Barry Freundel Scandal

[mochada]

So how long will it be until we find out that better looking women got an easier conversion path 

He actually made it harder.  A good friend of mine who got his geirus through Freundel met women who were subject to these practice dunks.  He told me, the better looking girls were conned into practicing multiples times.  Until this hit the news, my friend thought tevila was done differently for women...now we know the truth.

[Dan]

And I'm hearing now about him trying to convince single girls to go to his mikvah.
What a perv.

[dudi]

As a child (esspesially in israel) they always told us to aim to be A rabbi now what?

[ChaimMoskowitz]

As a child (esspesially in israel) they always told us to aim to be A rabbi now what?

Expose this for what it is and move forward.

[dudi]

Expose this for what it is and move forward.

Together with the rest of the rabbis out there "having fun"

[ChaimMoskowitz]

Together with the rest of the rabbis out there "having fun"

Yes!

[Achas Veachas]

As a child (esspesially in israel) they always told us to aim to be A rabbi now what?

Aim to be one of the many good rabbis out there. Why should discovering a bad apple change that? (Other than the knowledge that even as a rabbi you must not let your guard down and continue working on your Middos)

[DMYD]

And I'm hearing now about him trying to convince single girls to go to his mikvah.
What a perv.

So only that makes Him a perv? Just A terrible and embarrassing story for klal Yisroel!

[Dan]

The fact that she was single doesn't make him a perv, the fact that he obviously wanted to see her naked does.

[Achas Veachas]

So only that makes Him a perv? Just A terrible and embarrassing story for klal Yisroel!

If he was only an opportunist that would make him perv enough, but now that he was convincing people who otherwise wouldn't (and shouldn't) be going to Mikvah makes it way worse...

[dealfinder85]

uch

[skyguy918]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/us/rabbinical-council-to-add-a-role-for-women-in-wake-of-voyeurism-scandal.html

[zale]

Beware of any "celebrity rabbi".

A rabbi (and lehavdil, a priest or other religious leader) is supposed to be a selfless, humble person by nature. Any so called "rabbi" who seeks fame and popularity is in and of itself in direct contrast to the very nature of what a rabbi is supposed to be. This is the ULTIMATE red flag.

Yona Metzger, Shmueli Boteach... the list goes on.

[Yitz]

Beware of any "celebrity rabbi".

A rabbi (and lehavdil, a priest or other religious leader) is supposed to be a selfless, humble person by nature. Any so called "rabbi" who seeks fame and popularity is in and of itself in direct contrast to the very nature of what a rabbi is supposed to be. This is the ULTIMATE red flag.

Yona Metzger, Shmueli Boteach... the list goes on.

Said very well

[ChaimMoskowitz]

Beware of any "celebrity rabbi".

A rabbi (and lehavdil, a priest or other religious leader) is supposed to be a selfless, humble person by nature. Any so called "rabbi" who seeks fame and popularity is in and of itself in direct contrast to the very nature of what a rabbi is supposed to be. This is the ULTIMATE red flag.

Yona Metzger, Shmueli Boteach... the list goes on.

Very interesting.

[sky121]

Beware of any "celebrity rabbi".

A rabbi (and lehavdil, a priest or other religious leader) is supposed to be a selfless, humble person by nature. Any so called "rabbi" who seeks fame and popularity is in and of itself in direct contrast to the very nature of what a rabbi is supposed to be. This is the ULTIMATE red flag.

Yona Metzger, Shmueli Boteach... the list goes on.

Meanwhile there are plenty of Rabbis who are nothing like the above mentioned and are doing awful/sick things.

[efflpetzel]

Meanwhile there are plenty of Rabbis who are nothing like the above mentioned and are doing awful/sick things.

please elaborate

[zale]

Meanwhile there are plenty of Rabbis who are nothing like the above mentioned and are doing awful/sick things.

And your point?

I was merely pointing out an obvious red flag.

[whYME]

The fact that she was single doesn't make him a perv, the fact that he obviously wanted to see her naked does.

One might argue that "wanting to see her naked" just makes him human, (well, at least the heterosexual male kind,) it's the acting out on his desires that makes him a perv.

[dealfinder85]

Beware of any "celebrity rabbi".

A rabbi (and lehavdil, a priest or other religious leader) is supposed to be a selfless, humble person by nature. Any so called "rabbi" who seeks fame and popularity is in and of itself in direct contrast to the very nature of what a rabbi is supposed to be. This is the ULTIMATE red flag.

Yona Metzger, Shmueli Boteach... the list goes on.

so now this chain became a lashon hara fest of any rabbi who has messed up (i dont mean to belittle any of the actions, i just chose a simple term)