Orthodox rabbinical conference

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The Orthodox Rabbinical Conference Germany (ORD) is an association of Orthodox rabbis within the German Rabbinical Conference based in Cologne .

Foundation and goals

The ORD was founded on April 27, 2003 (= 25th Nissan 5763) by eleven rabbis in Frankfurt am Main . Its aim is to ensure the preservation and further development of Jewish tradition and Halacha in Germany. Particular attention should be paid to the immigrant Jews from the former CIS states . In addition, the ORD sees itself as a contact point for other international rabbinical conferences and participates nationally and internationally in interreligious dialogue , especially with Christianity and Islam.

structure

The ORD is an independent organ within the Central Council of Jews in Germany . It elects a board of directors and an advisory board from among its members to manage day-to-day business. Your various commissions are responsible for specific areas of responsibility. Several commissions and a Beth Din ("House of Justice", Hebrew: Court of Justice) were set up within the ORD .

Board and members

Rabbi Yitshak Ehrenberg was the chairman of the three-person board until November 2012 , then the rabbis Avichai Apel (then Dortmund, since 2016 Frankfurt am Main), Zsolt Balla (Leipzig) and Aharon Ran Vernikovsky (then Düsseldorf, temporarily Munich, now Mainz) as elected board members with equal rights. Vernikovsky has not been a member of the board since 2013. In June 2014 Rabbi Yehuda Puschkin (Esslingen) was elected to the board for the retired Vernikovsky. In 2016, the board members were confirmed in office. The board of directors is now supported by a four-person advisory board. It includes Yaakov Ebert (Würzburg), Shimon Großberg (Hanau), Avraham Radbil (Osnabrück), and Julien Chaim Soussan (Frankfurt am Main). The ORD keeps a list of members.

Umbrella organization

Together with the General Rabbinical Conference of Germany (ARK), in which both male and female reform rabbis from conservative and liberal Judaism are represented, the German Rabbinical Conference was founded in 2004 with its seat at the Central Council of Jews in Germany. The ORD had 53 members in November 2016, the ARK has 29 members (as of November 9, 2018). The rabbis of Chabad in Germany maintain their own rabbinical conference , the German Rabbinical Council , and do not belong to the ORD, but can take part in their conferences as guests. The permanent Chabad Beth Din "Machsikei Hadat" has existed in Berlin since 2011.

Beth Din

A central Beit Din was founded in Germany in 2004 in cooperation with the Israeli Chief Rabbinate . It consists of three dayanim, whereby two of the three dayanim are provided by the chief rabbinate in Israel and the third dayan is a member of the ORD.

The tasks of the Beth Din are diverse, whereby one of the main focuses today is the implementation of Gittin , Jewish divorces, since no religious divorces could be carried out in Germany in recent years with serious consequences, especially for the women affected by it ("Agunot") ).

The Beth Din is also responsible for conversions ( Gijurim ), Jewish legal cases (Dinei Tora) and clarification of the Jewish status (Berurej Jahadut).

So far (December 2010) around 200 cases have been treated, 35 Gittin and 60 Gijurim carried out.

Commission for kashrut and mikvah

Since the founding of the ORD, the Kashrut Commission has simplified the purchase of food for people who comply with the Kashrut laws many times over.

Under the leadership of Rabbi Tuvia Hod-Hochwald , the Madrich Kaschrut was created, which explains which foods available in Germany are kosher. In particular, not only products and their manufacturers are listed, but also possible sources of supply. The Kashrut Commission is also planning talks with manufacturers to bring about uniform labeling of food.

The Commission a further object of the monitoring of newly constructed or re-building Mikwaot . For this purpose, the Commission makes use of the support of Rabbi Poznan (London), who is an expert in this field, during its visits to the respective communities.

Commission for Britot

Due to the immigration of Jewish people from the CIS countries, the problem arises that many Jewish men have not been circumcised. Since this problem is not only a religious but also a very personal one, the commission tries to be present with speakers in the Jewish communities with this topic. Corresponding lectures have so far convinced a large number of Jews to catch up with the Mitzvah of the Brit Mila .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.ordonline.de/rabbiner/vernikovsky_aharon-ran/
  2. ↑ http://www.ordonline.de/rabbiner/ebert_jaakov/
  3. ↑ http://www.ordonline.de/rabbiner/grossberg_shimon/
  4. ↑ http://www.ordonline.de/rabbiner/radbil_avraham-yitzhak/
  5. ↑ http://www.ordonline.de/rabbiner/soussan_julian-chaim/
  6. ↑ Hanau. Confirmed in office. Board elections for the Orthodox Rabbinical Conference Germany. In: juedische-allgemeine.de. November 28, 2016, accessed March 1, 2018 .
  7. ↑ http://www.ordonline.de/rabbiner/
  8. ^ German Rabbinical Conference. (No longer available online.) In: www.zentralratdjuden.de. Central Council of Jews in Germany, archived from the original on July 4, 2009 ; accessed on March 1, 2018 (as of 2018-03-01: on www.zentralratdjuden.de no longer to be found under institutions / rabbinical conferences, probably no longer exists).
  9. ↑ Confirmed in office. In: Jüdische Allgemeine . November 28, 2016, accessed November 9, 2018 .
  10. ↑ The rabbis of the ARK. In: ark.de. Retrieved November 9, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Detlef David Kauschke: "Anger and incomprehension". In: Jüdische Allgemeine. March 7, 2013, accessed November 9, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Bet Din Berlin. In: www.betdin.de. Bet Din "Machsikei Hadat" Berlin, accessed on March 1, 2018 .
  13. ↑ http://www.ordonline.de/rabbiner/hod-hochwald_tuvia/