Chazal ordained biography

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The upcoming ordination imbroglio

I avoided it as much as possible. I found every excuse to delay it. I did not want more controversy. I did not want to make people feel uncomfortable, nor to have to field the protest. But I can’t delay it any longer, and I must speak out now. So here we go.

We all recall the episode of three years back in which a Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT) star graduate openly denied the Singular Divine Authorship of the Torah as well as many other Ikarei Emunah (Cardinal Principles of Faith). Whether or not YCT was aware of this person’s beliefs when it ordained him, as well as exactly when he adopted such beliefs, is unknown to the public. But YCT was very hesitant and somewhat tardy in condemning the beliefs, and it took International Rabbinic Fellowship (IRF) an extremely prolonged period until this person was no longer serving as one of the heads of its conversion program. This person is still very involved with Open Orthodoxy as a prominent writer and even editor of its publications and as a Yeshivat Maharat Advisory Board member.

The question now b

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Mauritians of influence since 1968 [II]

DR. IBRAHIM ALLADIN

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Malcolm de Chazal

In the world of arts and literature, the name of Malcolm de Chazal stands out. This famous pœt, novelist, philosopher and artist was born in Vacoas on 12 September 1902. After his primary schooling at the Royal College of Curepipe, he proceeded to Baton Rouge and received a degree in engineering from Louisiana State University, he returned to Mauritius and started to work as an agronomist for the sugar industry. He had travelled extensively and had a broad view of the world. He had no interest to pursue a career in engineering, he was an artist and that’s what he wanted and excelled at. Malcolm was an enigmatic artist and pœt. His travels had given him a profound sensitivity, and he developed a special affinity with his home country. This deep love and a strong sense of belonging are reflected in his works. He loved the Mauritian landscape and its surrounding. His famous collection entitled Pensées began in 1940. It was Sens-Plastique that brought de Chazal to fame. By the time of h

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By Pierre Baissac

Joseph Antoine Edmond de Chazal

A Man of the New Church

Pierre de B. Baissac

A presentation given on the occasion of the Chazfest

Durban, South Africa

April 2012

Dear friends

I will talk to you today about a most extraordinary person, one of those truly great men who has handed down an immense intellectual, moral and spiritual wealth and legacy, a person who is seldom if ever in our thoughts, and to whom not one street, road, park has ever been named or monument raised. In fact, we are assembled here today, ultimately because of him and his wife. I am talking of our common ancestor to all the Chazal descendents here present, (he was the father of 15 children) Edmond de Chazal and his wife Claire Rouillard.

When one asks, in Mauritius, who was Edmond de Chazal, the answer, from those who remember his name, is generally: He was the founder of St Antoine SE but he is better known as the founder of the Swedenborgian Church in Mauritius.

I would like to show that he was much more than just that, I would like to show what led him to whole heartedly ado