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Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

It's very tricky, actually.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

The Gemara in Kiddushin, on Dafayin Vavan Beis, tells us that a ger should not be appointed to a position where he inspects people's weights.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

You know, the weights that they use for their scales when they're selling produce.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

So, the ger shouldn't be the guy doing the inspections.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

And, because that's viewed as a position of surah.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

Now, is that a very prestigious position?

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

It's not really a prestigious position.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

L'chor, it's got nothing to do with prestige.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

What is it?

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

So, Rav Moshe understands that a

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

seems to understand as follows that when the purpose of a job that a person has is not only to do the bidding of the person who employs you but to actually sometimes work against them and oversee them and do things that they don't want and implement things against those who you're in charge of or even who are in charge of you that would be a position of srarav

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

But a position that just has a certain measure of power over other people, like you're a boss in a company, that doesn't count as a position of srarah.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

It has to be where you're dafqa working against somebody.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

So Ramosha discusses the possibility, what about a ger, being a rosh yeshiva, or a mashkiach in a yeshiva.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

So they certainly have certain powers, but he doesn't think that you can throw kids out of the yeshiva if you're a rosh yeshiva.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

But he doesn't think that that's srarah.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

Because that's just like a boss power.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

That's not the power of acting against the will of the employer.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

Because the reshiva can't go against the board.

Ten Minute Halacha
A Woman Becoming a Shul President

The board employs him and the reshiva can't decide to...