Word: michaelis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Such was the first S'micha-the laying on of hands by which Jewish rabbis were ordained for more than 1,500 years. But S'micha is something more than a simple ceremony of ordination. It is conferred only upon Orthodox rabbis who 1) have devoted years to intensive study of the Talmud and the complex, exacting Jewish Law, and 2) have satisfied their rabbinical superiors as to their scholarship and piety. Without receiving S'micha, rabbis may preach, head synagogues and serve as chaplains, but for Orthodox Jews may decide no questions of Jewish...
...Manhattan last week, 85 young rabbis, from pulpits all over the U.S., were assembled for the biggest S'micha in the history of U.S. Judaism. All were graduates of the theological seminary at Manhattan's green-turreted Yeshiva University, the only Jewish university in the U.S. Yeshiva's seminary was also celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding. Before an audience of 1,200 distinguished Orthodox scholars, educators and laymen, the black-capped musmachim (mostly in their 20s) rose briefly as their names were called...