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employment of the Rabbi/Rav will be decided by a two-third majority of those
present.
b) The salary and other compensation paid to the Rabbi/Rav for the fulfillment of his
duties as well as any other conditions of employment will be determined by an
agreement confirmed by the Vaad of the Amutah. All of the above shall be subject to
the guidelines for proper conduct and administration as established by the Registrar
of Amutot and the requirements of the Law.
c) The Rabbinic Authority will be the sole authority empowered to make all halakhic
decisions. In the event that there is no rabbi employed or designated as the halakhic
authority by the kehilla, the Board will decide to which Rabbinic Authority to address
halakhic questions as the need may arise.
d) The Rabbi/Rav will be subject to the decisions of the Vaad of the Amutah and the
requirements of the Takanon.
e) The Rabbi/Rav is authorized to decide issues relating to differences of opinion that
may arise between a member of the Amutah and the Amutah itself or between
members of the Amutah, with the limitation that such issues do not relate to the
authority of other institutions of the Amutah itself.

4) The Board of the Amutah.

a) Board Members:
1. Board members will be chosen at a General Meeting. The positions of the chair,
secretary and treasurer will be decided by the Board members at the first
meeting of the new Board.
2. The affairs of the Amutah will be conducted on a daily basis by the Board [Vaad],
consisting of seven [7] members. A quorum will be a majority of the Board.
3. At the first election to the board, four (4) board members will be elected for a
term of two (2) years and three (3) board members will be elected for a term of
one (1) year. At all following elections, newly elected board members will serve
for a term of two (2) years.
4. A Board member may serve for a maximum of three (3) consecutive two (2) year
terms, i.e., six (6) years. Once having left the Board after six (6) years, a former
Board member may, after a hiatus of one (1) year, be re-elected to the Board in
a future election.
5. Until a new Board is chosen, the previous Board will remain in office to conduct
the affairs of the Amutah.
6. In the event that for whatever reason there occurs a vacancy on the Board, the
Board is empowered to appoint for a temporary period another Amutah
member to Board membership. The temporary member will serve until the next
General Meeting, at which the appointment will either be made permanent or
another Amutah member will be chosen in his/her place. Notwithstanding the
above, should the number of Board members fall below the required number of