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Aharon Feldman is a
rabbi and
rosh yeshiva (dean) of
Yeshivas Ner Yisroel (Ner Israel Rabbinical College), an
Orthodox yeshiva located in
Baltimore, Maryland. He has held this position since
2001.
He is the son of Rabbi Joseph H. Feldman, (d. 1992) who was the last rabbi to formally serve as
Chief Rabbi of
Baltimore, Maryland. The Feldman family is a prominent rabbinic family, his elder brother Rabbi
Emanuel Feldman is the former editor of
Tradition and was a prominent pulpit rabbi in
Atlanta, Georgia. His younger brother Rabbi Joel Feldman, was the Dean of
Talmudical Academy of Baltimore.
In
1994 he spoke publicly against the actions of
Baruch Goldstein saying that there could be "no justification," and describing the actions as "way beyond the pale."
Rabbi Feldman was interviewed in the
2001 documentary film
Trembling before God about young orthodox Jewish gay men.
In 2003 he penned a public response to a question from
Gil Student asking how Orthodox Jews should relate to
Chabad messianists. He expresses wonderment at the fact that the "great halachic authorities" have not published rulings on this subject and reluctantly agrees to issue a ruling himself. He makes a clear distinction between what he terms the "
meshichists" (those who believe the late Rabbi
Menachem Mendel Schneerson is the
messiah) and the "
elokists" (those who believe he was a part of God or God "clothed in a body"). He rules that it's forbidden to associate with
elokists under any circumstances due to their
heresy and they can't be counted for a
minyan. He rules it's also forbidden to support the
meshichists in any way that lends credence to their messianic beliefs though they're not strictly heretics. He argues that although there's a Talmudic source (Sanhedrin 98b) that the Jewish messiah may come from the dead, nevertheless that source indicates that this messianic candidate must be similar to the prophet Daniel; Rabbi Feldman rules that anyone that can believe that the last Lubavitcher Rebbe was similar to the prophet Daniel has entirely compromised judgment and shouldn't be given any leadership position.
In
2005 he was one of 15 Jewish educators invited to an informal discussion on Jewish education in the White House's
Roosevelt Room.
Rabbi Feldman has authored and translated (from
Hebrew to
English) several books dealing with Jewish law and life. He wrote a critique of Rabbi
Natan Slifkin which in turn generated several responses.
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