tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post2538888936086573648..comments2023-06-21T10:52:34.013-04:00Comments on Jeremy Rosen's Blog: CharismaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043970242427877089noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-62042156867922983002015-06-19T12:52:33.526-04:002015-06-19T12:52:33.526-04:00Ethics; worthy enough a branch of philosophy for P...Ethics; worthy enough a branch of philosophy for Plato, Aristotle, Al Farabi, Saadia Gaon, Paquda, Maimonides, Aquinas, Spinoza, Kant, Hume, and Buber. Yet it's beneath the yeshiva bochurMasrimaghrebihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18412983274143957898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-35906486009060843202015-06-19T09:37:00.636-04:002015-06-19T09:37:00.636-04:00Absolutely right! In yeshivah they concentrated on...Absolutely right! In yeshivah they concentrated only on how well you could learn, not what sort if person you were. And even if we did study Musar, that was considered secondary, good for wimps, bit it was a the other that really counted.<br />And yes the Charedi world of all colors worships the rich. And the felons are heroes when they get out because they still have their ill gotten gains. So sad, so bad!Rabbi Jeremy Rosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723608669485173271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-84568084843644125782015-06-19T09:35:17.530-04:002015-06-19T09:35:17.530-04:00Too true Leila. Shabbat ShalomToo true Leila. Shabbat ShalomRabbi Jeremy Rosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723608669485173271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-81060491949065767032015-06-19T09:34:20.549-04:002015-06-19T09:34:20.549-04:00If only they did it with normal teachers! Usually ...If only they did it with normal teachers! Usually the Unions make sure no one is fired!!!!Rabbi Jeremy Rosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723608669485173271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-14852388406583328032015-06-19T07:02:46.057-04:002015-06-19T07:02:46.057-04:00What they should do taking his title away and sack...What they should do taking his title away and sack him. They do it with normal teachers why not with Rabbis.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07843583401382061475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-10480493750541878952015-06-19T04:24:52.859-04:002015-06-19T04:24:52.859-04:00You are absolutely correct, Jeremy. One only has ...You are absolutely correct, Jeremy. One only has to look at last week's blog to see the corruption of power and the power of corruption, albeit in a seemingly minor form but it is endemic in certain small groups. To me those groups seem to have had a charisma by-pass and the problem is that to the outside world they are fodder for anti-semites.Leilanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-183678862434284092015-06-18T23:52:52.849-04:002015-06-18T23:52:52.849-04:00I also think part of the problem among rabbis is t...I also think part of the problem among rabbis is that ethics (and philosophy in general) isn't a prerequisite for semikhah. Being able to pass a test on Yoreh De'ah will help a rabbi assist laymen with day to day halakhic matters, but it doesn't help cultivate a decent character.<br />It used to be that a community rabbi or hakham not only required a multi-disciplinary base of knowledge, but personal virtue. Nowadays, instead of kicking out and condemning less than exemplary figures, the Orthodox world covers for them. In the case of a certain former slaughterhouse CEO who's currently behind bars, they even say l'haim in his honor all too oftenMasrimaghrebihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18412983274143957898noreply@blogger.com