rabbis
Torah teaching authorities
Rabbis is the plural of rabbi, a Jewish religious leader and teacher.
Rabbis conduct services, interpret Jewish law, and provide spiritual guidance to their congregations.
They officiate at weddings, funerals, and bar mitzvahs.
The rabbis debated the passage's meaning for hours.
Unlike priests, rabbis are not intermediaries—they are scholars and teachers.
Judaism's core scripture
- TalmudRabbinic law compilation
- synagogueJewish house of worship
- kosherPermissible by Jewish law
- ShabbatJewish day of rest
Hebrew · mitzvah · halacha · minyan · yeshiva · Kabbalah · mezuzah · kippah
Those receiving instruction
- disciplesDevoted followers of teachings
- lessonUnit of teaching
- Torah studyAnalyzing Jewish sacred writings
- lectureEducational spoken presentation
guidance · mentor · instruction · wisdom · parables · ethics · mussar · homily
Clergy appointment ceremony
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- sermonClergy's worship address
- officiatePerform formal duties
pastoral · bris · wedding · funeral · shiva · bar mitzvah · bat mitzvah · blessing
Collective of connected people
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- spiritualRelating to the soul
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
counsel · advocate · activism · outreach · visionary · movement · social justice · interfaith
Broadcast analyst or narrator
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- midrashJewish biblical commentary
- MishnahCodified Jewish oral law
- interpretationAssigned meaning
dialectic · codification · jurisprudence · argumentation · textual · scholarship · sage
Torah
Judaism's core scripture
Shabbat · Hebrew · mitzvah · halacha · minyan · yeshiva · Kabbalah · mezuzah · kippah · yarmulke
students
Those receiving instruction
- disciplesDevoted followers of teachings
- lessonUnit of teaching
- Torah studyAnalyzing Jewish sacred writings
lecture · guidance · mentor · instruction · wisdom · parables · ethics · mussar · homily · teaching
ordination
Clergy appointment ceremony
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- sermonClergy's worship address
officiate · pastoral · bris · wedding · funeral · shiva · bar mitzvah · bat mitzvah · blessing · counseling
community
Collective of connected people
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- spiritualRelating to the soul
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
authority · counsel · advocate · activism · outreach · visionary · movement · social justice · interfaith · representative
commentator
Broadcast analyst or narrator
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- midrashJewish biblical commentary
- MishnahCodified Jewish oral law
interpretation · dialectic · codification · jurisprudence · argumentation · textual · scholarship · sage
- Jewish heritageTorah scrolls, synagogues, Ashkenazi, Sephardic, Hebrew
- Jewish Lifesynagogues, Torah scrolls, Torah study, Shabbat, kosher
- American Jewrysynagogues, kosher, Yiddish, Hebrew, Ellis Island
- Jewish Americanabagels, lox, challah, matzo ball soup, brisket
- German JewsAshkenazi, Holocaust, Kristallnacht, Nuremberg Laws, concentration camps
- Jewish Scholarssages, commentators, codifiers, Baal Shem Tov, rosh yeshiva
rabbisSadducees
Priestly Jewish faction
secular Jews · apostates · heretics · laity · congregants
rabbislaypeople
Those outside a profession
laity · congregants · secularists · atheists · agnostics
- rabbit holeHare's underground dwelling
- rabbit's footSupposed good-luck amulet
- bunny rabbitRedundant term for cottontail
- rabbit footAnimal paw kept for luck
- rabbit foodDismissive term for salad
- rabbit earsIndoor TV aerial