 Conservative rabbi Dov Haiyun was detained in July 2018 for performing an unsanctioned wedding, leading to protests and condemnation from opposition lawmakers and mainstream Jewish organizations in the United States.The Chief Rabbinate confers "Semikhah" (or "Semicha", i.e., Rabbinic ordination); "Semikhah from the Rabbanut" is considered amongst the most prestigious of contemporary ordinations.It is granted once the candidate has passed a series of six written tests on specified subjects  
(Shabbat; Marriage; Family purity and Mikvaot; Kashrut; Aveilut).