Halakhic Thought

[debka_notion]

So the egal minyan at JTS does not give the first and second aliyot to a kohen and levi, respectively. However today the person to whom they gave the first aliyah was a kohen. And they went on about their usual progression, so the next person was not a levi, nor did they give the second aliyah to the same person. And I understand not giving out aliyot based on that status issue, and since it was established for the sake of peace, I wouldn't complain about a minyan that does not hold by it for the sake of peace. But once you do call a kohen for the aliyah- I do wonder what the best choice of action would have been. On the other hand, they had handed out the aliyot in advance, and I know that once you call someone, you don't replace them, even if you should have called someone else- so maybe handing out the aliyot has some of the same status. It's just an interesting thing to think about.

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[thevortex.livejournal.com]

(just to be clear, I mean egalitarian in the global sense, as in, not distinguishing between anyone for any reason, well, except maybe being a minor, of course)

So, in such "egalitarian" congregations, do Yisraelim get to ascend the duchan, too? Or do they abolish birkat kohanim?

Huzzah!

The Vortex

[gimmelgirl.livejournal.com]

We don't duchen, no.

[shirei-shibolim.livejournal.com]

Any idea when that decision was made, by the way?

[gimmelgirl.livejournal.com]

Nope.

[thevortex.livejournal.com]

Is that because of the "women-can't-ascend-the-duchan" debate, or because of the "equality" issue?

At Brandeis, it was the former.

Huzzah!

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