Talk:Semicha
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Semicha is certainly still given, and rabbis are referred to as "having semicha", but the present-day semicha is not identical to THE semicha as given in the times of the Bible and Mishnah. By changing the title, you are suppressing obvious fact, and you will be reverted every time you do this. JFW | T@lk 19:08, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
Agreed. The article is deeply confusing unless you already know the distinction. In a couple of lines, it says that medieval Ashkenazim introduced semicha meaning a diploma, then has a long discussion of the revival of semicha proper, then says that not all rabbis have "semicha" though most do. How can we make it clear that in this last bit we only mean diploma-semicha and not semicha proper? Sir Myles na Gopaleen (the da) 15:40, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mechanism of Semicha
It seems to me that this article is lacking a section on the actual mechanism of classical semicha- how many people can receive it from one person, how many people a person can receive it from, etc. I would really like add this section, but I don't have the time. Any takers? Ayinyud 10:44, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
