At any rate: this program is usually done in about a year, half a year for those who are more serious, and for those who are serious and/or studious and also smart, two to four months is sufficient. I would add that were these bochurim to be married, the program would probably take a bit more time, simply because they probably wouldn't be sitting in yeshiva from morning to evening. Enough said. (BTW, this smicha is referred to as "yoreh yoreh", whereas rabbanim have "yadin yadin".)
Chabad rabbanim, apparently, learn real bochur-smicha more b'iyun, with the commentaries, and generally have a knowledge of hilchos Shabbos, as well. This, I assume, probably takes two to three years, and probably around one year for the more serious/smart group, or possibly for the iluy, only six months. Whatever, point made.
Smicha, as in, to be a moreh horaa, in Israel, however, takes about five or six years on average. The reason for this is the required curriculum: 1) Issur v'heter (basar b'chalav, melicha, taaruvos, bishulei aku"m), 2) Shabbos, 3) Nidda, 4) Mikva'ot, 5) Kiddushin, 6) Eiruvin, 7) Aveilut (kria, aninut, aveilut). Ha! This takes five to six years with a program - without one, I would assume longer. Anyone, in my opinion, who thinks that they can do it in eight months, is nuts. I think a year/year and a half, is a miracle, and two or three years for a smart, serious, person might be plausible.
May I not forget to add that if you want to be a rav, you also need shimush (and possibly also dayanut, depending).
Oh, and the father of one of my friends offered to give me bochur-smicha if I came to him after learning the material and passed the tests (he's the one who told me what bochur-smicha included). He said it's not really hard, all you need is time and motivation. One day...
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Do you want to be a Maharat, a Rabbah, a rabbi, or a rebbetzin?
All of the above? Yeah, yeah, I know what you probably think of that...
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