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Smicha-O-Matic!

Have you always wanted to be a Rebbi, but never had the time? Have you ever had a difficult halachic question, but had no one who would give you the right answer? Would you like to teach in a Yeshiva High School, but no one will hire you?

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Just take this short, modernized bechina and you'll be on your way to Rabbinic glory!

  1. The women in your shul want to make a minyan. What do you do?
    We didn't learn this in SR
    Ask your local Orthodox Rabbi
    What's a minyan?

  2. Are seemingly random occurences the result of predestination, free will, or what?
    Predestination
    Free Will
    What?

  3. An ox leaves Boro Park at 8:00 going 30 mph. Another ox leaves Lakewood at 9:00 going 25 mph. What's the halacha?
    I didn't know there would be math on this test.
    Is that in Bava something? I was absent that day.
    I think it's assur

  4. You are going out with a girl from Stern. You are too shy to be seen at a popular restaurant, but she hints that she wants to eat. You go online to look for a secluded restaurant and stumble upon a geneaology webpage that says you aren't Jewish. Now what?
    Make sure the place is kosher, in case she still is Jewish.
    Convert in the meantime; what she doesn't know won't hurt her.
    Does that mean I can't get smicha?

  5. Pop quiz - You are - chas v'shuloim - being chased by an Amaleiki, and the only refuge is a conservative shul. You remember your Rabbis saying never to enter a conservative shul, but you also aren't sure of your assailant's exact lineage. What do you do?
    Die al kiddush Hashem.
    Hide in the shul, but enter via a shinui.
    Shoot the hostage.
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