- ordained Rabbi
- someone who has completed rabbinical training and been officially ordained
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
Rabbi Helbo — was an amora who flourished about the end of the 3rd century, and who is frequently mentioned in both Talmuds. It seems that Ḥelbo was at first in Babylon, where he studied under Rav Huna, the head of the Academy of Sura, and that, like the other … Wikipedia
Rabbi — For other uses, see Rabbi (disambiguation). Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, a leading Rabbinical authority for Orthodox Jewry of the second half of the twentieth century … Wikipedia
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary — (RIETS), or Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan , is the most important yeshiva component of Yeshiva University and a preeminent seminary for the training of Orthodox rabbis. It is named after Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, who died the year it … Wikipedia
Rabbi Shai Specht — (AKA: Reb Shai). Born August 30, 1973Rabbi Shai Specht does not prescribe to one Jewish movement or another, and draws insight from all. Reb Shai is a Cantor, Composer/Storyteller and Educator based in New York City. He specializes in music for… … Wikipedia
rabbi — [rab′ī] n. pl. rabbis [ME < OE < LL(Ec) < Gr(Ec) rhabbi < Heb rabi, my master, my lord < rav, teacher, master + i, my] 1. Judaism a scholar and teacher of the Jewish law; now, specif., an ordained Jew, usually the spiritual head of … English World dictionary
RABBI, RABBINATE — The title rabbi is derived from the noun rav, which in biblical Hebrew means great and does not occur in the Bible; in its later sense in mishnaic Hebrew, however, the word rav means a master as opposed to a slave (e.g., does a slave rebel… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
rabbi — rabbi1 /rab uy/, n., pl. rabbis. 1. the chief religious official of a synagogue, trained usually in a theological seminary and duly ordained, who delivers the sermon at a religious service and performs ritualistic, pastoral, educational, and… … Universalium
rabbi — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin, from Greek rhabbi, from Hebrew rabbī my master, from rabh master + ī my Date: before 12th century 1. master, teacher used by Jews as a term of address 2. a Jew qualified to… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Rabbi Ammi — Ammi, Aimi, Immi (Hebrew: רבי אמי) is the name of several Jewish Talmudists, known as amoraim, who lived in the Land of Israel and Babylonia. In the Babylonian Talmud the first form only is used; in the Jerusalem Talmud all three forms appear,… … Wikipedia
Kahane, Rabbi Meir — (1932 90) Born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of an Orthodox rabbi, he became an ordained rabbi in the 1950s. In 1946, he joined Betar. He studied at the Mirrer Yeshiva in Brooklyn and later attended Brooklyn College and then studied law at… … Historical Dictionary of Israel