280 Chabad Rabbis to Be Ordained in Morristown
Chabad’s Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, NJ, plans to ordain 280 new rabbis at an event the movement is billing as the largest ordination class in the modern era.
The Sept. 9 program will feature former Israeli Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Israel Meir Lau and other rabbinic dignitaries. The newly minted rabbis, some of whom are already serving in communities around the country and world, will represent Chabad in 14 countries and 23 states. They will take on the title Ambassadors of Judaism and serve in Chabad’s network of Jewish educators and social service organizations in 75 countries.
“We feel indeed privileged to bestow 280 rabbinical degrees — an unprecedented number,” Rabbi Moshe Herson, dean of the Rabbinical College, told JTA. “We are happy for our students that they will have the signature of Chief Rabbi Lau on their certificates for posterity.”
Lau is not a Chabad rabbi. The Chabad rabbinical college last held a mass ordination five years ago, when 100 rabbis were ordained. The institution was established in 1971 and has ordained thousand of rabbis, according to Chabad spokesman Rabbi Motti Seligson.
Shofar
Go Yisroel Go! we are so proud of you and can wait to cheer you on, this Sunday!
Rabbi Schapiro
Is the best! THis would not have happened without him! Ikar Chaser Min Hasefer!
chaim36
Send them all to college now. Just like the rebbe [obm] did in Paris. Uneducated rabonim cannot function in a modern world.
S. John Place
Awesome! Heard Moshe Maimon will be Bocher guest speaker. Can’t wait!
Are women invited?
Are women invited ?
To number 5
Yes
to #3
The Rebbe did not need college to get educated
And being that you are not the Rebbe, and that mostly the Rebbe’s opinion was that that one should NOT go to college, you should not say what you did.
wow
may Torah spread all over
Kiddush Hashem and kiddush Lubavitch
MIssing?
Why is Rabbi Chaim Schapiro not mentioned in the article?
He is the driving force of the Smicha Program in Morristown. Without him it would not exist!!
Semicha
OK so if I was going to farher all these boys on everything they learnt from the begining – how many would actually pass? Easypass?
Melbourne
is the best Smicha program in the world!
Go Yossel go!
sarah
what time is event?