Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The office or function of a rabbi.
- noun Rabbis considered as a group.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The dignity or office of a rabbi.
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- noun The office or function of a
rabbi - noun Rabbis collectively
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- noun the office or function of a rabbi
- noun rabbis collectively
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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American Jews are upset that the conversion bill making its way through the Knesset will, for the first time, give sole control over conversions to Israel's chief rabbinate, which is dominated by Orthodox Jews.
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The problems of balancing career and home life are particularly acute in a calling such as the rabbinate, which is still defined and experienced as much as a personal commitment as it is a professional commitment.
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For Reform Judaism, at least in its American and British forms, the rabbinate is a job, not a calling.
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American Jews are upset that the conversion bill making its way through the Knesset will, for the first time, give sole control over conversions to Israel's chief rabbinate, which is dominated by Orthodox Jews.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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American Jews are upset that the conversion bill making its way through the Knesset will, for the first time, give sole control over conversions to Israel's chief rabbinate, which is dominated by Orthodox Jews.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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In recent decades, as professional areas such as rabbinate and cantorate have opened to women, and as academic opportunities at university levels have expanded, women’s involvement in Jewish museums has increased.
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So what, exactly, does the rabbinate at Beth Emet aim to persuade its membership to do?
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Beth Emet The Free Synagogue officially places no restrictions—ideological or otherwise—upon the rabbinate or individual members.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Women in Orthodoxy have fewer rights than men in several areas, including divorce, the prayer space and the rabbinate, and he lamented that while progress has been made, the community still "falls short of this goal in many ways."
David Suissa: A Woman's Spiritual Edge David Suissa 2011
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Women in Orthodoxy have fewer rights than men in several areas, including divorce, the prayer space and the rabbinate, and he lamented that while progress has been made, the community still "falls short of this goal in many ways."
David Suissa: A Woman's Spiritual Edge David Suissa 2011
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