18 rabbis running for post of Jerusalem Chief Rabbi!

[Yerusha]

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/265056/registration-in-jerusalem-chief-rabbinate-race-is-closed.html

1. Rabbi Shlomo Amar, 2. Rabbi Chaim Amsellem, 3. Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, 4. Rabbi Mordechai Toledano, 5. Rabbi Mordechai Malka (Chief Rabbi of Elad), 6. Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Maimon (A dayan in the Giyur Beis Din. He is over 70 and not eligible under law), 7. Rabbi Yehuda Chaik (Rav in Katzrin), 8. Rabbi Mordechai Entebbe (Rav in Beit HaKerem, Yerushalayim), 9. Rabbi Mordechai Malka (Rav of Be’er Tuvia Regional Council and an av beis din), 10. Rabbi Yehuda Deri (Chief Rabbi of Beersheva)
















In the race for Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, the candidates are; 1. Rabbi Aryeh Stern, 2. Rabbi Eliyahu Schlesinger, 3. Rabbi Yaakov Shapira, 4. Rabbi Moshe Chaim Lau 5. Rabbi Yehuda Rosenthal (Mo”tz in Beis Din of Chanichei Yeshivos of Rabi Mordechai Gross Shlita of Bnei Brak) 6. Rabbi Avraham Chanoch Kutiner (A posek in Bnei Brak), 7. Rabbi Yehuda Zender 8. Rabbi Eliyahu Dovid Rosenthal (A dayan in Petach Tikvach)









There does not appear to be a clear front runner. Few are famed for their righteousness. Few are top scholars. Few have oratory skills. A pretty paltry bunch, as befits this generation!

But sometimes an ibbur can occur and an otherwise unknown ellow can suddenly pleasantly aise.

May Hashem grant victory to the two candidates who will expedite a Kahanist Geulah!

[ChabadKahanist]

Who do you want?

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

I hope none of these are Deform "rabbis".

[ChabadKahanist]

I hope none of these are Deform "rabbis".

No they are not.

[Dr. Dan]

Reform rabbis with beards are usually female. These individuals are definitely men

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

Reform rabbis with beards are usually female. These individuals are definitely men

[Yerusha]

Let's hope that Chaim's adage of "The bigger the beard the bigger the thief" proves wrong this time, and that we be pleasantly surprised that at least one of the winners is a closet-Kahanist and a man of righteousness.

But I wouldn't hold out too much hope!

The Chief Rabbis of Jerusalem may well end up having more influence than the Chief Rabbis of Israel, even more that the Prime Minister & President!

[Dr. Dan]

Let's hope that Chaim's adage of "The bigger the beard the bigger the thief" proves wrong this time, and that we be pleasantly surprised that at least one of the winners is a closet-Kahanist and a man of righteousness.

But I wouldn't hold out too much hope!

The Chief Rabbis of Jerusalem may well end up having more influence than the Chief Rabbis of Israel, even more that the Prime Minister & President!

I hope they be more like what jewish rabbi should be and not like a politician.

[ChabadKahanist]

Reform rabbis with beards are usually female. These individuals are definitely men

Not so my neighbor Arik Asherman is a reform "rabbi" & has a beard as well as a kipa full time believe it or not.

[Dr. Dan]

I said usually women, wise guy.

[ChabadKahanist]

I said usually women, wise guy.

His wife is a CONservative "rabbi" & although she has no beard she does look like a bull dyke!!!
 

[Yerusha]

The winner of the Ashkenazi race: R.Aryeh Stern.

None too inspiring



But Stern having Merkaz HaRav connections, it could have been worse if a dyed-in-the wool-Haredi-unsympathetic-to-Kahanism like Lau would have won!