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rabbi

1

[ rab-ahy ]

noun

, plural rab·bis.
  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 other functions in and related to the role of a spiritual leader of Judaism and the Jewish community. Compare cantor ( def 2 ).
  2. a title of respect for a Jewish scholar or teacher.
  3. a Jewish scholar qualified to rule on questions of Jewish law.
  4. any of the Jewish scholars of the 1st to 6th centuries a.d. who contributed to the writing, editing, or compiling of the Talmud.
  5. Slang. a personal patron or adviser, as in business.


rabbi

2

[ rab-ee ]

noun

, Ecclesiastical.

rabbi

/ ˈræbaɪ /

noun

  1. (in Orthodox Judaism) a man qualified in accordance with traditional religious law to expound, teach, and rule in accordance with this law
  2. the religious leader of a congregation; the minister of a synagogue
  3. the Rabbis
    the early Jewish scholars whose teachings are recorded in the Talmud


rabbi

  1. In Judaism , a teacher and leader of worship, usually associated with a synagogue .


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rabbi1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English rabi (from Old French rab(b)i) from Late Latin rabbī, from Greek rhabbí, from Hebrew rabbī “my master” (rabh “master” + “my”)

Origin of rabbi2

By alteration

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rabbi1

Hebrew, from rabh master + my

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Example Sentences

Lawson felt she could do this more effectively if she had the title “rabbi,” and she wanted to raise awareness of racial and ethnic diversity in the Jewish community.

Lown was born Boruch Latz on June 7, 1921, in Utena, Lithuania, where a grandfather was a rabbi.

Lasry explained that his wife’s uncle, a rabbi at a Milwaukee senior-living center, had called her about having extra, unused doses of the vaccine.

“There are times we will look at someone eating alone in a restaurant and we feel like we can’t go on,” says Susan Silverman, a rabbi in Israel and one of three older sisters.

Still, by their very history, some rabbis deliver a powerful message.

One of my most important mentors was a brilliant and eccentric rabbi from Bethesda, Maryland.

Freundel is also rabbi of the prominent Kesher Israel synagogue in Washington.

His office let Rabbi Yehuda Kolko get away without jail time or registering as a sex offender.

Well, if it's Carrie and her spy-rabbi Saul, courtesy of the inimitable Mandy Patinkin, the answer is: Yes, we still are.

He remembered one day when Rabbi Bodenheimer came outside during recess.

And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, "Rabbi, behold the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away."

Rabbi Gamaliel ordered his servant Tobi to bring something good from the market, and he brought a tongue.

The Rabbi Effendi had approached the river from a different direction, and that some years before.

Rabbi Mr. Wigram had needed some trifling repair to his boots, and had accordingly sent them overnight to a cobbler.

Again was Rabbi Jochanan filled with wonder, but he said naught, and they proceeded on their journey.

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