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==Conservative Synagogues and Reform Temples== | ==Conservative Synagogues and Reform Temples== | ||
#It is forbidden to daven in a room or temple that is used for conservative or reform prayers.<ref>Igrot Moshe 4:91:6</ref> | #It is forbidden to daven in a room or temple that is used for conservative or reform prayers.<ref>Igrot Moshe 4:91:6</ref> | ||
#Regarding having inter-denominational events, interactions, dialogues or the like communal rabbis should be consulted and they should seek advise from great Torah authorities.<ref>Rav Lichtenstein ([https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/749581/rabbi-dr-aharon-lichtenstein/beyond-the-pale-reflections-regarding-contemporary-relations-with-non-orthodox-jews/ "Reflections regarding Contemporary Relations with Non-Orthodox Jews"]) writes at length on this topic. A few short notes from that article include that he emphasizes that today we have a responsibility to teach and have relations with non-Orthodox Jews to help them but doing so needs a lot of consideration. He culls upon sources from tanach and the siddur which emphasize the importance of a joint effort of all Jews to serve Hashem such as: ממלכת כהנים וגוי קדוש, כל מעשיך יהיו לשלם שמים, לה' הארץ ומלאה, למען אחי ורעי אדברה נא שלום בך, מלוך על כל העולם, ויאמר כל אשר נשמה באפו ה’ א-לקי ישראל מלך ומלכותו בכל משלה, כי כל פה לך יודה וכל לשון לך תשבח, לתקן עולם במלכות ש-די וכל בני בשר יקראו בשמך, והלכו עמים רבים ואמרו לכו ונעלה אל הר ה’. Whether having communal relations with a non-Orthodox Jews is to be pursued depends on the content, motivation, the sociohistorical context, which camp is in dominance, what reponses are likely to be explicited, what are the social and national reprecussions, what is the prevailing culture of the commitment to Torah, are we authorized to pursue compromise directions. Ultimately, אין לדיין אלא מה שעיניו רואות a rabbi can only judge according to what his eyes perceive. Sources such as Yoma 57a, Brachot 7a, Sanhedrin 111a, and Mordechai Yoma 725 all show that we daven and include in our davening even the non-religious. Kol Nidrei makes a point to do so. Rav Lichtenstein p. 207 recounts a story in which he thought that a joint denominational Yom Hashoah convocation could be considering that the Nazis didn't distinguish and neither should we. Further see Sifrei Devarim 6:4 and Sanhedrin 73a which motivate outreach.</ref> | |||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
*[https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/749581/rabbi-dr-aharon-lichtenstein/beyond-the-pale-reflections-regarding-contemporary-relations-with-non-orthodox-jews/ Rav Aharon Lichtenstein on Non-Orthodox Jews] | *[https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/749581/rabbi-dr-aharon-lichtenstein/beyond-the-pale-reflections-regarding-contemporary-relations-with-non-orthodox-jews/ Rav Aharon Lichtenstein on Non-Orthodox Jews] | ||
