(JEwish Daily Bulletin)
A new procedure for the installation of rabbis in the Jewish communities in Germany is now being urged upon the Kehillahs by the Federation of liberal Jews.
The Federation has formulated a demand that in addition to completing the theological course each candidate for the rabbinate must serve several years as an assistant to an older rabbi in order to learn the practical needs of the community. The examinations at the theological seminary are insuffiicient. It is practice that makes for greater usefulness, the Federation urged.
It was stated that the Federation will strive to have a special ordinance promulgated, making it obligatory for the rabbi to serve a fixed number of years as assistant before he will be entitled to call himself a rabbi.
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