Anonymous
09/14/07 11:45 pm
What Goishe perceptions
Try serving as a GOOD rabbi and then see why . Making a living by serving the Jewish community is not anathema in Jewish life-as neither has been the debate about the merits and drawbacks of doing so. Rabbis are not monks and nuns-they need to make a living (try counseling, being erudite in jewish law and attending to simchas and tzures 24/7 (yup, you offiicate on Shabbat, that's why I'm not writing 24/6). Furthermore, nuns and monks get their living paid for as do priests (hello? vatican? catholicism? kaching...those serving it play the "pretend" game of not being paid...it's all financed, my friend)
Furthermore, it's pretty goishe to impute "evil" in making a living by spiritually serving a community.
It's only in the New
It's only in the New Testament that says "it's easier for a camel to pass thru the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven".
Pretty much the whole of genesis is about money.
Priests and Nuns
Let me add that Catholic Priests are not just compensated, but are pretty well setup for life. Nuns get a bum deal, but that is another story.
I don't think there is anything wrong with being compensated to serve a community religiously. It sure beats someone making millions from miniscule talent or notoriety.
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life18
2:04 am
Money & Jewish Professionals
Any published figures about what leading Jewish professionals make? How about Rabbis? I could not believe that Rabbi Hier at the Simon Wiesenthal Center was making over $400,000 several years ago and that his wife is on the payroll too. What happened to some self-sacrifice and serving the community. If there is a good survey or article on this it would be a real eye-opener.