rabbi
IPA: rˈæbaɪ
noun
- A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.
- A Jew who is or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation.
- (law enforcement, slang) A senior officer who acts as a mentor.
- The title of a rabbi (a Jewish scholar or teacher); used before or instead of the rabbi's name.
Examples of "rabbi" in Sentences
- It is sort of a generic term, sort of like the term rabbi means teacher.
- Mr. Hier, a rabbi, is the founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and its Museum of Tolerance.
- But he sent word through an assistant at the synagogue that the title rabbi was no longer on the table.
- At the prayer conference, warm applause greeted Hurwitz's announcement that she might be getting the title rabbi "but with a slightly distinct sound."
- In the first story, while the rabbi is away on his own journey, his cat takes a trip with Malka of the Lions, who some believe to be the pious Jew, others a disliked womanizer.
- But, he also got responses such as this, from an Orthodox colleague, A gay Orthodox rabbi is an absurdity as inconceivable as an Orthodox rabbi who eats cheeseburgers on Yom Kippur.