rabbi
1the 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).
a title of respect for a Jewish scholar or teacher.
a Jewish scholar qualified to rule on questions of Jewish law.
any of the Jewish scholars of the 1st to 6th centuries a.d. who contributed to the writing, editing, or compiling of the Talmud.
Slang. a personal patron or adviser, as in business.
Origin of rabbi
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Origin of rabbi
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How to use rabbi in a sentence
Terrorists killed four rabbis, three of them American, in a synagogue this morning.
They also wondered why this second dunk would be more valid, without three rabbis present.
Women Describe How Top D.C. Rabbi Allegedly Spied on Them in the Nude | Steven I. Weiss | October 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOther rabbis followed with similar rulings, and in many circles, MBP eventually fell out of practice for most Jews.
Why Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Babies Keep Getting Herpes | Emily Shire | July 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn an arms races to prove they are holier than thou, rabbis add more and more prohibitions and prerequisites.
Why Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Babies Keep Getting Herpes | Emily Shire | July 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHirsch believes MBP stems from the competition among Hasidic rabbis to “demonstrate one segment is holier than another.”
Why Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Babies Keep Getting Herpes | Emily Shire | July 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Several rabbis assert that the Samaritan was the original tongue; other persons say that it was that of Lower Brittany.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)Many rabbis have regarded the formation of Adam and Eve and their adventure as an allegory.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)We shall say nothing here of Adam's second wife, named Lillah, whom the ancient rabbis have given him.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)Our Rabbis have said that he who causes his neighbor to blush through an insult, should be compared to the one who sheds blood.
As the Rabbis say, 'Repent in the antechamber, that thou mayest enter the room of state.'
British Dictionary definitions for rabbi
/ (ˈræbaɪ) /
(in Orthodox Judaism) a man qualified in accordance with traditional religious law to expound, teach, and rule in accordance with this law
the religious leader of a congregation; the minister of a synagogue
the Rabbis the early Jewish scholars whose teachings are recorded in the Talmud
Origin of rabbi
1- See also Rav
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Cultural definitions for rabbi
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