On Dec 25, 2007 2:57 PM, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The chief Rabbi is only the chief Rabbi of Israel. It's a political > position, not a position that implies he's the chief of Rabayim or anything > of the sort. We don't have anything like that. Orthodox Judaism has no > central 'chief' like the Pope, Dali Lama or the sort. Reform Judaism has a > central body, but they're a much newer group.
Good to know. He didn't make that clear (I wonder why not? :) He was ex-military and I had to wonder whether his somewhat aggressive stance on fighting for Judaism was borne out of his service years or was a more general sentiment (I was hoping the former). -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249057 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5