rabbis

Meaning

of Rabbi

Examples

According to the Kikar HaShabat website, those present at the meeting were to meet with the rabbis to convey Netanyahu’s message and additional talks would be held on the issue within 48 hours. Source: Internet

A group of clergy, rabbis and imams, led by the Rev William Barber, march in Washington DC last month. Source: Internet

After the cherem, the Amsterdam municipal authorities expelled Spinoza from Amsterdam, "responding to the appeals of the rabbis, and also of the Calvinist clergy, who had been vicariously offended by the existence of a free thinker in the synagogue". Source: Internet

According to the Talmud (Tractate Makot), there are 613 mitzvot in the Torah, 248 positive ("thou shall") mitzvot and 365 negative ("thou shall not") mitzvot, supplemented by seven mitzvot legislated by the rabbis of antiquity. Source: Internet

Although not strictly necessary, many Orthodox rabbis hold that a beth din (court of Jewish law) should be made up of dayanim. Source: Internet

Although they would rarely look to Reform or Reconstructionist rabbis for Halakhic decisions, they accept the legitimacy of these rabbis' religious leadership. Source: Internet

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