tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post1022823960482478630..comments2023-09-11T17:58:13.764-04:00Comments on The Rebbetzin's Husband: Creating a Friendly KollelThe Rebbetzin's Husbandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-41072071251441973642009-09-29T22:14:01.262-04:002009-09-29T22:14:01.262-04:00anon1
?anon1<br />?The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-50645754119628031542009-09-29T12:15:38.419-04:002009-09-29T12:15:38.419-04:00R'MordechaiR'Mordechaianon1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-69916818336888095442009-09-27T12:07:30.022-04:002009-09-27T12:07:30.022-04:00Shorty-
Gd-willing, yes.
Anonymous 10:12 PM-
I ag...Shorty-<br />Gd-willing, yes.<br /><br />Anonymous 10:12 PM-<br />I agree that variety can be a good thing - but as I noted, I don't believe in it for leadership.<br /><br />R' Gil, R' Mordechai-<br />Exactly.The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-72289195250873523102009-09-27T01:11:49.275-04:002009-09-27T01:11:49.275-04:00Excellent thoughts.
When we were out East (where ...Excellent thoughts.<br /><br />When we were out East (where you once interviewed) I saw it as my responsibility to strengthen both the local rav and the notion of the rabbinate. It helped that I taught in another city.<br /><br />I consistently answered any but the most immediate questions with 'you should ask Rabbi Ploni, that's how it should be.' The only regular exceptions were when he was out of town and it was an Erev Shabbat kashrut kind of question, or a woman with a question about mikvah. Everything else could wait until the appointed rav was back and available.<br /><br />Strengthening people's use of the rav appropriately, and understanding the roles and responsibilities is part of the education woefully lacking today.<br /><br />Hazak v'ematz!Mordechai Y. Scherhttp://www.kolberamah.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-86159148616566840822009-09-25T09:29:44.023-04:002009-09-25T09:29:44.023-04:00I get this all the time. If the rabbi is around, I...I get this all the time. If the rabbi is around, I always tell people to ask him. If not and it is urgent, I'll answer and then later tell the rabbi about the conversation so he is aware and I know for the future whether he agrees with what I said or he has/follows a different view. If no one asks, I keep my mouth shut. We once had an issue with the timer in shul when the rabbi was away, and I thought it was clear that we could ask a non-Jew to turn the light on. But no one asked me so the gabbai made his own decision and we davened in the dark.Gil Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12776831546758682126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-22832806957077662672009-09-24T22:12:53.391-04:002009-09-24T22:12:53.391-04:00A group davening does not a shul make --- there ar...A group davening does not a shul make --- there are a number of "mincha minayim" in office buildings downtown and other places where there are no shuls handy for those who need to say kaddish so a single instance of davening after a shiur will hardly undermine the shuls.<br /><br />If someone goes to your shiur and not to Rav X or Rabbi Y it is only because you may have something new to say or because they are bored of what they already have.<br /><br />Many shul buildings (the BAYT north and Beth Tzedec south) have more then one kind of service or even more then one congregation in the building on Shabbat and Yom Tov. We have breakaways from breakaways. Variety in places to daven and to learn is a wonderful thing.<br /><br />And you can always answer the questions you feel comfortable asking and refer the rest. I have asked my congregation Rabbi questions to which the answer is " I am not an expert in such and so. I need to research/ask a Rabbi with more expertise/refer you to someone else".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-76188183060661138742009-09-24T20:22:47.590-04:002009-09-24T20:22:47.590-04:00It's always seems to be a challenge. One grou...It's always seems to be a challenge. One group might take away from another without meaning to. In my city there are more shuls who seem to be "fighting" for members. Then there are out reaches organizations who have their own events. <br /><br />It sounds like you have a good policy going, hopefully things will go *mostly* smoothly. <br /><br />Gmar Chatimah Tova!Shortyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195198876287540850noreply@blogger.com