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Who Picks the Rabbi? Majority Rule in Shul According to Halacha

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Rabbi Shay Tahan

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  1. 0:00Okay, good evening. We're learning today about elections. These elections uh by voting the majority the…
  2. 1:03uh ideas of things that are under controversy in a community. Let's say in a shul,…
  3. 2:35decide in beddin? You go with the majority. Nimnu gamru Nimnu gamru, which means you have…
  4. 4:11Yeah, the Rosh says that it's a din Torah with the what what it says in…
  5. 5:12we allowed, what should we should should buy, what we shouldn't buy in a shul, or…
  6. 6:43be people that understand in the matter. For example, he learns this from what we said…
  7. 8:13to be the rabbi, it has to be that people that understand in Torah, some degree…
  8. 9:14They they paid the money to vote for someone over others. So, vote uh for bribes…
  9. 10:44want to be their rabbi. So, over here in Siman Gimel, it's brought down that whenever…
  10. 12:22There are some other rabbis at all. There's many shoes that don't have communities that don't…

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