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tryinghard@my-deja.com wrote:

:  How the Conservative clergy are so knowledgable that they can
: differentiate niddah from zavah is beyond my
:  comprehension. Which is comical because their entire intruction to all
: of Yoreh Deah boils down to a
:  Reader's Digest verison 22 clock-hour low level course in practical
: halacha (CDE 3809x)."


: Bakcon seems to apply this to Prof. Kraemer, (since he is the only one
: whom Kaiser has claimed as knowledgebale in the laws of Niddah) Yet
: backon has no knowledge whatoever of Kraemer's background,

thanks for a reasoned list:

: 1. Kraemer's qulifiactions are not mentioned in it at all

I assume that an ordinary Rabbi would have to council his
congregants in practical cases. thus, the reference


: 2. The course he cites is NOT the only one in which C rabbis learn
: codes. (It IS the only required course on practical halacha - codes are
: studied inother coourses as well)

are the other course in Yoreh Deah as Josh claimed?

: 3. There are many tracks in which C rabbis may learn more halacha at
: JTS, including an accelerated talmud track, majoring in rabbinics, and
: taking post-grad degrees (of which there are several distinct ones)in
: rabbinics.

same question as (2), and we need to look into the mandatory classes
only - for any Rabbi who has women in his congregation or/and is married.

: Now tell me again why lies and distortions of this type are less serious
: than Kaiser's.

I am not yet convinced, see above
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