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CCAR | Central Conference of American Rabbis | |
RHR | Rabbis for Human Rights | |
COR | Council Of Orthodox Rabbis | |
COR | Council of Orthodox Rabbis | |
UOR | Union of Orthodox Rabbis | |
COR | Council Of Rabbis | |
RCRB | Rabbis and Cantors Retirement Board | |
RRGT | Reform Rabbis of Greater Toronto | |
CER | Conference of European Rabbis | |
GCAR | Greater Carolinas Association of Rabbis | |
GCAR | Greater Carolinas Association of Rabbis | |
CCAR | Central Conference of American Rabbis | |
CCAR | Central Conference of American Rabbis |
What does rabbis mean?
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- A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as semikha – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of the rabbi developed in the Pharisaic (167 BCE–73 CE) and Talmudic (70–640 CE) eras, when learned teachers assembled to codify Judaism's written and oral laws. The title "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", and in 19th-century Germany and the United States rabbinic activities including sermons, pastoral counseling, and representing the community to the outside, all increased in importance. Within the various Jewish denominations, there are different requirements for rabbinic ordination, and differences in opinion 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 have chosen to do so for what they view as halakhic reasons (Conservative Judaism) as well as ethical reasons (Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism).
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