rabbinical
Like Jewish scholars
Rabbinical means relating to rabbis or their teachings, writings, and traditions.
The word typically refers to Jewish religious scholarship and interpretation of sacred texts: rabbinical studies, rabbinical law, rabbinical commentary on the Torah.
A rabbinical school trains students to become rabbis.
Rabbinic law compilation
- MidrashRabbinic biblical commentary tradition
- MishnahCodified Jewish oral law
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
interpretation · yeshiva · dayan · rebbe · discourse · hermeneutics · sages · argumentation
Jewish house of worship
- minyanJewish prayer quorum
- prayerAddress to deity
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- cantorLiturgical music leader
sermon · pastoral · congregation · lifecycle · bris · wedding · funeral · shiva
Talmud
Rabbinic law compilation
- MidrashRabbinic biblical commentary tradition
- MishnahCodified Jewish oral law
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
exegesis · interpretation · yeshiva · dayan · rebbe · discourse · hermeneutics · sages · argumentation
synagogue
Jewish house of worship
cantor · sermon · pastoral · congregation · lifecycle · bris · wedding · funeral · shiva · counseling
Torah
Judaism's core scripture
- sagesProfoundly learned people
- PhariseesSecond Temple legal interpreters
- aggadahRabbinic homiletical narrative
authority · continuity · denomination · Conservative · Reform
halacha
Jewish legal ruling
shechita · get · conversion · purity · mezuzah · tefillin · mikveh · leniency · stringency
- rabbinical traditionJewish religious scholarly heritage
- rabbinical schoolSeminary for Jewish clergy