tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post115373520499531943..comments2023-10-29T11:50:25.742+02:00Comments on My Obiter Dicta: A Challenge to TzoharJeffrey R. Woolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11315625918870195028noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-1153848743373752202006-07-25T20:32:00.000+03:002006-07-25T20:32:00.000+03:00"giyur kerfuffle" ?"giyur kerfuffle" ?Menachem Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074784950795186720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-1153822301893240222006-07-25T13:11:00.000+03:002006-07-25T13:11:00.000+03:00I'm not sure that an organization that started out...I'm not sure that an organization that started out with an agenda of being rabbinical "yefei nefesh" who can do marriages for the (non-religious) masses better than the establishment can, is the correct one to branch off into community rabbinics - which by its very nature will minister to the more committed. <BR/><BR/>That being said, I'm glad to see that the yefei nefesh are balanced on the program by people such as Rav Lior and Rav Melamed Jr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-1153810321241088362006-07-25T09:52:00.000+03:002006-07-25T09:52:00.000+03:00Menachem, for the short time I was in attendance, ...Menachem, for the short time I was in attendance, no.<BR/>There were broad references to Israeli and American rabbis getting together, and there was discussion of the giyur kerfuffle, but that's about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-1153804137232307342006-07-25T08:08:00.000+03:002006-07-25T08:08:00.000+03:00Was there any discussion of the ways in which the ...Was there any discussion of the ways in which the rabbis of Tzohar will broaden their influence in America, via Yeshiva University?Menachem Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074784950795186720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-1153754407661879692006-07-24T18:20:00.000+03:002006-07-24T18:20:00.000+03:00Tzohar met today at Gruss in Bayit Vegan.Tzohar met today at Gruss in Bayit Vegan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com