{"id":561,"date":"2021-03-01T06:24:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T06:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/?p=561"},"modified":"2021-03-01T18:47:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T18:47:46","slug":"why-i-am-a-chacham-and-not-a-rabbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/2021\/03\/01\/why-i-am-a-chacham-and-not-a-rabbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I AM a Chacham and NOT a Rabbi!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-562 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Polish_20210301_001845498-298x300.png?resize=298%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Polish_20210301_001845498.png?resize=298%2C300 298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Polish_20210301_001845498.png?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aniyostsef.com\/kahal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Polish_20210301_001845498.png?w=719 719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/>I want you all to understand something: This thing called \u05e1\u05de\u05d9\u05db\u05d4\u200e smicha only exists within Rabbinic Judaism. Within Rabbinical lore is the self-justifying Rabbinical premise that the \u201coriginal smicha was the formal \u2018transmission of authority\u2019 from Moses through the generations.\u201d And, that this form of smicha \u201cceased between 360 and 425 CE,\u201d but has continued since then \u201cin a less formal way.\u201d All of this is, of course, an accepted *LIE* in Western Judaism, made up by rabbis to maintain ruling power over communities.<\/p>\n<p>You know what I mean, white-folk Judaism that has spread everywhere they\u2019ve settled. The same Western Jews who think that all forms of Judaism that are not like them are somehow less authentic forms of Judaism. Attention, I have something to say about this as a Jew: Letter B and letter S, B.S.! (Note, I\u2019m referencing authentic Judaisms, not Christians pretending to be Jews, so don\u2019t get your hopes up, idol worshiping Messianics pretending to be Jews!) You know what I mean, these European-raised Jews that think the only way to be a rabbi is to be ordinated as one by another rabbi and, then, get a white man\u2019s degree \u2013 to prove just how white you are as a Jew, to both Jews and Gentiles alike.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a simple Jewish worldwide fact: A teacher, a \u05de\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4 moreh\/morah, a \u05d7\u05db\u05dd chacham, a \u1244\u1235 Qess is not such by way of ordination. Rather, but by way of *self-study* and by *acts of leadership* \u2013 whether \u201cordinated\u201d or not (such a Christian word!) in the Rabbinic way, and whether zero or seven college degrees in the Gentile way. The word \u05e1\u05de\u05d9\u05db\u05d4 smichah derives from the Hebrew root \u05e1\u05de\u05da samach, which means to \u201crely on\u201d (in the sense of \u201clean on\u201d). Literally, it means \u201cleaning of the hands\u201d. Even Rabbis of Western Judaism have to admit one fundamental Jewish truth: With \u201cordination&#8221; or not, you are not a rabbi until a community chooses you as their rabbi.<\/p>\n<p>Chacham Yosef, here, would like to say, \u201cAshkenazi, please! I throw a shoe at your smicha ways, Rabbinic Judaism.\u201d If your papers of title and respect means turning a nose up towards Jews of color (who are just trying to teach you something!), and means being utterly detached from the plight of the common man and woman because of your white privilege, then I don\u2019t want your rabbi title connected to my name! And if you think that you can only be a rabbi *if some other HUMAN BEING tells you that you&#8217;re a rabbi* &#8211; then *YOU haven&#8217;t studied yet*! Because, I speak for the rest of the born Jews in this world. You know, the island Jews, Mizrahi Jews, Haymanot Jews, etc., etc. \u2013 the ones seeking to have a real voice within Western Judaism. The ability to be someone to lean upon is all upon you and, then, if *you* are worthy the role, a community chooses you by your ability.<\/p>\n<p>This message I send to all the denominations of Rabbinic Judaism: the #OrthodoxUnion (commonly called #OU ), the #UnitedSynagogueofConservativeJudaism (#USCJ), the #UnionforReformJudaism (#URJ), the #ReconstructingJudaism (#RJ), and the #SocietyforHumanisticJudaism (colloquially known as #SHJ ). I pull no punches, a spade is a spade, and I call it such!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want you all to understand something: This thing called \u05e1\u05de\u05d9\u05db\u05d4\u200e smicha only exists within Rabbinic Judaism. 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