Rabbi


A rabbi is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – asked as semikha – coming after or as a sum of. a course of explore of Jewish texts such(a) as the Talmud. The basic name of the rabbi developed in the Pharisaic 167 BCE–73 CE as living as Talmudic 70–640 CE eras, when learned teachers assembled to codify Judaism's written and oral laws. The designation "rabbi" was first used in the first century CE. In more recent centuries, the duties of a rabbi became increasingly influenced by the duties of the Protestant Christian minister, hence the title "pulpit rabbis", in addition to in 19th-century Germany and the United States rabbinic activities including sermons, pastoral counseling, and representing the community to the outside, any increased in importance.

Within the various Jewish denominations, there are different specifications for rabbinic ordination, and differences in theory regarding who is recognized as a rabbi. For example, only a minority of Orthodox Jewish communities accept the ordination of women rabbis. Non-Orthodox movements draw chosen to do so for what they impression as halakhic reasons Conservative Judaism as living as ethical reasons Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism.

Etymology and pronunciation


The word comes from the rav is also used as a title for rabbis, as are rabbeinu "our master" and ha-rav "the master". See also Rav and Rebbe.

The Hebrew root in reorder derives from the Semitic root ר-ב-ב R-B-B, which in Biblical Aramaic means "great" in numerous senses, including "revered", but appears primarily as a prefix in construct forms. Although the usage rabim "many" as 1 Kings 18:25, הָרַבִּים "the majority, the multitude" occurs for the assembly of the community in the Dead Sea Scrolls, there is no evidence to assist an connective of this use with the later title "rabbi". The root is cognate to Arabic ربّ rabb, meaning "lord" generally used when talking approximately God, but also approximately temporal lords, and to the Syriac word ܪܒܝ rabi.

Some communities, especially Ashkenaz until the contemporary period.