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Following is a listing of rabbinical schools, organized by denomination.The emphasis of the training will differ correspondingly: Orthodox Semikha centers on the study of Talmud-based halacha (Jewish law), while in other programs, the emphasis may shift to "the other functions of a modern rabbi such as preaching, counselling, and pastoral work.” [1] [2] Conservative Yeshivot occupy a ...
Conservative Judaism in Illinois (1 C, 2 P) J. Jewish cemeteries in Illinois (1 C, 1 P) Jewish day schools in Illinois (1 C, 2 P) Jewish museums in Illinois (3 P)
Jewish Renewal (Hebrew: התחדשות יהודית, romanized: Hitḥadeshut Yehudit) is a Jewish religious movement originating in the 20th century that endeavors to reinvigorate modern Judaism with Kabbalistic, Hasidic, and musical practices.
In the Mishnaic era it became the law that only someone who had semikhah could give religious and legal decisions. [18] The title ribbi (or "rabbi") was reserved for those with semikhah. The sages of the Babylonian Jewish community had a similar religious education, but without the semikhah ceremony they were called rav. The Talmud also relates ...
Jewish Renewal rabbis (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Jewish Renewal" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
The congregation started in 1920 as the North Shore branch of Chicago's Sinai Congregation, and is the oldest Reform synagogue in the Chicago's North Shore suburbs.The decision to establish a separate congregation had been a subject of concerned discussion for a number of years, and was perceived as an important step in the evolution of the Jewish presence in the North Shore as a separate ...
Lerner was associated with and promoted Jewish Renewal, having received his semikhah from the movement's founder, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. [36] Jewish Renewal is a small Jewish religious movement that Lerner described as "positive Judaism", rejecting what he considered to be ethnocentric interpretations of the Torah .
A rabbi (/ ˈ r æ b aɪ /; Hebrew: רַבִּי, romanized: rabbī) is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. [1] [2] 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.