions, jewels of Palmyra’s Jewish past, may be lost forever
▪ R Pittinsky: The Potential for 3D Printing to Transform the World
▪ WebYeshiva: The Thought of Rav Lichtenstein zt”l

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Rabbi Gil Student is the Editor of TorahMusings.com, a leading website on Orthodox Jewish scholarly subjects, and the Book Editor of the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Action magazine. He writes a popular column on issues of Jewish law and thought featured in newspapers and magazines, including The Jewish Link, The Jewish Echo and The Vues. In the past, he has served as the President of the small Jewish publisher Yashar Books and as the Managing Editor of OU Press. Rabbi Student has served two terms on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America and currently serves as the Director of the Halacha Commission of the Rabbinical Alliance of America. He serves on the Editorial Boards of Jewish Action magazine, the Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society and the Achieve Journal of Behavioral Health, Religion & Community, as well as the Board of OU Press. He has published five English books, the most recent titled Search Engine volume 2: Finding Meaning in Jewish Texts -- Jewish Leadership, and served as the American editor for Morasha Kehillat Yaakov: Essays in Honour of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.

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Moshe Shoshan
May 26, 15 at 6:48 pm
unfortunately, many rabbis with “real” ordination dont know “tiv kiddushin” either.
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