noun
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the position, function, or tenure of office of a rabbi
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rabbis collectively
Etymology
Origin of rabbinate
Example Sentences
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An army base in Ramla, in the center of the country near Ben Gurion International Airport, is in normal times the headquarters of the military rabbinate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
He believes that the timing of his appointment and the creation of the military rabbinate reflects a shift in German attitudes towards Jews - a symbol, perhaps, of Germany's reckoning with its abhorrent past.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2023
Lawler also carefully narrates the dramatic and consequential rifts between the increasingly powerful Orthodox Jewish rabbinate in Jerusalem and its largely secular, scholarly counterparts.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2021
Promises to Jewish women that the Israeli rabbinate would become more inclusive have largely led to disappointment.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2019
During another one of our lunchroom conversations, Danny asked me what good symbolic logic was going to be for me when I entered the rabbinate.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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