rabbinate
Jewish clerical office
The rabbinate is the office or position of rabbi, or rabbis collectively as a professional body.
A person enters the rabbinate after completing religious study and ordination.
The rabbinate of a particular congregation refers to the tenure of its spiritual leader: During his rabbinate, the synagogue doubled in membership.
Judaism's core scripture
- synagogueJewish house of worship
- TalmudRabbinic law compilation
- halachaJewish legal ruling
- kosherPermissible by Jewish law
Shabbat · mitzvot · cantor · menorah · mezuzah · seder · kippah · challah
Rabbinic law compilation
- MidrashRabbinic biblical commentary tradition
- MishnahCodified Jewish oral law
- TorahJudaism's core scripture
- yeshivaJewish religious study institution
exegesis · hermeneutics · commentary · halacha · Aramaic · jurisprudence · pedagogy · interpretation
Advice for decisions
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- weddingsMarriage celebration events
- funeralsRites for the deceased
bar mitzvah · bat mitzvah · conversion · mourning · shiva · pastoral care · spiritual direction · teaching
Power to enforce obedience
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- beit dinJewish law tribunal
council · appointment · tenure · jurisdiction · certification · supervision · arbitration · hierarchy
Torah
Judaism's core scripture
kosher · Shabbat · mitzvot · cantor · menorah · mezuzah · seder · kippah · challah · Havdalah
Talmud
Rabbinic law compilation
- MidrashRabbinic biblical commentary tradition
- MishnahCodified Jewish oral law
- TorahJudaism's core scripture
yeshiva · exegesis · hermeneutics · commentary · halacha · Aramaic · jurisprudence · pedagogy · interpretation · textual analysis
guidance
Advice for decisions
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- weddingsMarriage celebration events
funerals · bar mitzvah · bat mitzvah · conversion · mourning · shiva · pastoral care · spiritual direction · teaching · community support
authority
Power to enforce obedience
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
beit din · council · appointment · tenure · jurisdiction · certification · supervision · arbitration · hierarchy · office
- IsraelIsrael, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Hebrew
- Jewish Lifesynagogues, Torah scrolls, Torah study, Shabbat, kosher
- Polish JewsWarsaw Ghetto, Auschwitz, shtetl, Yiddish, synagogues
- Judaicamenorah, Torah scroll, Talmud, Torah study, mezuzah
- Rabbinicsrebbe, dayan, rosh yeshiva, Torah scholar, codifier
- French JewsFrench Jews, Dreyfus, Dreyfus Affair, Dreyfus affair, Vichy
rabbinatelaity
Non-ordained church members
congregation · laypeople · layperson · congregants · flock
rabbinatepriesthood
Ordained religious office
clergy · ministry · pastorate · episcopate · papacy