What does Talmud say regarding an Orthodox Rabbi going to a Reform Temple?
A friend of mine lives in America. We email all the time. He said he is going to a meeting in his Reform Temple where an Orthodox Rabbi, a Conservative Rabbi and a Reform will discuss in the sanctuary "Is Torah the Word of God".
I told him I was surprised the Orthodox Rabbi would do this.
What is your opinion?
While the other "top contributer" is correct, the Talmud predated Reform Judaism by many hundreds of years, he is sorely mistaken about Orthodox Judaism. There are many Orthodox Jews who would not go into a Reform (or Conservative) temple, as the building represents beliefs which are foreign to Orthodox Judaism. There are exceptions and other disagree, but you (the asker) are not far off.
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June 18 2010 06:08 am | 7
Havara d on 18 Jun 2010 at 11:14 am #
answer: perhaps you missed the part where the Talmud was written hundreds of years before Reform Judaism was developed.
My synagogue routinely holds joint fund raising events with the Orthodox synagogue. As long as the Orthodox synagogue prepares the food to their strict standards, no one is upset.
Jews are Jews – Reform Jews (and others) are welcome at an Orthodox synagogue and vice versa.
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ME! on 18 Jun 2010 at 11:19 am #
While the other "top contributer" is correct, the Talmud predated Reform Judaism by many hundreds of years, he is sorely mistaken about Orthodox Judaism. There are many Orthodox Jews who would not go into a Reform (or Conservative) temple, as the building represents beliefs which are foreign to Orthodox Judaism. There are exceptions and other disagree, but you (the asker) are not far off.
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R’ Moshe Feinstein wrote a responsa about it
Kathy P-W on 18 Jun 2010 at 11:44 am #
There is nothing in the Talmud about Reform synagogues because they did not exist at that time.
In my opinion, it would be a bad idea for the orthodox rabbi to miss a chance for a Jewish discussion in a synagogue because he would want the orthodox view represented and perhaps some of the people listening might look more into orthodox congregations. If he didn’t go, then they’d have no chance of hearing that particular view.
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