Yiddishkeit

Rav. Jacob Kalman, one of Reuven’s teachers who has survived a Nazi death camp has Reuven choose between his views and his father’s view. Rav Kalman has seen Reuven at The Zechariah Frankel Seminary meeting with Abraham Gordon and tells him he should not meet with Gordon because he has been excommunicated for his books that question the foundations of Judaism or set foot in The Zechariah Frankel Seminary ever again because it unclean. Rav. Kalman tells Reuven that he cannot agree with his father 's way of explaining the Talmud and warns Reuven that he can 't give him permission to become a rabbi unless he stands by 'true Yiddishkeit ' and not with Gordon or his father. Reuven has his examinations to see if he will be given permission to become a rabbi. Rav Kalman and Rav Gershenson present to question him and Reuven explains the Talmud by using the modern way of his father. It went very well that both Rav. Gershenson and Rav. Kalman were surprised and had nothing left to ask on the third day of the examination, so it was cancelled. Reuven does not get to find out if he will be given permission to become a rabbi until 5 days after the exams. Rav. Kalman was against giving him permission because of the way Reuven explained the Torah, but Rav. Gershenson persuaded him to give permission to Reuven to become a…