Can one call reform rabbi to Torah?

Is it possible to call a Reform Rabbi who happened to be in an Orthodox synagogue, to the Torah? A son born of a Jewish mother and non-Jewish father - how will he be called to the Torah? How should one consider a prayer room assigned by a hospital as hall of prayer for all religions? Can one change the text of a prayer in the synagogue after the composition of worshipers has changed?

These halachic questions and many others, which arise among the Diaspora community rabbis, were referred to the Eretz Hemda Institute rabbis, in Jerusalem, established for the sake of overseas community by Hagaon Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l, and from it come halachic responsa, with the approval of the Chief Rabbinate, to rabbis and ordinary readers all over the world.

All the answers, written by avrechim of Eretz Hemda Institute, were checked by a committee comprised of Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg and others.

The journal "Matzav Haru'ach", which tell about this in its latest issue, brings the answers to the questions too: a Reform rabbi caught in an Orthodox shull - "The rabbi of the synagogue is the only one qualified to rule on the question, but subject to these halachic instructions: There is a problem in calling a Reform rabbi to the Torah, but if it seems that he left his devious ways and wishes to get closer to Torah and mitzvos, one can call him as any Jew who is not Torah-observant."

A son of a Jewish mother and non-Jewish father - " the simplest and correct way is to call him by his mother's name: Moshe ben Sarah, for example. This is how he should be called at his Bris Milah, ketubah and divorce. But since calling him by the name of the mother to the Torah might embarrass him, one can call him in the name of the grandfather (maternal)".

Regarding a prayer room for worshiper of all faiths - "According to the details of the question it seems that it was originally a synagogue, which was converted by the hospital into a prayer room for all faiths. It is not prohibited that gentiles will pray to G-d in a synagogue, as it says "For My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations", and since the place was basically a synagogue one should say that 'they are coming into our borders', and they can not prohibit our synagogue".

As for a change the text of the prayer after the composition of the worshippers has changed - "One can change the version of prayer from Ashkenaz to Sphard, but if the change might cause controversy, one should not change."

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!