The chief Rabbi is only the chief Rabbi of Israel. It's a political position, not a position that implies he's the chief of Rabayim or anything of the sort. We don't have anything like that. Orthodox Judaism has no central 'chief' like the Pope, Dali Lama or the sort. Reform Judaism has a central body, but they're a much newer group.
> > the Shia Muslems, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Pope, the Chief > Rabbi and the head of the Shintu faith in Japan... and one more I > I'm not sure what your saying here. Are you saying that you feel that Judaism is organized religion? If so, you'll excuse me while I laugh at you. In terms of resonating with my feelings about organized religion, I'd > have to place them in order of preference: the Amma, the Dalai Lama, > the Grand Sheikh would be first; the Pope, the Chief Rabbi and Dr > Frank Page would be last; the others would be somewhere in the middle > (with the Lutheran and the Anglican nearer the top). Dr Frank Page is > a scary man who embodies almost everything I think is wrong with > organized religion. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249055 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
