Qualifications to preach in a synagogue?

[Awful_Things]

Hey all,

I am helping a friend with a paper, and the problem he is struggling with is discovering the requirements to preach/teach in a synagogue in ancient Judiaism (at the time of or before Christ). Any thoughts? Resources? With citations, if possible. I’m coming up dry through internet resources.

 

[MorningSong51]

Hey all,

I am helping a friend with a paper, and the problem he is struggling with is discovering the requirements to preach/teach in a synagogue in ancient Judiaism (at the time of or before Christ). Any thoughts? Resources? With citations, if possible. I’m coming up dry through internet resources.

Well, it all depends on a couple of things. First, for which movement? Orthodox, Conservative or Reform on the ordination of a Rabbi? 2nd, and from what I understand, synagogues happened to be around before the 2nd temple was destroyed - so it depends on the district/location of the synagogue. Another thing, when you start looking, find out when the first synagogue was built, should be the first temple period. What’s interesting is the book of Tobit. I had to look for much of this information when doing our genealogy - that being in Morocco. I’ll hand you some information from our family background, on famous Rabbi’s - students who studied underneath them: It’s in French, you can get a translator - and look underneath the qualification under this website: Ordination

rédigea plusieurs œuvres dont Comentario al Séfér Yétsira (Commentaire sur le livre de la … Marrakech, il est l’auteur de Séfér yéchout Yah’acov…artengine.ca/eliany/html…s/rabbinss.html Sefer: means, scribe, or those who are able to translate and write the Torah on a parchment. Written entirely in Hebrew, a sefer Torah contains 304,805 letters, all of which must be duplicated precisely by a trained sofer (“scribe”), an effort which may take as long as approximately one and a half years. An error during transcription may render the sefer Torah pasul (“invalid”). There is more to the meaning of Sefer, but that’s a basis idea.

SIBONI Messod (XIXes.). Originaire du Maroc. Rabbin de Marrakech, il est l’auteur de Séfér yéchout Yah’acov (Livre de l’essence de Jacob), un commentaire sur les Psaumes.

and another article,

Also, I found another article listed by La recherche: yechout,Torah et Business listed under:

kodechonline.com/index.html?p5670.html

I found other article dating back not only from Morocco but Yemen, as well.

 

[MorningSong51]

Sorry, the websites change so often:
artengine.ca/eliany/html/biodictionaryfiles/rabbinss.html
the website changed on the another website
haruth.com/jw/JewsMorocco.html - and then look under: rickgold.home.mindspring.com/page7.html

Sephardic Genealogy Sources
Synagogues of Morocco - pictures
Synagogues In Morocco - will be taken to another website
Visiting Jewish Morocco by Rick Gold
Jews in Moroccan History from the Beginning to the Arab Conquest: rickgold.home.mindspring.com/page7.html

I hope this helps…

 

[MorningSong51]

one other website that I found on synagogues:

"There is a local legend that the synagogue was built during the Second Temple period by Jews who had never lived in Eretz-Israel and had not witnessed the destruction of the Temple. Hence they were not bound by the same rituals and prohibitions as other Jews and ate meat during the period of mourning from the 17th of Tammuz to the ninth of Av (the day on which both the first and second Temples were said to have been destroyed).

This research mission, and a previous one dealing with the synagogues and ritual objects of Marrakech, are part of an extensive survey project conducted by the Centre of Jewish Art of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, which I have the privilege of directing. Because there are so many Moroccan synagogues, we chose to deal first with synagogues which are still in use during the week, or on the Sabbath and holidays. The purpose of these surveys is to preserve the cultural, liturgical and visual heritage of the Jewish communities as a whole. The documentation process involves a detailed description and a scale model drawing of the synagogues and ritual objects, studying their ornamentation, deciphering inscriptions and initials, recording dimensions and identifying the materials and methods used in making the objects. Everything is photographed and the information and photographs thus obtained are recorded in the Index of Jewish Art, a vast repository of investigative themes for researchers, teachers, students, and the public at large.**

mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/1990_1999/1999/2/Moroccan%20Synagogues-%20A%20Survey

This would fall under Sephardi Jews and not under Ashkenazi. (In this respect, the counterpart of Ashkenazi is Sephardic, since most non-Ashkenazi Orthodox Jews follow Sephardic rabbinical authorities, whether or not they are ethnically Sephardic. By tradition, a Sephardic or Mizrahi woman who marries into an Orthodox or Haredi Ashkenazi Jewish family raises her children to be Ashkenazi Jews; conversely an Ashkenazi woman who marries a Sephardi or Mizrahi man is expected to take on Sephardic practice and the children inherit a Sephardic identity, though in practice many families compromise. A convert generally follows the practice of the beth din that converted him or her.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_Jews#By_religion)

There is a lot to know about the two groups and really - for ordination I’m not sure if one learns more than the other, most Ashkenazi don’t put a lot of emphasis on mysticism of Torah where the Sephardi do…that is, in their Rabbinical studies and I don’t know if this is necessary. So the qualifications to teach or to lead the community can be different.