tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post7848408307420876900..comments2024-03-28T15:14:16.180+02:00Comments on Life in Israel: Rabbi Pruzansky stepping down is a lossRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-32316245425714169452014-11-02T09:18:01.396+02:002014-11-02T09:18:01.396+02:00The beit din is committed to working solely accord...The beit din is committed to working solely according to the RCA standards. By the present standards, that was fine with him. As he noted in his blog, he fears that the announced 'review' of standards and protocols may compromise the integrity of the process. He doesn't want to have to then fight over it, and resist pressure to conform to 'new' standards that he doesn't agree to. (In this case, he is afraid they will be too lenient.)<br /><br />Rabbinical Council of Bergen County isn't "his own private beis din". It is a beit din run by a regional vaad, and he was the av beit din. But not 'private', ad hoc, or small-time at all.Mordechai Y. Scherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06774262478551329181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-51303306297159123992014-11-01T21:21:50.308+02:002014-11-01T21:21:50.308+02:00thanks for the clarification.
so, what does it mea...thanks for the clarification.<br />so, what does it mean he is stepping down from? he is stepping down from his own private beis din? he just doesnt want to work with the RCA anymore? if it is not an rca beis din, why does he feel he needs to step down from it?Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-37984231969836765262014-11-01T21:10:22.943+02:002014-11-01T21:10:22.943+02:00'Head of the RCA's conversion court' s...'Head of the RCA's conversion court' sounds misleading to me. Rav Pruzansky was the head of a local conversion court (RCBC) which operated with RCA approbation and acceptance. The RCA did not run the court in any way. That is how conversion courts around the country operate with RCA approval. The RCA has no hand in running the court; rather the court is run according the RCA's standards and the converts are thereby validated by the Beit Din of America as needed. Technically, the BDA is also independent of the RCA; though the RCA resorts to the BDA's services for many issues.<br /><br />In fact, the RCA has no beit din at all.Mordechai Y. Scherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06774262478551329181noreply@blogger.com