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rabbi
rabbi Person qualified through study of the Hebrew Bible and the
Talmud to be the chief religious leader of a Jewish congregation and the person responsible for education and spiritual guidance. In some countries, such as the UK, Jews are led on a national basis by a chief rabbi. Modern Israel has a rabbinic council with two chief rabbis, one representing the
Sephardim tradition, the other representing the
Ashkenazim.
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Rabbis Shoot Down `Get' Weapon: Bet Din of America claims ruling
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Week; 7/21/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...America, echoing several rabbis who questioned why Rabbi Auerbach didn't write...West Side, he said. Rabbi Schwartz noted that most of the rabbis who participated in...on a high level?" Rabbi Schwartz asked. Many rabbis contacted expressed...
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Rabbis At Odds Over Human Rights Group
Newspaper article from: Forward; 1/4/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Hollander wrote. Rabbi Winer's proposed resolution accuses Rabbis for Human Rights...Reform movement, Rabbi Forman blasted the handful of Conservative rabbis whom he said "resurrected...moral voice from rabbis that highlights violations...on both sides." Rabbi Saul Teplitz, a...
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Rabbis Face Off On Culpability: As police probe possibility of
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Week; 11/24/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...himself be killed. "Which rabbis?" Rabbi Oron asked him. "All of them...anybody to hear it," said Rabbi Oron. Nationalist rabbis are now unanimously and publicly...Investigators are hunting for a rabbi or rabbis who sanctioned the assassination...
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Rabbis without pulpits
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 9/13/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...13-1996 BRINGING rabbis to Israel seems as...to Newcastle. But Rabbi Shlomo Pesach Toperoff...days as a pulpit rabbi aren't quite over!" While few rabbis will admit that aliya...scholarship of Israeli rabbis," says Rabbi Charles Weinberg...
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'Rabbi Of Rabbis' Dies: Mordecai Waxman served the same Long Island pulpit for 55 years, but his influence was felt by the world
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Week; 8/16/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...was eulogized at his funeral Tuesday as the "rabbi of rabbis." Rabbi Waxman, surrounded by his family, died at his...served as president, termed Rabbi Waxman the "rabbi of rabbis" for the "generous assistance" he gave to his...
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Rabbi Accused In `Get' War: Rabbinic Body alleges that Borough Park
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Week; 7/14/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...has learned. The rabbis are investigating Rabbi Menashe Klein, the...without value." The rabbis paint a picture of Rabbi Klein as a figure...evidence collected by rabbis and family members...an incident where Rabbi Klein allegedly said...
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Monsey Rabbis Call Colleague Untruthful
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Week; 1/6/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...controversial Modern Orthodox rabbi, met with nine leading haredi rabbis in his community...but to respond" to Rabbi Tendler's claim that the rabbis had found his statements...The ruling by Rabbi Wosner said that "numerous rabbis sat together and...
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Rabbis Grapple With Interfaith Inclusion
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Week; 10/8/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Interfaith marriage is a reality. These rabbis are grappling with that reality," said Rabbi Kerry Olitzky, a Reform rabbi and executive director of JOI. "The decisions that rabbis make with regard to interfaith families are...
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Rabbis Do the Darndest Things: Check out a new photographic book to see how and where
Newspaper article from: Jewish Exponent; 8/29/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...also has come to know many rabbis over the years. They range from Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi...he adds, the role of the rabbi is changing as rabbis teach Jewish studies in...him to dedicate a book to rabbis. Aided by Rabbi Dav
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Rabbi Aaron Soloveichik, Talmudic scholar, was 84: From a famed rabbinic family, a leader who took positions on issues
Newspaper article from: Chicago Jewish Star; 10/25/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...converted by non-Orthodox rabbis ineligible for Israeli...time when other Orthodox rabbis were calling for the...the political arena. Rabbi Soloveichik was also...he visited in prison. Rabbi Soloveichik's wife...sons, all of whom are rabbis, as well as grandchildren...
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Rabbi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...prerequisite of being called rabbi. Throughout much of Jewish...themselves who may be called rabbi. This became more complicated...would be entitled to be called rabbi. Thus in the modern period...example, there are four types of rabbis being ordained, to represent...
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rabbi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
rabbi [Heb.,=my master...leader. The role of the rabbi has undergone a number...the Talmudic period, rabbis were primarily teachers...Ages, the post of rabbi became a professional...of the community. Rabbis of the Reform and Conservative...
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Rabbi Louis Finkelstein
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Rabbi Louis Finkelstein As chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Rabbi Louis Finkelstein (1895-1992), a renowned scholar...religious movement Conservative Judaism. The son of Rabbi Simon and Hannah (Brager) Finkelstein, Louis Finkelstein...
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Pirke de Rabbi Eleazar
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Pirke de Rabbi Eleazar or Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer (8th cent. CE). Jewish aggadic work. The book clearly reflects the halakhic customs prevalent in Israel at the start of the geonic period. First published in 1514, it has been reprinted many times.
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Rabbi Ben Ezra
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Rabbi Ben Ezra see Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir .
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