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The Maharam Shick (CM 18-19) says that the public and its representatives have no say as to the internal running of independent organizations of Torah and chesed. Based on this, we have ruled that beit din cannot force a yeshiva to accept a specific student. It seems that the determining factor in borderline cases is whether the person can be removed from his post without any specific wrongdoing. This may be supported by the following set of sources. The gemara (Bava Batra 46b) says that a sharecropper can testify about the ownership of the field he works on because its ownership does not directly affect him. The Nimukei Yosef (ad loc.) says that this is not so in regard to the type of sharecropper who cannot be removed from the field. In other words, not being able to be removed creates a special relationship that makes him unable to testify.
There is another concept that impacts on the director’s status. The gemara (Megilla 26a) says that although shuls that are attended by an open-ended segment of the population cannot be sold, the shul in Mata Machsaya, where people donated toward it with the intention that matters were at Rav Ashi’s discretion, could be sold by him. Similarly, when an individual founded and runs an NPO as its clear leader, he has a halachic status as its leader.
There is yet another reason that the director is required to adjudicate as a party. The Torah, in describing the litigants (Devarim 19:17), talks of "the people who have the dispute." Thus, even if they would not be considered like actual owners, such as in relation to monetary ownership, if their regular involvement in the operations makes them the de facto disputants, that is the way they will be halachically viewed.
Regarding whether the laws of following the local practice apply, although the status of tzedaka organizations is somewhat different than standard, this does not apply to the organization involved in this case. Since most of its budget comes from funds from government agencies, the same norms of behavior that apply to other such institutions, including universities, apply to them.
P'ninat Mishpat (829)
Various Rabbis
165 - Allowing Yibum for Sephardim in Israel
166 - The Status of the Director of an Organization
167 - Divorce With Problems About the Ketuba
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Various Rabbis
Various Rabbis including those of of Yeshivat Bet El, such as Rabbi Chaim Katz, Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger and Rabbi Yitzchak Greenblat and others.
Moreshet Shaul Moreshet Shaul: A Crown and its Scepter – part II
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 294-5
Rabbis in Midrash
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Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 9 - "Seeing is Believing" (parag. 21-30)
These paragraphs elaborate on the theme that seeing and knowing is better than any attempt to prove logically, and begins explaining the difference between Israel and gentiles.
Ein Aya Various Universal Stages of the Geula Process
Rav Kook examines the various stages of redemption, explaining how (in addition to the obvious oft-mentioned stages of ingathering the exiles, reviving the Hebrew language, army, state etc.) the messianic dream of world prosperity, the State of Israel and world unity can and are realistically and logically gradually coming true.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
How do we know that the "claim" of mass revelation to 2,000,000 witnesses at Mt. Sinai is really true? This important class answers all of the questions skeptics ask about this claim of the Kuzari.
Ein Aya Armies Still Necessary for Balance & the War Against Wars
Rav Kook explains why the world was originally divided into the various seemingly contradicting ideologies and cultures, in order to develop each one respectively. Swords or armies symbolize how each respective ideology defends themselves, as well as deters their opposing ideologies and cultures. On the other hand, the messianic era will be one of peace, and Rav Kook explains the transition to that stage, which mankind is already undergoing.
The Land of Israel LGBT'S IN ISRAEL
The question was asked, how can one make Aliyah with the LGBT parades?
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 7 - Five Accumulative Proofs of G-d
As a preparation for the Kuzari's classic proof of G-d from the mass-revelation at Sinai, we start here with 5 other directions to strengthen our belief which also contribute to what the Kuzari will present as well.
Ein Aya Muscle & Meaning: The Dual Nature of Gevurah (Physical Strength)
Is physical strength and fitness a necessity or an ideal? Although it if often totally overlooked among topics of Judaism, Rav Kook writes that it clearly is also a necessity to deter the many enemies of Israel, but even in Y'mot HaMashiach, in the Messianic era, to a certain extent, it's ideal continues even after our enemies will have been finished off.
